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Fossil casts doubt on dinosaur extinction
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EDMONTON, Alberta, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers say a fossil found in New Mexico contradicts a long-held belief that dinosaurs went extinct abruptly 65.5 million to 66 million years ago.
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Team drills toward hidden Antarctic lake
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Russian scientists drilling into the Antarctic's Lake Vostok, 13,000 feet beneath the continent's ice sheet, say they are in a race against the weather.
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Digital topped paperbacks at Amazon
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SEATTLE, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. retailer Amazon said Friday it sold more digital books in the fourth quarter than traditional paperbacks.
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Israel conducts massive controlled blast
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NEGEV, Israel, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Israel conducted a massive controlled explosion to calibrate instruments at seismic monitoring stations worldwide, officials said.
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U.S. alfalfa decision faces court threat
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Washington is endangering consumer and farmer rights and hurting the environment by green-lighting genetically modified alfalfa, a public-health group said.
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People like cuddling if not in a 'hookup'
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BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Sexual passion is exciting, but the vast majority of American men and women crave something deeper than just sexual behavior, U.S. researchers say.
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Greenwich observatory sets admission fee
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LONDON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Visitors to Britain's Royal Observatory will pay $16 beginning in March to stand with one foot in each of the eastern and western hemispheres, officials said.
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Asteroid said cause of Jupiter 'scar'
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PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- An asteroid the size of an ocean liner caused a scar observed in Jupiter's atmosphere, U.S. and U.K. studies say.
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Brazil gives go-ahead to controversial dam
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BRASILIA, Brazil, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Brazilian government environmental officials say they have approved construction of a giant hydroelectric dam project on an Amazon River tributary.
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EU warns Britain on London air pollution
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LONDON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The British government must convince EU officials London will meet European clean air standards if it is to avoid a court case, officials said.
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Japanese cargo craft reaches space station
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- An unmanned Japanese cargo spaceship has safely arrived at the International Space Station, delivering tons of supplies for the station and its crew members.
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Critics: Shark fishing nations fail pledge
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LONDON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Many countries whose fishing fleets take large numbers of sharks have failed to meet a pledge on conserving the species, a wildlife advocacy group says.
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Cocaine tied to Colombian deforestation
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STONY BROOK, N.Y., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Cultivating coca bushes, the source of cocaine, is destroying rainforests in Colombia and threatening the region's plant and animal diversity, researchers say.
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Date of humans out of Africa pushed back
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LONDON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Artifacts unearthed in the United Arab Emirates dating back 100,000 years imply modern humans first left Africa much earlier than believed, a report indicates.
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Calls for regulation of rare-plant sales
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SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. biologists are urging regulation of rare-plant sales, saying people obtain endangered or threatened plants and move them outside their native ranges.
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