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UN says greenhouse gases reach record high in 2008

Greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere reached record highs in 2008, with carbon dioxide levels increasing faster than previously, the U.N. weather agency said Monday.
Modified: 11/23/09 12:18:16 PM

Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag

A pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their shuttle mission Monday, helping to install an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station.
Modified: 11/23/09 12:18:10 PM

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Mom: Son in coma heard everything for 23 years

A mother says her son has emerged from what doctors thought was a vegetative state to say he was fully conscious for 23 years but could not respond because he was paralyzed.
Modified: 11/23/09 12:18:12 PM

Study: kids watching hours of TV at home daycare

Parents who thought their preschoolers were spending time in home-based day cares, taking naps, eating healthy snacks and learning to play nicely with others may be surprised to discover they are sitting as many as two hours a day in front of a TV, according to a study published Monday.
Modified: 11/23/09 10:13:42 AM

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Scientist digs deep to learn ocean's secrets

Over the past decade, Steve Ross has spent many of his days searching for undiscovered truths, kept hidden for years by deep, cold waters.
Modified: 11/22/09 06:41:55 AM

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Big Bang atom smasher sends beams in 2 directions

The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said.
Modified: 11/23/09 12:18:15 PM

Scientist: Leak of climate e-mails appalling

A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online said Sunday the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month's global climate summit in Denmark.
Modified: 11/23/09 11:33:08 AM

Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health bill

Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.
Modified: 11/22/09 04:47:07 PM

Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto

Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated - beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.
Modified: 11/23/09 03:07:03 AM

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Thousands of strange creatures found deep in ocean

The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr. Seuss book: tentacled transparent sea cucumbers, primitive "dumbos" that flap ear-like fins, and tubeworms that feed on oil deposits.
Modified: 11/22/09 04:47:06 PM

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Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit

Sixty-five world leaders have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December, and several more have responded positively to invitations, Danish officials said Sunday.
Modified: 11/22/09 02:21:53 PM

Former NIH chief: Ignore new mammogram guideline

The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer.
Modified: 11/22/09 09:50:17 AM

Astronaut's baby daughter born as he circles Earth

Astronaut Randolph Bresnik jubilantly welcomed his new daughter into the world Sunday as he floated 220 miles above it.
Modified: 11/22/09 04:47:03 PM

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Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate

Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.
Modified: 11/21/09 02:40:24 PM

Ukraine's `hot air' bedevils global climate deal

Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance.
Modified: 11/22/09 01:20:30 AM

Bangladeshi mom wants twins to stay in Australia

The mother who gave up conjoined Bangladeshi newborn twins for adoption said Saturday she is overjoyed the toddlers have been successfully separated and wants them to grow up in Australia.
Modified: 11/21/09 05:10:17 AM

Astronauts finish another spacewalk, still no baby

A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.
Modified: 11/21/09 05:40:22 PM

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Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang

Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.
Modified: 11/21/09 02:10:46 PM

Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier

Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.
Modified: 11/20/09 05:24:02 PM

Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group

Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer.
Modified: 11/20/09 04:29:31 PM

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