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Modified plants to 'sniff out' explosives
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DENVER, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've re-engineered plants to detect explosives, air pollution and toxic chemicals, turning from green to white in their presence.
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U.N. warns of Asian foot-and-mouth threat
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UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A U.N. agency says it is warning veterinary and border authorities in Asia of a major outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the Republic of Korea.
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Montreal counts record flock of crows
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MONTREAL, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Bird watchers in Montreal say they counted a record flock of crows in the city last month, the largest since the annual winter count began in 1935.
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Poll: Half oppose Obama's spending plan
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Half of U.S. voters say they oppose President Obama's spending proposals in education, transportation and innovation, Rasmussen Reports said Thursday.
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Men more apt to forgive lesbian affair
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AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Men are more forgiving to a girlfriend who has cheated with a woman, but women are more forgiving to a cheating man with another woman, U.S. researchers say.
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Report: 'Blunt force trauma' killed birds
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says "blunt force trauma" killed thousands of blackbirds northeast of Little Rock.
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Psychopathy, brain damage -- common traits
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HAIFA, Israel, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- People diagnosed as psychopathic have difficulty showing empathy and behave as though they are suffering frontal brain damage, Israeli researchers say.
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Research group backs Obama on science
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BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. scientific group says it supports President Obama's State of the Union call for increased investment in scientific and biomedical research.
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Agave seen as excellent biofuel source
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Agave, cultivated for alcoholic beverages and for fiber, could be used as a sustainable biofuel feedstock, U.S. researchers say.
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Study alters Greenland glacier melt view
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LEEDS, England, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Warm summer temperatures may not melt the Greenland ice sheet as fast as previously feared and may actually slow the flow of glaciers, British researchers say.
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Study: Relocating fish stocks has problems
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MONTREAL, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A Canadian study of fish relocation says trout, salmon and whitefish do not respond well to being transplanted from one environment to another.
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Defense against computer attack described
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RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've developed a system that can restore the operating system of a computer that has been the target of a cyberattack.
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Scientists make 'body clock' discovery
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CAMBRIDGE, England, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- U.K. scientists say they've identified the mechanism that controls the internal 24-hour clock of all life forms, dating back to early life on Earth.
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Bieber, Osbourne in Best Buy ad
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MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Best Buy announced plans to feature Justin Bieber and Ozzy Osbourne in its first ever Super Bowl commercial to air during the big game's third quarter.
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Call for halt to pesticides in bee deaths
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LONDON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Pesticides implicated in widespread bee deaths should be discontinued in Britain pending scientific evidence about their effects, U.K. politicians were told.
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