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Winning Bet: Horse and mule clones cross the finish line
Scientists have for the first time cloned a mule and a horse.
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Health & MedicineVirus Shield: Ebola vaccine works fast in monkey test
Tests on monkeys show that an experimental vaccine can build immunity against Ebola virus within a month, suggesting the vaccine might help contain outbreaks of the deadly pathogen.
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EarthLarge lake floods scoured New Zealand
A volcanic region of New Zealand’s North Island experienced immense floods and severe erosion when lakes filling the craters of dormant volcanoes burst through the craters' rims and poured down the slopes.
By Sid Perkins -
PaleontologyA human migration fueled by dung?
When people made their way from Asia to the Americas, the path they took may have been covered in dung.