EPA calls for Miracle-Gro pesticide recall April 27, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered major retailers to pull certain types of Scotts Miracle-Gro products from their shelves. | |
Did John Wilkes Booth survive? April 27, 2008 | User rating: 2.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Two distant relatives of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth want a chance to prove the family legend that he was not killed in a Virginia tobacco barn. | |
Study: Bio-plastic goods not eco-friendly April 27, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Bio-plastic goods can still damage the environment by emitting gases that can impact climate change, a study by a British newspaper found. | |
Report: Idle appliances are power-suckers April 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Electrical appliances that use electricity even when not working are a major energy consumer, a Canadian federal study showed. | |
British butterflies need summer boost April 25, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
British conservationists said 2007 was the worst summer for butterflies in more than 25 years. | |
Scientists lose hope over AIDS vaccine April 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A survey of leading U.S. and British AIDS researchers said many scientists see little hope of an effective vaccine against HIV in the near future. | |
Shoulder transplant performed in Italy April 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Doctors in Italy said they performed the first transplant of a human shoulder. | |
Biological clock test aimed at women April 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Doctors said a blood test being offered at U.S. fertility clinics may help determine if a woman's window of opportunity for conception is closing. | |
Baxter may stay out of Heparin business April 25, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The head of Baxter International Inc. said the company has not decided whether it will resume selling the blood thinner heparin in the United States. | |
Giant laser system is under construction April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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The world's largest laser system -- the National Ignition Facility -- is being built in California and officials say it will go online next year. | |
Washed-up sea snake rescued in New Zealand April 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A highly venomous yellow-bellied sea snake that washed up on a New Zealand beach was recovering Thursday at an aquarium. | |
Advance made in growing heart cells April 24, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Researchers in Toronto have made advances in developing human progenitor heart cells from embryonic stem cells. | |
Massachusetts issues a soy sprout warning April 24, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is warning people not to consume any Chang Farm-brand soy sprouts because of possible contamination. | |
Teenager to have giant tumor removed April 24, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A 15-year-old Vietnamese girl will have surgery in Miami Tuesday to remove a giant tumor that has deformed her face, doctors say. | |
European power plants boosting coal use April 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
High oil and natural gas prices, coupled with increased demand, are driving Europe's return to coal-fired power plants, an industry official says. | |
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