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Booming China splashes out on science
By Lucy Hornby BEIJING - China 's booming economy has allowed it to increase spending on research and basic science, but it still...

Climate change forces plants higher: study
By Michael Kahn LONDON - Rising temperatures have forced many plants to creep to higher elevations to survive, researchers report...

MRI combo spots prostate cancer treatment failure
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two imaging modalities used in combination -- dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) ...

Sweet deal: Companies and U.S. team up to map cocoa DNA
WASHINGTON - Chocolate maker Mars Inc, computer giant IBM and the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday they would team up to ...

U.S. explores anti-missile scheme for flight zones
By Mark Trevelyan, Security Correspondent LONDON - U.S. researchers are exploring the use of laser or infrared systems to protect...

Greenland bid to raise whale hunt quota fails
By Simon Gardner SANTIAGO - Anti-whale catching nations on Thursday thwarted a bid by Greenland to raise its annual aboriginal wh...

Rising temperatures force many plants higher: study
By Michael Kahn LONDON - Rising temperatures have forced many plants to creep to higher elevations to survive, researchers report...

New bird family tree reveals some odd ducks
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO - The largest study ever of bird genetics has uncovered some surprising facts about the avian evolut...

Martian soil appears able to support life
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES - "Flabbergasted " NASA scientists said on Thursday that Martian soil appeared to contain the requi...

Foreigners threaten Afghan snow leopards
By Jonathon Burch KABUL - Afghanistan 's snow leopards have barely survived three decades of war. But now the few remaining mount...