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A range too far

Environmentalists succeed in thwarting the Army s move to construct a firing range

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Everybody must get stones

Lloyd Davis, zoologist at University of Otago, New Zealand, says that penguins use a practice similar to prostitution in order to obtain stones for their nests. Davis has made nine visits to

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How now virtual cow?

they may seem an illusion but their value is real enough. "Virtual cows' are heading Europe's farms. Diary farmers are confused

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Banning the pill

A dangerous birth control pill will soon be banned in India

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...and water

The EPA has also come out with new water standards

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Way to greener cars?

ford Motor Company and the us oil giant Mobil have announced a collaboration to improve fuel economy and cut emissions from cars through new technology. Mobil chairperson Lucio Noto and Ford

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Averting disaster

Software will help landslide management in Sikkim

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Wanted: habitat

After being displaced from their natural habitat, bats are taking refuge in abandoned mines, buildings and houses

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Proscar beats surgery

the drug proscar has been shown to reduce the need for surgery to treat enlarged prostrate glands. In a new study, the men who took the drug required prostrate-reduction surgery only half as often

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Hazardous junks

Pakistan and Bangladesh are the latest targets of the shipbreaking industry

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