Biology

Report sets research priorities for Biden's cancer moonshot
Sep 7, 2016

Report sets research priorities for Biden's cancer moonshot

A new report outlines a scientific roadmap for the White House's cancer "moonshot" initiative _ urging research to harness the power of immune-based therapy, and to better tailor treatment by helping ...

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Future climate change field test doesn't make Earth greener
Sep 5, 2016

Future climate change field test doesn't make Earth greener

For 17 years with experiments on more than 1 million plants, scientists put future global warming to a real world test, growing California flowers and grasslands with extra heat, carbon dioxide and ni...

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Rare whale's recovery hurt by entanglements, scientists say
Aug 31, 2016

Rare whale's recovery hurt by entanglements, scientists say

Scientists say the ability of an endangered species of Atlantic whale to recover is jeopardized by increasing rates of entanglement in fishing gear and a resultant drop in birth rates...

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Obama creates world's largest marine protected area
Aug 26, 2016

Obama creates world's largest marine protected area

President Barack Obama will quadruple in size a marine national monument created by President George W. Bush a decade ago...

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Correction: Climate Change-American Pika story
Aug 26, 2016

Correction: Climate Change-American Pika story

Correction: Climate Change-American Pika story...

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SpaceX Dragon returns to Earth with station science, gear
Aug 26, 2016

SpaceX Dragon returns to Earth with station science, gear

A SpaceX Dragon capsule is back on Earth with scientific gifts from the International Space Station...

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4 malnourished Hawaiian monk seals taken to hospital
Aug 25, 2016

4 malnourished Hawaiian monk seals taken to hospital

Biologists say four malnourished Hawaiian monk seals have been taken from remote atolls to a Big Island hospital for the endangered animals to be fed fish and fluids to boost their weight...

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US anti-whaling group to stop interfering with Japanese
Aug 25, 2016

US anti-whaling group to stop interfering with Japanese

The founder of a radical conservation group made famous by the television show "Whale Wars" says a settlement over anti-whaling activities only prevents the group's U.S. organization from interfering ...

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Study: Man-made warming may have started decades earlier
Aug 24, 2016

Study: Man-made warming may have started decades earlier

Man-made global warming may have started a few decades earlier than scientists previously figured, a new study suggests...

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FDA tests confirm hepatitis A in scallops from Philippines
Aug 19, 2016

FDA tests confirm hepatitis A in scallops from Philippines

U.S. Food and Drug Administration tests found hepatitis A in scallops from the Philippines, which have been identified as the likely source of a Hawaii outbreak of the virus...

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