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They long knew about the world's smallest snake, which just made its scientific debut. >>
Portuguese officials struggle to halt the spread of pine wilt disease, which is a menace from Scandinavia to Greece. >>
Global warming can't be blamed for the trifecta -- headed toward the Southeast U.S. -- meteorologists say. It's just 'peak season in an active hurricane cycle.' >>
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The 19-square-mile Markham Ice Shelf is now floating in the Arctic Ocean. An Arctic ice shelf specialist says 83 square miles of ice has been lost from shelves this summer. >>
That cheating husband could have a gene variant that scientists have linked to higher risks of marital discord and divorce. (He could even have two.) >>
The 48-year-old's death is the third West Nile fatality in California this year. >>
Ancient gold wreath found in Greece / Pre-Inca mummy pulled from tomb in Peru / Uric acid linked to hypertension / New Yorkers contracting HIV at three times the U.S. rate / Vaccine helps fight off fatal yeast infection >>
The Massachusetts facility, a joint enterprise of Harvard and MIT, had already received $200 million from philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad. >>
If there is no spending plan by the end of the month, the state will owe $12 billion to government service providers who by law cannot be paid in the absence of a budget. >>
One bill would curb retroactive cancellation of sick patients' coverage. Aggressive lobbying by insurers and doctors and internal feuds among Democrats kill most proposals. >>
Though suicides among U.S. adolescents drop a bit after a sharp escalation, the overall trend is upward, a study suggests. >>
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The new series aims to help children understand the way the real world works. >>
Researchers find a greater number and variety of bacteria and fungi in a notable portion of women with pre-term deliveries. The more severe the infection, the earlier they were likely to give birth. >>
Dr. Hugh R. Butt, the Mayo Clinic physician who discovered the role of vitamin K in clotting and developed anti-clotting techniques that paved the way for open-heart surgery and transplants, died Aug. 16 in Rochester, Minn. >>
Dr. Robert F. Maronde, a professor emeritus at the USC School of Medicine whose accomplishments included co-creating an artificial kidney in the late 1940s and developing an early computerized prescription drug system in the 1960s, has died. He was 88. >>
A Caltech bioengineer and an associate film a fruit fly and find that it first jumps away from a threat before taking wing. This means fly swatters should lead the prey like a trapshooter. >>
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