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When the mapping of the human genome was completed in 2003, researchers discovered a shocking fact: our bodies are littered with the shards of retroviruses, fragments of the chemical code from which all genetic material is made.
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For $13.25 plus shipping you can create ice cubes that look like AK-47 rounds. (Today was a good day.)
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Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and veteran of the civil rights movement, says the negative tone of the Republican presidential campaign reminds him of the hateful...
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Calling him the true reformer in the presidential contest, members of Reform Party USA endorsed Sen. John McCain for president on Saturday.
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A group of San Francisco first-graders took an unusual field trip to City Hall on Friday to toss rose petals on their just-married lesbian teacher - putting the public...
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With shares of Research In Motion among those that have seen a massive drop in recent months, Reuters on Friday made the case that the company could make a juicy...
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A month after she became governor, Sarah Palin’s staff ushered Alaska’s public safety commissioner into her private office.
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Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and veteran of the civil rights movement, says the negative tone of the Republican presidential campaign reminds him of the hateful...
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For General Motors Corp. to acquire Chrysler LLC and all of its warts, GM would have to get desperately needed cash. Lots of it, according to industry analysts.
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Evangelist Billy Graham was released from the hospital Saturday, sore and bruised but not seriously injured, after he tripped and fell over one of his dogs at his North...
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The International Monetary Fund says it strongly endorses a plan by rich countries to fight the global credit crisis.
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This may sound tacky to some, but there’s meaning behind names. Just as myth can communicate truth with fictional stories, so names are used to give myths their...
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While the U.S. Senate predictably capitulated to the demands of Wall Street last night, for the first time in recent memory the House listened to the American people...
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President Bush and foreign financial officials displayed joint resolve Saturday to combat the unfolding financial crisis, hoping to calm investors whose panic has...
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Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attacked Barack Obama on abortion on Saturday, saying the Democratic presidential candidate has “left behind...
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O.J. Simpson, locked in jail and pondering his future, feels hopeful he will win a new trial on appeal because he believes jury interviews show “he was absolutely...
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When Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination, many had high hopes that his breakthrough would move American social consciousness forward into a post-racial era.
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In the wonderful movie Contact, from Carl Sagan’s novel about first contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, scientist Ellie Arroway must convince a panel that...
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Women are being warned that some lipsticks could contain lead. The warnings come in the wake of a U.S. ruling that a class action suit can proceed against luxury goods...
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A California man has been sentenced to 16 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing a fellow baseball fan after a San Francisco Giants game four years ago.
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National forests and parks _ long popular with Mexican marijuana-growing cartels _ have become home to some of the most polluted pockets of wilderness in America...
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DNA furnishes an ever clearer picture of the multimillennial trek from Africa all the way to the tip of South America
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Recent research conducted with scientists at Adelphi University in New York indicates that the biggest evolution in species takes place when the climate is...
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How many of you are gadget crazy? I think that all of you must be wanting gadgets for the Christmas.
That is not your fault. Scientists have given an answer to this...
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Many of us surely have guessed how the techworld would be by the year 3000, with the unimaginable advents of technology! But, did any of us ever thing of how we - the...
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We all know that humans splited to evolve from chimpanzees. But, how complicated the evolution process was? How long did it take to evolve? When did the evolution...
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Footprints dating back 20,000 years! Yes, I mean the Ice Age. Hundreds of human footprints of the age have been discovered in a dry lake bed in Australia. Scientists...
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