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Latest Category News| Math study finds girls are just as good as boys
(AP)
- AP - Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th. The research was released Thursday in the journal Science.
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:05:41 GMT
| | White House threatens veto on bill to sell govt oil
(Reuters)
-  Reuters - The White House on Thursday
threatened to veto legislation that would require the
government to sell 10 percent of the oil in the nation's
emergency petroleum stockpile.
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:56:33 GMT
| | Toxic Chemicals Found in Laundry Products, Air Fresheners
(LiveScience.com)
- LiveScience.com - A study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals. All six products tested gave off at least one chemical regulated as toxic or hazardous under federal laws, but none of those chemicals was listed on the product labels.
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:50:47 GMT
| | Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton
(AP)
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 AP - Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday.
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:36:20 GMT
| | Safety of cloned animal products uncertain: EU agency
(Reuters)
-  Reuters - The European Union's top food safety
agency said on Thursday cloned animal products may not be safe
and further study was needed, prompting another battle of
conscience within the bloc over the merits of new technology.
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:49:49 GMT
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