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Biologist Norton Zinder dies at age 83 (Reuters)
NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2012 (Reuters) -- Norton Zinder, a biologist whose research into the genetic material of viruses and bacteria led to a greater understanding of the most fundamental building blocks of life, has died at age 83. ... > read full story
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Scientists melt mystery over icecaps and sea levels (Reuters)
 SINGAPORE, Feb. 8, 2012 (Reuters) -- U.S. scientists using satellite data have established a more accurate figure of the amount of annual sea level rise from melting glaciers and ice caps which should aid studies on how quickly coastal areas may flood as global warming gathers pace. ... > read full story
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NASA calls for new taxis to fly to Space Station (Reuters)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Feb. 7, 2012 (Reuters) -- NASA is looking for at least two U.S. firms to design and build space taxis to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station, program managers said on Tuesday. ... > read full story
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Neuroscience the new face of warfare: experts (Reuters)
LONDON, Feb. 6, 2012 (Reuters) -- Directed energy weapons that use wave beams to cause pain, and electrical brain stimulation that boosts a soldier's combat ability - it may sound like science fiction warfare, but experts say advances in neuroscience mean it's on the horizon. ... > read full story
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Malaria kills twice as many as thought: study (Reuters)
 LONDON, Feb. 3, 2012 (Reuters) -- Malaria kills more than 1.2 million people worldwide a year, nearly twice as many as previously thought, according to new research published on Friday that questions years of assumptions about the mosquito-borne disease. ... > read full story
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NASA confident in Russia despite space accidents (Reuters)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Feb. 2, 2012 (Reuters) -- Despite a spate of Russian space accidents last year, NASA remains confident in its partner's ability to fly crew and cargo to the International Space Station, the program manager said on Thursday. ... > read full story
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Siblings' brain scans may hold key to addictions (Reuters)
LONDON, Feb. 2, 2012 (Reuters) -- Drug addicts and their non-addicted siblings share certain features in the brain, suggesting a susceptibility to addiction is inherited but is also a flaw that can be overcome, scientists said on Thursday. ... > read full story
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OHB confirms won Galileo satellite contract from EU (Reuters)
FRANKFURT, Feb. 2, 2012 (Reuters) -- Germany's OHB AG confirmed it won a 250 million euro ($330 million) contract to build eight satellites for the European Union's Galileo navigation system. ... > read full story
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No big Fukushima health impact seen: U.N. body chairman (Reuters)
 VIENNA, Jan. 31, 2012 (Reuters) -- The health impact of last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan appears relatively small thanks partly to prompt evacuations, the chairman of a U.N. scientific body investigating the effects of radiation said on Tuesday. ... > read full story
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U.S. panel defends call to censor bird flu studies (Reuters)
 CHICAGO, Jan. 31, 2012 (Reuters) -- A potentially deadlier form of the bird flu virus poses one of the gravest known threats to humans and justifies an unprecedented call to censor the research that produced it, a top U.S. biosecurity official said on Tuesday. ... > read full story
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