Rare gorilla birth recorded in Congo (AP)

   

AP - Conservationists on Thursday announced the birth of a rare mountain gorilla in eastern Congo, where rebels have been accused of killing and eating the endangered animals.

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Cassini captures new angles of Saturn (AP)

   

AP - The international Cassini spacecraft has beamed back to Earth never-before-seen angles of Saturn from high above and below its majestic rings. The planet is fully surrounded by the rings in images released Thursday by NASA.

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At least 14 killed in U.S. tornadoes (Reuters)

   Reuters - Tornadoes ripped across the Southern and Midwestern United States on Thursday, killing at least 14 people including eight in the southern Alabama town of Enterprise, emergency management officials said.
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Greek archaeologists find Hera statue (AP)

   

AP - A 2,200-year-old statue of the goddess Hera has been found built into the walls of a city under Mount Olympus, home of Greece's ancient gods, archaeologists said on Thursday. The headless marble statue was discovered last year during excavations in the ruins of ancient Dion, some 53 miles southwest of Thessaloniki.

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Eyewalls may predict hurricane changes (AP)

   

AP - Watching for changes in the inner eyewall of a hurricane may help forecasters overcome one of their most perplexing challenges: predicting sudden strengthening or weakening.

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Towers point to ancient Sun cult

   The oldest solar observatory in the Americas has been discovered pointing to the existence of ancient Sun cults, scientists report.
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Towers points to ancient Sun cult

   The oldest solar observatory in the Americas has been discovered pointing to the existence of ancient Sun cults, scientists report.
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US CO2 emissions 'violate rights'

   A delegation of Inuit travel to Washington to argue that the nation's climate policy violates human rights.
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   Knovel, a database of over 1000 engineering & chemistry online books & numeric scientific data is holding the Spring 2007 University Challenge. Answer the 5 questions correctly and you could win a $1500 Scholarship or one of eight iPod prizes!...
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Inuits blame U.S. for climate change (AP)

   AP - As the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, the United States has come under heavy criticism, including from people who live almost on top of the world.
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Hawking to make zero gravity flight (AP)

   

AP - Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who authored the best-selling book, "A Brief History of Time," soon will experience a brief history with weightlessness.

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Scientists watch polar areas for changes (AP)

   

AP - Are we really heading for an ice-free Arctic? More than 50,000 researchers hope to find an answer during a massive study of how global warming and other phenomena are changing the coldest parts of the Earth — and what that means for the rest of it.

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More polar study details revealed

   The largest polar research programme for half a century, lasting two years, is launched globally on Thursday.
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Scientists probe 'hole in Earth'

   Oceanographers are to survey a massive hole discovered in the Earth's crust under the Atlantic Ocean.
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Probe spies moon's volcanic plume

   Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft sends back images of a huge dust plume erupting from a volcano on Jupiter's moon Io.
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