1. Global Warming Claims Tropical Island
(For the first time in recorded history, an inhabited island has disappeared beneath rising seas. )
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2. Chimpanzees Hunt Using Spears
(Chimpanzees in Senegal have been observed making and using wooden spears to hunt other primates, according to a study in the journal Current Biology.)
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3. Weird New Creatures Found in Antarctica
(Several strange creatures including a psychedelic octopus have been found in frigid waters off Antarctica in one of the world’s most pristine marine environments. )
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4. Ancient Shark Found Off Japanese Coast
(A species of shark rarely seen alive because its natural habitat is 600 meters (2,000 ft) or more under the sea was captured on film by staff at a Japanese marine park this week. )
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5. Nearly 2,000 Camels Die In Saudi
(Nearly 2,000 camels have died in Saudi Arabia from a mystery illness that first appeared two weeks ago, the government said on Saturday, adding that poisoning was a more likely cause than infectious disease.)
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6. New Species Of Lizard Found In Borneo
(Chris Austin, assistant curator of herpetology at LSU's Museum of Natural Science, or LSUMNS, and adjunct professor in biological sciences, recently discovered a new species of lizard while conducting field research in Borneo.)
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7. New Way To Form Black Hole Uncovered
(Nature has again thrown astronomers for a loop. Just when they thought they understood how gamma-ray bursts formed, they have uncovered what appears to be evidence for a new kind of cosmic explosion. These seem to arise when a newly born black hole swallows most of the matter from its doomed parent star.)
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8. No Big Bang? A Viable Alternative Proposed
( A new cosmological model demonstrates the universe can endlessly expand and contract, providing a rival to Big Bang theories and solving a thorny modern physics problem, according to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill physicists.)
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9. Gene That Turns Cancers Off Discovered
(A unique gene that can stop cancerous cells from multiplying into tumours has been discovered by a team of scientists at the B.C. Cancer Agency in Vancouver.)
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10. All About Anti-Matter Propulsion
(I would guess antimatter rockets are what the majority of people think about when talking of rockets for the future. This is hardly surprising as it is such an attractive word for the writers of science fiction.)
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1. UK Scrambles To Find Source of Cattle Disease
(British experts scrambled on Monday to find the cause of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease while a drug company at the centre of the investigation said there had been no breach of its biosecurity measures.)
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2. Greek Fires Kill 56 and Lick Ancient Olympia
(Firefighters battled to save ancient Olympia on Sunday as Greece's worst forest fires in decades ravaged hills around the historic site and the death toll rose to 56. )
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3. Asian Parasite Killing Western Bees
(A parasite common in Asian bees has spread to Europe and the Americas and is behind the mass disappearance of honeybees in many countries, says a Spanish scientist who has been studying the phenomenon for years.)
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4. Early 2007 Saw Record-Breaking Extreme Weather
(The world experienced a series of record-breaking weather events in early 2007, from flooding in Asia to heatwaves in Europe and snowfall in South Africa, the United Nations weather agency said on Tuesday.)
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5. Chernobyl Area Becomes Wildlife Haven
(Two decades after an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant sent clouds of radioactive particles drifting over the fields near her home, Maria Urupa says the wilderness is encroaching.)
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6. Saturn's Rings Are Dense Clumps
(Saturn's rings may look smooth and even when viewed through a telescope but they are in fact made up of clumps of particles and may be much denser than realized, scientists said on Tuesday.)
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7. Australian Scientists Call for Ocean Network Probe
(Australian scientists want to string a vast array of probes across the oceans of the southern hemisphere to warn of changes in ocean circulation that may affect the global climate.)
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8. Australia To End Plastic Bags In Supermarkets
(Australia has followed China in announcing it plans to end plastic bag use in supermarkets, with its new environment minister saying on Thursday he wants a phase-out to start by the end of 2008.)
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9. Amazon Deforestation Drops Sharply
(Deforestation of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil fell by about a third in the 12 months through July to the lowest rate in at least seven years, the government said on Friday.)
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10. Mexican Volcano is Test Bed For Trees on Mars
(Scientists are using the pine-forested slopes of a Mexican volcano as a test bed to see if trees could grow on a heated-up Mars, part of a vision of making the chilly and barren red planet habitable for humans one day.)
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