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Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize today for their efforts to publicize global warming.

October 12, 2007
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The 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine will go to three scientists who developed a technique for genetically modifying mice that enables researchers to study gene-related human diseases.

Updated October 9, 2007
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The facial cancer that is killing Tasmanian devils at an alarming rate is contagious and spreads when the animals bite each other, scientists have announced.

October 04, 2007
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White-backed vultures—once plentiful in India and Pakistan—have become critically endangered. Now environmentalists are urging a ban on a common veterinary drug that may be poisoning the birds.

October 02, 2007
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A volcano erupted on Sunday, September 30, in the Red Sea, collapsing part of a small mountainous Yemeni island and killing at least four people.

October 02, 2007
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Ebola has struck at least 24 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, prompting doctors fearful of an epidemic to set up an isolation ward.

October 01, 2007
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Newly bred transparent frogs don't need to be dissected to see their internal organs and blood vessels.

October 01, 2007
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Oktoberfest starts flowing, protesters march in Myanmar, Mars rover reaches a crater landmark, and more.

September 28, 2007
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A striking seaweed, ribbon-like metal, and twisted geometry are just some of the winners of the 2007 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge.

September 27, 2007
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Changes in temperature and rainfall in the Americas and worldwide may be rolling out the welcome mat for disease-spreading mosquitoes, experts say.

September 21, 2007
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See what towns made the list of the world's dirtiest cities, and witness the grim toll that pollution is taking on people and the environment from Peru to China.

September 18, 2007
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More than 1,500 victims of 15th- and 16th-century bubonic plague have been found in mass graves on an island near Venice.

August 29, 2007
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See a roundup of this week's news: New neutron star discovered, German police test gyrocopter, Egyptians seek sand treatment, and more.

August 24, 2007
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See a roundup of this week's news: India celebrates its 60th year of independence, London's Big Ben gets a cleaning, Mexico's Saint of Death gets a makeover, and more.

August 17, 2007
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The packet of genetic code that increases the odds of being a southpaw is also linked to certain mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, a new study says.

August 1, 2007

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