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Scientists Create First Self-Replicating Synthetic Life

Scientists 'Boot Up' a Bacterial Cell With a Synthetic Genome

Artificial Antibodies Hold Biomedical Promise

Gulf Oil Spill Creates 'Giant Experiment' in Marine Toxicology

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Dark Matter Detected for First Time? Dark matter may have been "felt" for the first time deep in a Minnesota mine, physicists say. Detectors in the mine, part of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment, were tripped recently by what might be weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs.

Undersea robot captures rare deep-sea eruption

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With California teetering perpetually on the edge of financial ruin, marijuana activists have seized the moment, claiming that legalizing and taxing pot could help bail out the cash-strapped Golden State.

Human Protein Helps Prevent Infection by H1N1 Influenza and Other Viruses

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Connecticut holds 1st exotic animal amnesty day

AT&T iPhone 3G refurbs as low as $49

Docked off San Francisco's Pier 27 and rocking calmly in the bay, the Okeanos Explorer awaits its return to sea. The ship--once a U.S. Navy vessel now under control of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)--is in the midst of being outfitted exclusively for deep-ocean exploration and discovery. Its purpose will be to investigate unknown, misunderstood, and other below-the-surface phenomena. It is expected to be fully operational by next summer.

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