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Dolphins: Unexpected treasure hunters

Mon, May 20, 2013 4:50 PM
by Marshall Honorof, TechNewsDaily
The U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program combines technology and biology to train bottlenose dolphins to find sea mines, enemy divers and even artifacts.

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Are you paying extra for green power?
Wed, Nov 18, 2009 6:20 PM by Katherine Butler
Your money may not actually support green energy.
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Climate Count 2009 movers and shakers
Wed, Nov 18, 2009 4:41 PM by Shea Gunther
Climate Count rates big businesses on how active they are in fighting against global warming. Which businesses made big moves in 2009?
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Watch: The Yes Men movie
Wed, Nov 18, 2009 9:14 AM by Shea Gunther
The Yes Men movie follows the activist pranksters as they travel the world posing as officials from the World Trade Organization. Watch it here on MNN.
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The Road to Copenhagen: What do you think about the climate talks?

Wed, Nov 18, 2009 8:00 AM

MNN readers have been speaking out about what they hope world leaders will accomplish in Copenhagen. Here's a sampling of what they have to say.
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Sterile mosquitoes may help fight malaria
Tue, Nov 17, 2009 7:55 PM by Michael d'Estries
Through genetic modification, males that shoot blanks could substantially reduce populations, cut infection rates.
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Biodiesel gets a boost from animal fat
Tue, Nov 17, 2009 1:35 PM by Katherine Butler
Darling International hopes to convert animal byproducts into renewable energy.
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Tuesday link drop
Tue, Nov 17, 2009 12:59 PM by Shea Gunther
Was the Amazon rain forest created by humans? What does the average American CO2 footprint really look like? Shouldn't we care more about plastic?
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Cow sells for $1.2 million

Tue, Nov 17, 2009 11:24 AM

Video: Missy, who could be the world's most perfect cow, was sold for $1.2 million at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.
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GPS-fitted marine animals create first-ever atlas of the Patagonian Sea
Tue, Nov 17, 2009 4:33 AM by Bryan Nelson
An unprecedented 300-page atlas of the Patagonian Sea has been 'written' by the marine animals that live there -- with the help of fitted GPS collars.
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Watch: Leopard seal teaches photogapher how to hunt
Mon, Nov 16, 2009 9:52 PM by Shea Gunther
National Geographer photographer Brian Lam caught some amazing behavior on camera when a leopard seal tried to show him how to catch penguins.
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Newly evolved finch appears on the Galapagos Islands
Mon, Nov 16, 2009 9:40 PM by Bryan Nelson
Evolution caught in the act? An isolated population of finches have odd-shaped beaks, sing differently, and don't breed with others.
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Sarah Palin's 'Going Rogue' book loose on energy facts
Mon, Nov 16, 2009 3:00 PM by Shea Gunther
News organizations fact checking advance copies of former vice presidential candidate's new book find a lot of inconsistent truths.
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Declaw laws on the table
Mon, Nov 16, 2009 1:39 PM by Katy Rank Lev
Californians push to ban declawing of cats.
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Bicyclists not happy with London cycle superhighway
Mon, Nov 16, 2009 11:53 AM by Shea Gunther
Britain's largest national cyclist organization isn't happy about the London Mayor Boris Johnson's "Cycle Superhighways".
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Wisconsin farmer collects 'freak' animals

Mon, Nov 16, 2009 11:28 AM

Video: Six-legged cow and two-headed calf are 'misfits' on a Wisconsin farm. WMTV's John Sofflet reports.
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