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<description><![CDATA[At least 40 world leaders are likely to attend December's UN climate summit in a bid to secure a new global treaty.]]></description>
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<title>Studies &#x27;overstate species risks&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8344969.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Some large-scale studies appear to overestimate the threats of climate change on biodiversity, a study suggests.]]></description>
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<title>Minister &#x27;backs adviser autonomy&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8347828.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The government will produce guidelines on the independence of its scientific advisers, Science Minister Lord Drayson says.]]></description>
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<title>Horse genome unlocked by science</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8345578.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The genome of a domestic horse has been successfully sequenced by an international team of researchers.]]></description>
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<title>Scientists urge respect on advice</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8345823.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Senior academics call on the UK government to respect the independence and freedom of its scientific advisers.]]></description>
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<title>Babies &#x27;cry in mother&#x27;s tongue&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/8346058.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[German researchers say babies begin to pick up the nuances of their parents' accents while still in the womb.]]></description>
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<title>Tiny tech sparks cell signal find</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8344815.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tiny metal particles have been shown to cause damage to DNA across a cellular barrier - without having to cross it]]></description>
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<title>Major quakes could be aftershocks</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8342600.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Many earthquakes may be aftershocks of large quakes that occurred hundreds of years ago, say scientists.]]></description>
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<title>How &#x27;spirit bears&#x27; use their appearance to fish successfully </title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8344000/8344367.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Being invisible to fish is what helps a rare white morph of black bear, known as a spirit bear, survive, scientists discover.]]></description>
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<title>The quest to save world&#x27;s rarest duck - the Madagascar pochard</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8344688.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Conservationists have taken the first step in their mission to save the critically endangered Madagascar pochard.]]></description>
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<title>Yucatan wonders</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8347000/8347117.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Photos highlight the wildlife at risk in the Central America]]></description>
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<title>Earth Watch</title>
<link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/</link>
<description><![CDATA[All's fair in the climate change blame game  
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<title>Getting warm</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8345343.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Where key players stand on a deal to halt climate change ]]></description>
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<title>Rocket and roll</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8343063.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Land speed team starts to see plans come together ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8341002.stm">
<title>Flexetarian</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8341002.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Can you eat fish and still be a vegetarian? ]]></description>
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<title>Breathing In</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/in_depth/8332473.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Artist seeks out planet's most, and least, polluted air]]></description>
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<title>Saving the trillionth tonne of coal</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8334770.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Policy makers must never allow human activity to allow the trillionth tonne of carbon dioxide to be emitted into the atmosphere.]]></description>
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<title>Casting a net far into the future</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8320983.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Governments and the fishing industry must collaborate in developing legislation to protect both fish and the seas in which they live.]]></description>
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<title>Species&#x27; extinction threat grows</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8338880.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[More than a third of species are now threatened with extinction.]]></description>
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<title>Polar bear plus grizzly equals?</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8321000/8321102.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A study reveals what happens if a polar bear is crossed with a grizzly.]]></description>
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<title>F1 designer unveils electric car</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/8344532.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new sustainable electric car designed for city or town use is the result of a £9m investment programme.]]></description>
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<title>Light down a wire for solar power</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8341186.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A modification to commercial optical fibre could be a promising route to solar power without large arrays, say researchers.]]></description>
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<title>Messenger spies iron on Mercury</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8342000.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Nasa Messenger probe's observations of Mercury show the planet is even more of an "iron planet" than scientists thought.]]></description>
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<title>Minister &#x27;appalled&#x27; by Nutt exit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A minister says the removal of the government's chief drugs adviser in a row over cannabis was a "big mistake".]]></description>
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<title>US praises China space progress</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A US general says that China has made amazing strides on improving its military capabilities in space]]></description>
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<title>Clues sought to  bear mystery</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/8345550.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bears in an eastern German zoo have lost their fur, but international experts cannot work out why.]]></description>
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<title>Rare whale gathering sighted </title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8340000/8340706.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a rare sight, marine biologists spot 60 enigmatic Arnoux's beaked whales gathering off the Antarctic coast.]]></description>
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<title>Meet T. rex&#x27;s most ancient relative</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8340922.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tyrannosaurus rex.]]></description>
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<title>GPS used to preserve ants&#x27; nests</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/8342215.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[GPS satellite technology is used to record the locations of rare ants' nests ahead of work to fell thousands of trees.]]></description>
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<title>Obama urges effort on climate</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/8341542.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama urges the US and EU to re-double efforts to achieve success at the climate change summit in Copenhagen.]]></description>
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        New study may deal final blow to acne drug Accutane</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The study bolstered evidence of a link between the drug, pulled from the market in June, and inflammatory bowel disease. No medication is as effective in treating severe cases of acne.
                        
                    
                    
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        More than 38 million vaccine doses available against swine flu</title>
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<description><![CDATA['As supplies increase things should go better,' says a CDC official, who adds that flu activity is widespread in 48 states and 'virtually everything is H1N1.'
                        
                    
                    
                        More than 38 million doses of vaccine against pandemic H1N1 influenza are now available, 11 million more than were available last week and double the number available two weeks ago, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

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        Babies are found to cry in their mother tongue</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Just days after birth, German and French infants' wails mimicked the patterns of their native languages. Researchers believe they started to pick up on the melodies in the third trimester.
                        
                    
                    
                        They may not be old enough to talk, but babies less than a week old know how to cry in their native language.

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        Wildlife filmmakers focusing on endangered cats</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dereck and Beverly Joubert, who have spent 25 years documenting Africa's most iconic animals, have teamed with National Geographic on the Big Cats Initiative in an attempt to stop their extinction.
                        
                    
                    
                        South African wildlife photographers and authors Dereck and Beverly Joubert have worked in some of Africa's most remote areas for more than 25 years, recording the life cycles and decline of some of the continent's most iconic animals, in the process winning five Emmys, a Peabody and a Wildscreen Panda Award.

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        High hopes for a malaria vaccine</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The makers of Mosquirix announce a trial involving thousands of children in Africa. They aim to seek marketing approval as soon as 2012 and have a vaccine that reduces infections by 80% by 2025.
                        
                    
                    
                        Each year, malaria kills more than 1 million people -- 90% of them in sub-Saharan Africa and 80% of them younger than 5 -- and makes 300 million people seriously ill. Major progress in controlling the disease has been made by the widespread adoption of bed nets to keep mosquitoes from attacking children at night and by the use of artemisinin-based therapy, which is the most effective treatment for infections.

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        Obesity puts swine flu sufferers at greater risk, study suggests</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A study in California shows that about a quarter of the people hospitalized for H1N1 complications were morbidly obese, even though less than 5% of the population falls into that category.
                        
                    
                    
                        Obesity appears to be a risk factor on a par with pregnancy for developing complications from an infection with pandemic H1N1 influenza, according to the most comprehensive look yet at swine flu hospitalizations.

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        Gene therapy makes major stride in &#x27;Lorenzo&#x27;s Oil&#x27; disease</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An experimental treatment stabilizes two boys with the rare, fatal degenerative disorder known as ALD. Researchers hail the findings, which come on the tail of other gene-therapy successes.
                        
                    
                    
                        In the third gene-therapy success of recent weeks, French researchers have arrested the progression of the rare and fatal degenerative disorder adrenoleukodystrophy, which was at the heart of the popular movie "Lorenzo's Oil." The disease has stabilized in two boys who were 7 years old when the therapy was performed two years ago, the team reported today in the journal Science.

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        FDA seeks to reduce drug dosage errors</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Its program aims to curb wide-ranging problems, which take a toll on health and cost $4 billion a year.
                        
                    
                    
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        Claude Levi-Strauss dies at 100; French philosopher&#x27;s ideas transformed anthropology</title>
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<description><![CDATA[He was known as the father of modern anthropology because of his then-revolutionary conclusion that so-called primitive societies did not differ greatly intellectually from modern ones.
                        
                    
                    
                        Claude Levi-Strauss, the French philosopher widely considered the father of modern anthropology because of his then-revolutionary conclusion that so-called primitive societies did not differ greatly intellectually from modern ones, died Friday at his home in Paris from natural causes. He was 100.

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        Biologist Richard Dawkins on the evolution debate</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Author of 'The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution' shares his passion for spreading an understanding of scientific processes with the layperson.
                        
                    
                    
                        In the 150 years since the publication of Charles Darwin's landmark book, "On the Origin of Species," researchers have accrued massive amounts of evidence in support of evolution and the mechanics behind the process. Yet today only 4 in 10 Americans believe that evolution occurred.

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<title>Another reason to cover your cough: pets at risk</title>
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who think they may have H1N1 flu need to stay away from work, avoid sneezing on their spouses and children and now, they have someone else to worry about infecting too -- their pets.
  
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<description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canada will launch an investigation into why far fewer sockeye salmon than scientists had predicted returned to the Fraser River on the Pacific Coast this summer.
  
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<description><![CDATA[BEIJING (Reuters) - China supports the peaceful exploration and use of space, President Hu Jintao said on Friday, days after its top air force officials sparked concerns with talk of a "Great Wall of steel in the blue sky."
  
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<title>WHO says pandemic flu on rise in China, Japan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GENEVA (Reuters) - H1N1 swine flu is on the rise in China and Japan after triggering an unusually early start to the winter influenza season in Europe, Central Asia and North America, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
  
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<title>Company sequences whole human genome for $1,700</title>
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Want to know your entire DNA sequence? A California company has done it for as little as $1,700.
  
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<title>Scientists halt brain disease with new gene therapy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have managed to halt a rare and fatal brain disease with an experimental gene therapy technique using a deactivated version of the AIDS virus, a study published on Thursday showed.
  
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<title>Study suggests peat CO2 credits more valuable</title>
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<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesia-based study shows carbon-rich tropical peat lands trap more greenhouse gases than first thought, driving up their potential value on the carbon market and strengthening a case for their protection.
  
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - A growing storm of debris flying around in space is dramatically increasing the risk of orbital crashes, and steps to avoid them will add greatly to the costs of future space flight, British space experts say.
  
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<title>Bypass surgery safer using heart-lung pump: study</title>
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<description><![CDATA[BOSTON (Reuters) - Allowing the heart to keep beating during coronary bypass surgery is riskier than stopping the heart and using a heart-lung machine to keep the patient alive, researchers reported on Wednesday.
  
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<description><![CDATA[PARIS     (AP) -- French police conducted a nationwide search Friday for a security driver who vanished with euro11 million ($7.4 million) in cash from a bank in the central city of Lyon, authorities said....]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Phoenix Mars Lander</title>
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<description><![CDATA[NASA's latest robot has already found frozen water and is looking for more signs that the Red Planet could support life.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Brain Trauma</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Even so-called "mild" head injuries turn out to be anything but.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Mammoth Mystery</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A pair of mammoth skeletons is found locked together by their tusks. What happened?]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Profile: Judah Folkman</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Once scorned for his ideas about how cancer grows, the late Judah Folkman is now hailed as a visionary.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Dispatch: Asking Big Questions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In this excerpt from a 2002 commencement address at Oberlin College, the late cancer researcher Judah Folkman describes how he learned to think outside the box when he was in high school. Listen in. ]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Leeches</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A century after falling out of favor among doctors, medicinal leeches are back in hospitals, sucking away on patients' wounds.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: The Search for ET</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Astronomers have their radio telescopes tuned to receive signals from alien worlds. But is anybody out there? ]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Stem Cells Breakthrough</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Three separate teams overcome a biomedical hurdle -- creating stem cells without the use of human embryos.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Profile: Edith Widder</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Meet a marine biologist and explorer who has engineered new ways to spy on deep-sea creatures.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Bird Brains</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Clues to the origins of human language are turning up in the brains of birds.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Space Storms</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Behind the dazzling display of the aurora borealis are space storms that could turn the lights off here on Earth.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Profile: Yoky Matsuoka</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A former tennis prodigy aims to create advanced prosthetic limbs controlled by human thought.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Smart Bridges</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Can we engineer bridges that tell us what's wrong with them before it's too late?]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Dispatch: Bridge Doctors</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In this audio feature, engineer Michael Todd explains how new sensing technologies may help detect structural problems within bridges before they become dangerous.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Saving Hubble</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Two teams of spacewalkers take on the risky mission of reviving the ailing Space Telescope.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: First Primates</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Our most distant primate ancestors, which took the stage shortly after the dinosaurs left it, were tree-dwellers the size of mice.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Profile: Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa</title>
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<description><![CDATA[He jumped the fence from Mexico to work as a farmhand and ended up a leading brain surgeon.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A relatively benign bug becomes a highly lethal pathogen, known to U.S. soldiers as Iraqibacter.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Dispatch: Personal Genome Project</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In this video dispatch, learn why George Church of Harvard Medical School hopes to recruit 100,000 people and sequence all of their DNA.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Dispatch: Falling Through the Earth</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Join host Neil deGrasse Tyson for a fantastic voyage through Earth's molten core -- without getting burned.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Personal DNA Testing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Genetic testing to assess risk factors for a handful of serious illnesses is now commercially available. But is it a good idea?]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Art Authentication</title>
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<description><![CDATA[See how clever computer algorithms can distinguish a master fake from a masterpiece.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Capturing Carbon</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An eighth-grader's science fair project prompts her scientist father to develop a new way to pull excess carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Profile: Pardis Sabeti</title>
<link>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0302/04.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[By night she's a rocker. By day, she's a Harvard geneticist tracking the evolution of the human genome.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Dispatch: Hands on Hubble</title>
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<description><![CDATA[John Grunsfeld, an astronomer and astronaut, says that fixing the Hubble Space Telescope will be a delicate operation. Here, he explains how astronauts will have to literally let their fingers do the walking when working on the satellite -- and why the gloves of their space suits will play a major role in the mission's success.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Dark Matter</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Turns out most of the universe is held together by a mysterious, invisible substance.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Of Mice and Memory</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Mice placed in enriched environments can recover lost memories, giving hope to those who study Alzheimer's.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Profile: Hany Farid</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This self-proclaimed "accidental scientist" is a digital detective inventing new ways to tell if photos have been faked.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Wisdom of the Crowds</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ask enough people to estimate something, and their combined guesses will get you surprisingly close to the right answer.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Dispatch: Asking Big Questions</title>
<link>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080522.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In this excerpt from a 2002 commencement address at Oberlin College, the late cancer researcher Judah Folkman describes how he learned to think outside the box when he was in high school.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Dispatch: Finding Lost Memories</title>
<link>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080424.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In diseases like Alzheimer's, are forgotten memories gone for good? MIT's Eric Lander and Li-Huei Tsai discuss new experiments that are exploring whether these "lost" memories can be regained.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Dispatch: Finding a Fake Van Gogh</title>
<link>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080410.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Can a computer tell the difference between an original van Gogh painting and a fake? NOVA scienceNOW producer Dean Irwin describes how 21st-century technology can help museum curators catch even the most skilled forgers.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Dispatch: Eavesdropping on E.T.</title>
<link>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080305.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at SETI, thinks it's just a matter of time before we find evidence of other intelligent life in the universe.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Dispatch: Global Meltdown</title>
<link>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080221.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Glaciologist Lonnie Thompson says that glaciers around the world are disappearing -- fast.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Dispatch: Doctor Q</title>
<link>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/rss/redir/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/080207.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Neurosurgeon Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa's career didn't start in a hospital -- it began in a farm field. Listen in. And watch for Dr. Q's profile on NOVA scienceNOW this summer.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Dispatch: Leeches!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Mark Siddall, a leech expert at the American Museum of Natural History, wants to change how you think about nature's most notorious blood-suckers. Listen in.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Dispatch: A Cosmic Enigma</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dark matter is a cosmic enigma. We can't see it or touch it—so what is it? We asked MIT physicist Max Tegmark about the nature of this strange substance and why it remains so mysterious. ]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Ask The Expert: Epigenetics</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Randy Jirtle answered viewer questions about epigenetics on August 2, 2007.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Ask The Expert: T. Rex Blood?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[On July 31, 2007, Mary Schweitzer answered selected viewer questions about her discovery of what may be  blood vessels and red blood cells, the implications of that and similar discoveries, and other matters dinosaurian and paleontological.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Ask The Expert: Kronos</title>
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<description><![CDATA[On July 30, 2007, Jim Sanborn answered selected viewer questions about his sculpture Kryptos, including ones about the unsolved fourth part.]]></description>
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<title>NOVA scienceNOW: Ask The Expert: Arlie Petters</title>
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<description><![CDATA[On July 30, 2007, Arlie Petters answered selected viewer questions about his life and work.]]></description>
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<title>Worldwide smartphone sales stay surprisingly strong</title>
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<description><![CDATA[No matter how bad the economy gets, a lot of consumers will still fork over a couple hundred bucks for the latest smartphone.

That's the lesson we learned today from the folks over at market research firm IDC. In a new report, IDC says vendors worldwide shipped 43.3 million devices in ...


    
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<title>Droid launch party could be cut short by arrival of new iPhone</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Droid launch day is here, and it couldn't come soon enough. For weeks, we've been digging through the waves of buzz surrounding the Android 2.0 Droid – the iDon't commercials, the photo leaks, the Droid Eris, the official list of specs, a massive Droid launch event in New York City, ...


    
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<description><![CDATA[Seen "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"? "Man in the Moon"? How 'bout the previews for Tim Burton's take on "Alice in Wonderland"?

Jim Carrey starred in two of those three films (and we think he may've made a fine Mad Hatter over Johnny Depp) and knowing that, it's easy to ...


    
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<title>Which Sesame Street character should Google use tomorrow?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sesame Street has gotten some serious Google love this week. On Wednesday, Google swapped out its usual kindergarten-colored logo for Big Bird's happy feet, in honor of Sesame Street's 40th anniversary. (His foreign friends Chamki and Boombah smiled for the Google India homepage. Their clay cousins Wallace and Gromit spruced ...


    
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<title>Droid will allow tethering, Verizon says</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After weeks of anticipation, Verizon is slated to officially release the Droid on Friday morning. The Droid smartphone, which is manufactured by Motorola and powered by Google’s Android 2.0 operating system, will retail for $199, with a two-year contract and a mail-in rebate. To celebrate the Droid release, Verizon is ...


    
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<title>Google Dashboard: Its unintended uses (and abuses)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Google announced Dashboard, a user's one-stop-shop for managing the information associated with their Google account. Cries of praise went up: "Yay for Google! Way to not be evil! Thanks for making it so easy to see all of this!"

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<title>Verizon Droid Eris undercuts Motorola Droid on price</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Well, we're less than 24 hours away from the release of the Droid, the much-hyped smartphone built by the folks over at Motorola. And as we noted earlier this afternoon, Verizon has been saturating the airwaves with a commercial touting the Android-equipped Droid as the phone that could finally knock ...


    
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<title>New ad bills Verizon Droid as &#x2019;stealth&#x2019; tech</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Update: Verizon Droid Eris undercuts Motorola Droid on price

Friday is the official release date of the Droid, a smartphone manufactured by Motorola and powered by Verizon Wireless. And Verizon isn't missing any chances to bombard potential consumers with news of the Droid. Beginning earlier this week, Verizon aired an advertisement ...


    
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<item rdf:about="http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/11/04/goodbye-honda-odyssey-hello-honda-skydeck-concept/">
<title>Goodbye, Honda Odyssey. Hello, Honda SkyDeck concept.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Don't get us wrong – in no way are we saying that you should ditch your sports car and invest in something more spacious. But hey, you could do worse than saving your pennies for the Honda SkyDeck, the six-seat hybrid minivan unveiled at last month's Tokyo Motor Show.

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<title>Microsoft layoffs hit again</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft will face another round of layoffs this week.

Just two weeks ago, the company's fortunes seemed hopeful. Microsoft said that its quarterly earnings beat analysts' expectations and its newest operating system, Windows 7, sprinted out of the gate. This drove up stock prices and lead to thoughts that maybe the ...


    
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<description><![CDATA[  Dentists urged to look for cardiac risk ... Right-handed have a 'right' bias ... Gonorrhea drug halts tumor growth ... Rotavirus vaccine needed in more countries ... Health/Science news from UPI.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/06/Gonorrhea-drug-halts-tumor-growth/UPI-54771257532432/">
<title>Gonorrhea drug halts tumor growth</title>
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<description><![CDATA[BALTIMORE, Nov. 6 (UPI) --  A gonorrhea medicine used since the 1930s has shown an ability to halt the growth of blood vessels in cancerous tumors, scientists in Maryland say.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/06/British-scientists-seek-more-respect/UPI-41841257531124/">
<title>British scientists seek more respect</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/06/British-scientists-seek-more-respect/UPI-41841257531124/</link>
<description><![CDATA[LONDON, Nov. 6 (UPI) --  A group of British scientists is asking the government to respect the independence of scientific advisers and protect them from political interference. ]]></description>
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<title>Kilauea&#x27;s new lava flow reaches ocean</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/06/Kilaueas-new-lava-flow-reaches-ocean/UPI-72061257528982/</link>
<description><![CDATA[HONOLULU, Nov. 6 (UPI) --  New lava flows from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano have reached the ocean, creating a new lava tube separate from the main tube, geologists said.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/06/New-duck-billed-dinosaur-discovered/UPI-77511257527301/">
<title>New duck-billed dinosaur discovered</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/06/New-duck-billed-dinosaur-discovered/UPI-77511257527301/</link>
<description><![CDATA[BILBAO, Spain, Nov. 6 (UPI) --  A new hadrosaur, or duck-billed dinosaur, has been discovered in Huesca, Spain, scientists at the University of Basque Country said.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/06/Boat-tails-on-trucks-save-fuel/UPI-48031257524863/">
<title>Boat tails on trucks save fuel</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/06/Boat-tails-on-trucks-save-fuel/UPI-48031257524863/</link>
<description><![CDATA[DELFT, Netherlands, Nov. 6 (UPI) --  Tapered devices -- boat tails -- fitted on the rear of trucks can reduce fuel consumption by as much as 7.5 percent, scientists in the Netherlands said.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/06/Unique-supernova-found-in-constellation/UPI-64381257522678/">
<title>Unique supernova found in constellation</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/06/Unique-supernova-found-in-constellation/UPI-64381257522678/</link>
<description><![CDATA[BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 6 (UPI) --  An exploding star known as SN2002bj could be a new class of supernova that resulted in a true thermonuclear explosion, a California researcher said.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/06/Saber-toothed-cats-practiced-equality/UPI-67401257522360/">
<title>Saber-toothed cats practiced equality</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/06/Saber-toothed-cats-practiced-equality/UPI-67401257522360/</link>
<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (UPI) --  Despite their long fangs, male saber-toothed tigers may have been less aggressive than other big cats of their time, researchers in California said.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Swine-flu-hits-remote-Amazon-tribe/UPI-80221257473034/">
<title>Swine flu hits remote Amazon tribe</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Swine-flu-hits-remote-Amazon-tribe/UPI-80221257473034/</link>
<description><![CDATA[LONDON, Nov. 5 (UPI) --  At least 1,000 members of a remote tribe in the Amazon region in Venezuela have been infected with H1N1 flu and seven have died, Survival International says.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Inner-statue-under-Nefertiti-bust/UPI-98141257471727/">
<title>&#x27;Inner statue&#x27; under Nefertiti bust?</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Inner-statue-under-Nefertiti-bust/UPI-98141257471727/</link>
<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE, Italy, Nov. 5 (UPI) --  Italian scientists say CAT scans have helped them uncover an "inner statue" under one of the world's best-known faces, the bust of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Study-Whale-watchers-ignore-speed-limits/UPI-53451257465769/">
<title>Study: Whale-watchers ignore speed limits</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Study-Whale-watchers-ignore-speed-limits/UPI-53451257465769/</link>
<description><![CDATA[SCITUATE, Mass., Nov. 5 (UPI) --  A study of whale-watching boats visiting Stellwagen Bank from Massachusetts ports found all of them exceeding voluntary speed limits.]]></description>
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<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/UPI-NewsTrack-Health-and-Science-News/UPI-97241257461040/</link>
<description><![CDATA[  Sept. Atlanta flooding: 1 in 10,000 event … H1N1 deaths highest in those 50 and older … Global warning could affect the oceans … Fragile X drug now in clinical trials ... Health/Science news from UPI.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/PetSmart-recalls-Dentleys-beef-hooves/UPI-10641257455601/">
<title>PetSmart recalls Dentley&#x27;s beef hooves</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/PetSmart-recalls-Dentleys-beef-hooves/UPI-10641257455601/</link>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) --  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the nationwide recall of Dentley's-brand beef hooves sold by PetSmart stores due to possible contamination.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Hybrid-molecules-may-treat-Alzheimers/UPI-50291257454009/">
<title>Hybrid molecules may treat Alzheimer&#x27;s</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Hybrid-molecules-may-treat-Alzheimers/UPI-50291257454009/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 5 (UPI) --  University of Michigan scientists say they have developed new molecular tools that hold promise in Alzheimer's disease treatment.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/FDA-warns-about-sex-enhancement-product/UPI-95201257452106/">
<title>FDA warns about sex enhancement product</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/FDA-warns-about-sex-enhancement-product/UPI-95201257452106/</link>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) --  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about a sexual enhancement dietary supplement found to be contaminated.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Chartjunk-may-actually-aid-understanding/UPI-31601257451218/">
<title>&#x27;Chartjunk&#x27; may actually aid understanding</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Chartjunk-may-actually-aid-understanding/UPI-31601257451218/</link>
<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 5 (UPI) --  Graphs and charts embellished with "chartjunk" may help rather than hurt people's understanding of data, a study at two U.S. universities indicates.]]></description>
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<title>Russian ISS docking to be televised</title>
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) --  The U.S. space agency says it will televise the docking of the newest Russian module to arrive at the International Space Station.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/New-source-for-afib-is-discovered/UPI-56801257450375/">
<title>New source for afib is discovered</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/New-source-for-afib-is-discovered/UPI-56801257450375/</link>
<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 5 (UPI) --  Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine say they have discovered a novel cellular source of atrial fibrillation.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Tranquility-transfer-ceremony-rescheduled/UPI-74231257450172/">
<title>Tranquility transfer ceremony rescheduled</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Tranquility-transfer-ceremony-rescheduled/UPI-74231257450172/</link>
<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 5 (UPI) --  The European Space Agency's transfer of the International Space Station's Tranquility node to the U.S. space agency has been rescheduled.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Sept-Atlanta-flooding-1-in-10000-event/UPI-35761257448430/">
<title>Sept. Atlanta flooding: 1 in 10,000 event</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Sept-Atlanta-flooding-1-in-10000-event/UPI-35761257448430/</link>
<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA, Nov. 5 (UPI) --  The U.S. Geological Survey says the September flooding that inundated the Atlanta area was so extreme, scientists say the data are stunning.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Project-to-collect-species-genetic-codes/UPI-78011257442788/">
<title>Project to collect species&#x27; genetic codes </title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Project-to-collect-species-genetic-codes/UPI-78011257442788/</link>
<description><![CDATA[SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Nov. 5 (UPI) --  A biomolecular engineer at the University of California-Santa Cruz is proposing the collection of genetic codes for 10,000 vertebrate species.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Spinal-muscular-atrophy-therapy-possible/UPI-80911257440732/">
<title>Spinal muscular atrophy therapy possible</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Spinal-muscular-atrophy-therapy-possible/UPI-80911257440732/</link>
<description><![CDATA[COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., Nov. 5 (UPI) --  U.S. medical scientists say a molecule related to the common antibiotic tetracycline might be useful in treating spinal muscular atrophy.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Global-warning-could-affect-the-oceans/UPI-47661257439645/">
<title>Global warning could affect the oceans</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Global-warning-could-affect-the-oceans/UPI-47661257439645/</link>
<description><![CDATA[SOUTHHAMPTON, England, Nov. 5 (UPI) --  British and U.S. scientists are warning deep-sea ecosystems occupying 60 percent of the Earth's surface could be vulnerable to the effects of global warming.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/NASA-announces-STS-129-details/UPI-65001257433094/">
<title>NASA announces STS-129 details</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/NASA-announces-STS-129-details/UPI-65001257433094/</link>
<description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 5 (UPI) --  The U.S. space agency says blogs and tweets will be part of the upcoming launch of space shuttle Atlantis and its mission to the International Space Station.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Fragile-X-drug-now-in-clinical-trials/UPI-68431257431038/">
<title>Fragile X drug now in clinical trials</title>
<link>http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/05/Fragile-X-drug-now-in-clinical-trials/UPI-68431257431038/</link>
<description><![CDATA[CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 5 (UPI) --  U.S. scientists say they are starting a trial of a medication designed to treat the neurochemical defect underlying Fragile X syndrome.]]></description>
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