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Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space - an idea spurred by science fiction novels....
Prized mushroom collection returns to China
BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later....
World leaders needed at talks to cut climate deal
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- After two years of tough U.N. climate talks often pitting the world's rich against the poor, negotiators said Friday a new global agreement now rides on industrial nations pledging profound emissions cuts next month in Copenhagen....
Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday....
Over 17,000 species threatened by extinction
GENEVA (AP) -- A rare Panamanian tree frog, a rodent from Madagascar and two lizards found only in the Philippines are among over 17,000 species threatened with extinction, a leading environmental group said Tuesday....
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