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Radioactive tuna from Fukushima? Scientists eat it up
Marine biologist Dan Madigan stood on a dock in San Diego and considered some freshly caught Pacific bluefin tuna. The fish had managed to swim 5,000 miles from their spawning grounds near Japan to California's shores, only to end up the catch of local...
Tags: Beaches, Science, Japan, Research, Conservation
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Sibling-eating shark embryos put new spin on natural selection
For a sand tiger shark embryo, the uterine experience is not so much "safe and nurturing" as it is "Hunger Games" arena. In each of a pregnant sand tiger shark's two uteri, several egg sacs are fertilized, but only one baby emerges -- a 3-foot-long...
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Students test their robots' mettle at Shepherd University's ShepRobo Fest
davem@herald-mail.comWhen the robot R2-D2 showed up in the Star Wars movies, a lot of people probably thought it would be well in the future before something like that became reality. Well, that day is here. A robotics festival at Shepherd University this weekend featured...Tags: Education, Entertainment Events, Festive Events, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture
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How the famously famous never fade from view
Whoever said fame was fleeting had no idea what they were talking about. Just ask Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise, Donald Trump, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Jordan or Bill Murray. They've been soaking up the spotlight for years. In fact, not only does fame...
Tags: Tom Cruise, Bill Murray, Donald Trump, Celebrities, Jamie Foxx
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All-area girls lifter of year: Letter boosted Timber Creek state champ
Kjayla Martin's father could sense the pressure on his daughter before the FHSAA girls weightlifting state meet. So Keith Martin went old school. He took out a pen and paper. "I wanted her to know that we loved her, and whatever happened, we were...
Tags: Weightlifting
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UMass Lowell to add men's and women's lacrosse, join America East
Massachusetts Lowell will move up to Division I and join the America East Conference, representatives of both announced today at a rally at the Tsongas Center on campus. The school, which is currently in Division II, will also add men's and women's...
Tags: Stony Brook Seawolves, Lacrosse, Providence Friars, Sports, University of Maryland Baltimore County
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UMass-Lowell Will Move To Division I, Join America East In 2013-14
UMass-Lowell will join the America East next season, replacing B.U., which will depart for the Patriot. This allows the conference to remain at nine members. Below is the press release out of Lowell from the America East is below ... LOWELL, Mass. --...Tags: Providence College, Research, Human Interest, University of Hartford, University of New Hampshire
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Football: QB Jimmy Walker is headed to Stony Brook
Varsity Times InsiderQuarterback Jimmy Walker of Redlands has committed to Stony Brook University. He's the fourth player from his team to make a college commitment, joining Craig Lee (UCLA), Walter Jones (Oregon State) and Jared Layel (Air Force). -- Eric Sondheimer... -
Amber Flores to host annual softball camp
Sports WriterCalexico will launch its fourth annual Amber Flores Softball Camp on Nov. 24 at the Calexico High softball field. According to chief coordinator Alex Flores, it will be an opportunity for girls between the ages of 6 and 16 to receive “great...Tags: Kansas Jayhawks, Softball, Seminole State College, Oklahoma Sooners, Sports
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Is Sandy a taste of things to come?
CNNWe should not be surprised. That's the view of many climate scientists as they survey the destruction wrought by the superstorm that ravaged the Northeast this week. The melting of Arctic ice, rising sea levels, the warming atmosphere and changes to...Tags: Weather, Transportation, Conservation, Long Island Sound, Architecture
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Visiting Curiosity scientists set to leave JPL, head home
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is about to get a little quieter. Since Aug. 5, when the one-ton rover Curiosity landed on Mars, visiting scientists have worked out of the La Cañada Flintridge campus. They came from far and wide; from Spain, France,...
Tags: Science, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Rentals, Google Inc., Science and Technology
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Doctor Found Alive in Woods, Recovering from a 'Million' Bug Bites
pix11.com | @murphypixThe elderly doctor who survived more than three days and nights in the woods--through heat, thunderstorms, insect bites, and close encounters with animals--smiled from his hospital bed Friday, as the Suffolk County cops who found Dr. Jerome Nadler paid...Tags: Rosh Hashanah, Orlando, Suffolk County (New York), U.S. Navy, Judaism
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