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Posted 2008-04-23
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Tax vote moves New Mexico spaceport closer to launch

SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — New Mexico's plan to promote space tourism took a major step forward as voters approved a tax for a launch complex where billionaire Richard Branson aims to operate the world's first "spaceline," officials said on Wednesday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-23
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U.S.-Brazilian venture to turn cane into biodiesel

SAO PAULO, Apr. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. company Amyris Biotechnologies and Brazilian sugar and ethanol group Crystalsev have formed a joint venture to produce and sell the first commercial diesel made from sugar cane instead of oilseeds like soy and canola., both sides said on Wednesday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-23
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Jane Goodall passes activist torch to world's youth

ORLANDO, Florida, Apr. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, 74, symbolically passed the torch on Tuesday to a new generation of hand-picked environmental and peace activists whom she gathered this week for the first Jane Goodall Global Youth Summit. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-22
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Next-generation heart stent beats older device

CHICAGO, Apr. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — A next-generation artery-opening device from Abbott Laboratories Inc worked as well or better than an older stent at keeping blood flowing through diseased arteries, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-22
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Skipping breakfast may mean your baby is a girl

LONDON, Apr. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — Women on low-calorie diets or who skip breakfast at the time of conception are more likely to give birth to girls than boys, British scientists said on Wednesday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-22
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Soyuz spacecraft safe despite botched landing: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Apr. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. space agency said on Tuesday it was confident Russia's Soyuz capsules remained safe to use, even as investigators probed an uncomfortably fast and off-course landing of one of the spaceships over the weekend. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-22
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Life expectancy falls in poorer U.S. counties: study

WASHINGTON, Apr. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — Life expectancy may have reached an all-time high for the United States, but it is declining in many poor counties, especially among women, researchers reported on Monday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-22
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U.S. says Indonesia stalling in talks on lab

WASHINGTON, Apr. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — Talks between Indonesia and the United States over the future of a U.S. naval medical lab have become entangled in an international dispute over how to share crucial bird flu samples, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said on Monday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-22
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EU wary on artificial food colors, no ban seen yet

BRUSSELS, Apr. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — The European Union is unlikely anytime soon to ban six artificial food colorings that some scientists believe may influence children's behavior, officials said on Tuesday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-04-21
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Scary landing tests "beginner" S.Korean astronaut

STAR CITY, Russia, Apr. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — Only the cool composure of her crewmates calmed South Korea's first astronaut when she saw flames swirling around their capsule during an unusually steep descent to Earth, she said on Monday. ... > full story