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Rare monk seals doing well in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

AP Science News - Fetched: October 7th, 2015, 10:00pm UTC

HONOLULU (AP) -- Researchers say the endangered Hawaiian monk seal is making a strong comeback in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands....

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Feds: Eels prized by fishermen aren't a threatened species

AP Science News - Fetched: October 7th, 2015, 6:00pm UTC

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- American eels will not be listed under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday, a victory for fishermen who catch the increasingly valuable species....

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Feds say first humpback whales of season spotted in Hawaii

AP Science News - Fetched: October 7th, 2015, 6:00pm UTC

HONOLULU (AP) -- Officials say humpback whales have been spotted in the waters off Hawaii and are warning ships and recreational boaters to steer clear of the endangered seasonal visitors....

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Trio wins Nobel Prize for mapping how cells fix DNA damage

AP Science News - Fetched: October 7th, 2015, 4:00pm UTC

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Tomas Lindahl was eating his breakfast in England on Wednesday when the call came - ostensibly, from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It occurred to him that this might be a hoax, but then the caller started speaking Swedish....

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Endangered Species Act list won't add American eels

AP Science News - Fetched: October 7th, 2015, 2:00pm UTC

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- American eels will not be listed under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday, a victory for fishermen of the increasingly valuable species....

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Trio wins Nobel Prize for mapping how cells fix DNA damage

AP Science News - Fetched: October 7th, 2015, 12:00pm UTC

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Three scientists from Sweden, the U.S. and Turkey won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for showing how cells repair damaged DNA - work that has inspired the development of new cancer treatments....

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Scientists win Nobel chemistry award for work on DNA repair

AP Science News - Fetched: October 7th, 2015, 10:00am UTC

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Three scientists from Sweden, the U.S. and Turkey won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for showing how cells repair damaged DNA, work thatamp;apos;s inspired the development of new cancer treatments....

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Scientists win Nobel chemistry award for work on DNA repair

AP Science News - Fetched: October 7th, 2015, 8:00am UTC

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Three scientists from Sweden, the U.S. and Turkey won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for showing how cells repair damaged DNA, work that can be used to develop new cancer treatments....

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