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Workers struggle to save seals

The seals look up with sad eyes, some too tired or sick to lift their heads. Some have been abandoned by their mothers, others are malnourished. A few have been injured by sharks looking for a seal pup snack.
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It's a girl!

Three weeks after a giant panda cub was born at the San Diego Zoo, veterinarians confirmed on Thursday that the newborn is a girl.
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Scientists: Earth spins faster at center

The giant iron ball at the center of the Earth appears to be spinning a bit faster than the rest of the planet.
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Venetian secret ingredient -- glass

How did paintings by Tintoretto and other Venetian Renaissance artists get their special glow?
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	August 24

• Group: Melting Arctic a growing threat


	August 23

• Group: Antarctic ozone hole growing
• New bird species found in Colombia


	August 22

• Researchers report potential stem cell breakthrough


	August 19

• Report: Women still face bias in science


	August 17

• Lions and elephants on the Great Plains?


	August 16

• Study: Chimps show hand preference
• Garlic: It hurts so good


	August 15

• Harvard to explore origins of life


	August 12

• Leaf to bud: Pssst, it's time to flower


	August 11

• Inca knotted strings tell ancient tale


	August 10

• Mutant mice helping cure diseases


	August 9

• Ancient monk cell unearthed in Egypt
• Study: Sabertooths were no pussy cats
• Sea otters face population decline


	August 8

• Forest Service: Fossil poaching running rampant
• Group: Climate change pushing wildlife north


	August 5

• 'Cheap' genome sequencing now possible
• Shock over cocaine river residues
• Conservationists kill trees to help ivory-billed


	August 4

• Drill hits active area of San Andreas Fault
• Study: Giant ocean waves fairly common


	August 3

• Scientists clone man's best friend
• Giant panda cub born at San Diego Zoo


	August 2

• Scientists puzzle over oddities along Pacific coast
• Ivory-billed recordings convince doubters
• National Zoo's baby panda is a boy


	August 1

• Explorers: Arctic ocean depths teeming with life
• Logging threatens Louisiana's bald cypress


	July 31

• Study: Hurricanes getting stronger


	July 20

• Quake sounds reveal Earth 'ripping apart'


	July 15

• Wind farms could meet energy needs


	July 7

• Jellyfish lures dinner with flashing red light


	July 5

• Science's greatest questions revealed


	July 4

• Carbon emissions threaten sea life


	June 28

• Gates targets global health crisis


	June 27

• Physics' sharpest mind since Einstein


	June 22

• Seismic activity in country's center sparks debate


	June 13

• Endangered condors soar over Arizona skies


	June 9

• Expert: No human clones this century
• Moths could target cocaine output


	June 8

• You're so gross!


	May 23

• Snow leopards spotted on top of world


	May 21

• Cloning success hailed, feared


	May 20

• Cloning success hailed, feared


	May 19

• Scientists: Sumatra quake longest ever recorded


	May 13

• Celebrating a sense of identity


	May 10

• Changes in Gulf Stream could chill Europe


	April 28

• Ivory-billed woodpecker not extinct


	April 26

• 'Agroterror' a new threat to the economy
• Could plant ivory save elephants?


	April 22

• Oil-drilling protesters bring dessert
• Your e-mails: Environmental concerns
• Saving the world, one robot at a time


	April 21

• Saving the world, one robot at a time
• 'Smart Gear' could protect turtles, dolphins, whales


	April 20

• Experts: Monarch butterfly population in jeopardy


	April 15

• Scientists find eggs in dinosaur mom
• Seeking solutions to a cooler planet


	April 14

• Technology taking the mystery out of Mother Nature


	April 13

• Stranded dolphins get round-the-clock care


	April 12

• Finding the roots of modern humans


	April 8

• Challenges ahead for a changing Earth
• Past may hold clues to climate's future
• A truly global problem
• Greenhouse gas market to slow global warming
• The science debate behind climate change
• Commentary: Global warming sizzles in pop culture


	March 28

• Why didn't this quake cause a killer tsunami?


	March 21

• Potential seen in adult stem cells


	March 15

• Sled dogs train, perform like top athletes


	March 9

• Scientists seek source of Mount St. Helens blast


	March 8

• Dolphin rescue worker: 'We need more volunteers'


	March 4

• Computer sleuths dig deep to solve crimes


	February 22

• Rebirth of a wetland


	February 14

• Brainpower as easy as X and Y


	January 28

• Oranges a building block for 'greener' plastic


	January 20

• International talks on overfishing in May


	January 13

• Tsunamis leave environmental devastation


	January 11

• Expert: Keep children from mobiles


	January 7

• The right stuff: Anatomy of a whale rescue


	January 6

• Getting word out a challenge in tsunami warnings


	January 4

• New insight into ancient Americans


	December 30

• Alien invaders, a global environment under attack


	December 23

• Baby talk could be key to language


	December 20

• Study: Deadly flu could be stopped


	December 14

• Sharks respond to magnetic fields


	December 9

• Scientists study clues to forecasting California quakes


	December 2

• Biometrics must balance privacy and security
• New guide for scientific explorers


	November 25

• Cicadas leave bounty of nutrients for forests


	November 23

• Amid wreckage, Caribbean cleanup continues


	November 18

• Fossil may be ancestor of humans, apes


	November 17

• Scientist: Man in Americas earlier than thought

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