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• El Nino weakens, here comes La Nina, meteorologists say
  

  Associated Press | April 24, 2016 6:12 pm

  WASHINGTON (AP) — In the midst of an epic El Nino, federal meteorologists say its flip side, La Nina, is around the corner. The National…
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  Museum enlists volunteers in search for creepy crawlies
  

  Associated Press | April 24, 2016 3:01 pm

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Long before Southern California was paved over with freeways and covered with cars and millions of people, it was teeming with…
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  Oyster hatchery sows pearls of wisdom on climate change
  

  Associated Press | April 23, 2016 11:08 pm

  WALPOLE, Maine (AP) — Say “infrastructure” and most people think roads and bridges, not tubes and valves. But to Bill Mook, the black box in…
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  APNewsBreak: Endangered seals start journey home after rehab
  

  Associated Press | April 23, 2016 12:09 pm

  ABOARD US COAST GUARD HC-130 HERCULES (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard airplane rumbled down an airstrip on Hawaii’s Big Island, carrying hundreds of pounds…
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  Poor policies blamed as India reels from drought, hardship
  

  Associated Press | April 22, 2016 10:51 pm

  SHAHAPUR, India (AP) — Shantabai Babulkar’s day begins before dawn with a 5-kilometer (3-mile) trek across barren fields and dusty scrubland to fetch water from…
• Scientists: Greenland ice sheet is melting freakishly early
  

  Associated Press | April 22, 2016 10:34 am

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Greenland’s massive ice sheet this week started melting freakishly early thanks to a weather system that brought unseasonably warm temperatures and rain,…
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  Indian capital starts restricting cars to clear air
  

  Associated Press | April 22, 2016 3:00 am

  NEW DELHI (AP) — The New Delhi government on Friday began a second round of two-week car restrictions to reduce air pollution that has made…
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  British astronaut all set to run London Marathon from space
  

  Associated Press | April 21, 2016 11:00 pm

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Britain’s first official spaceman, Timothy Peake, says he’s ready to run the London Marathon in 1½ weeks — from 250…
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  Handwriting study finds clues on when biblical texts written
  

  Associated Press | April 21, 2016 9:41 pm

  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli mathematicians and archaeologists say they have found evidence to suggest that key biblical texts may have been composed earlier than what…
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  UConn to display work of biologist who collected 2M insects
  

  Associated Press | April 21, 2016 6:04 pm

  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut will use a $500,000 grant to give the public access to decades of work by a former…
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  Stephen Hawking joins futuristic bid to explore outer space
  

  Associated Press | April 20, 2016 10:25 pm

  NEW YORK (AP) — With famed physicist Stephen Hawking at his side, an Internet investor announced Tuesday that he’s spending $100 million on a futuristic…
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  CSI for animals: Forensic vets battle pet abuse, neglect
  

  Associated Press | April 20, 2016 8:13 pm

  NEW YORK (AP) — The cocker spaniel arrives at the animal hospital with a police officer, whimpering and shaking. He has a pus-filled pink socket…
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  UN climate panel to explore 1.5-degree warming goal
  

  Associated Press | April 20, 2016 2:41 pm

  STOCKHOLM (AP) — The U.N.’s scientific panel on climate change will write a special report on how to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius…
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  APNewsBreak: Endangered seals start journey home after rehab
  

  Associated Press | April 20, 2016 7:55 am

  ABOARD US COAST GUARD HC-130 HERCULES (AP) — Seven endangered Hawaiian monk seals that were found abandoned or malnourished late last year began their trip…
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  Storms raised some pollutants after mine spill, not others
  

  Associated Press | April 20, 2016 7:21 am

  DENVER (AP) — Runoff from autumn storms kicked up the levels of some contaminants in a southwestern Colorado river after a massive spill of toxic…