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[|Yale Researchers Study Germ Found In Iraq]
//From the Yale Daily News March 1, 2007// A strain of multiresistant bacteria has infected 700 troops and claimed the lives of seven soldiers in Iraq.

[|Laughing is a Survival Instinct]
//From the New York Times March 13, 2007// Laughing may not be a response to wit but rather a survival instinct for social animals.

[|Gene Transfer Between Species Is Surprisingly Common]
//From ScienceDaily.com// We know that bacteria can transfer genes between themselves, but what about mammals? Two new studies show that genes are transferred between species, and it's common.

[|Endangered Languages Threaten Human Knowledge]
//From the San Franciso Chronicle// Half of the 7,600 languages in the world are predicted to extinction. If they die off then valuable information will be lost forever.

[|A Possitive Finding in Global Warming]
//From oregonlive.com// The growth of methane, a major contributor to global warming, gas been halted in growth say Oregon scientists.

[|Cancers You Can Catch]
= = //From MSN Health & Fitness//. //Feb 23, 2007// Scientists discover more evidence that bacteria and viruses play a key role in causing cancers.

[|New Zealand Fishermen Land Massive Squid]
//From Yahoo! News// //. Feb 22, 2007// Largest Colossal Squid ever caught was hauled up alive onto a NZ fishing boat.

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//From Yahoo! News. Feb 18, 2007// Recent study helps scientists further understand the genes involved in autism.

[|Gore Film Garners Praise and Backlash]
= = //From ABC News. Jan 25, 2007// An Inconvenient Truth is being banned in some science classes due to some parents thinking that it's "mis-information"

[|Japan marine park captures rare shark on film]
//From MSNBC// //. Jan 24, 2007// Prehistoric shark found of the coast of Japan.

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[|Scientists restore gene to shrink tumors in mice]
//From muzi.com. Jan 24, 2007// An example of genetic mutation in mice, or gene therapy. Scientists restore mice genes to shrink their tumors.

[|God vs. science: Can religion stand up to the test?]
//From CNN .// //Nov 5, 2006// Intelligent Design vs. Evolution = =