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Buddhist monks and Myanmar (Burma) government workers began cleaning the cyclone-struck city of Yangon (Rangoon). But the situation remains grim in the country's delta region. Warning: graphic imagery.

May 9, 2008
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Lost families and lack of aid figure prominently in emotional eyewitness testimony from Myanmar (Burma), where Cyclone Nargis may have killed a hundred thousand people.

May 8, 2008
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Doctors in Australia believe the bionic eye they've created is safer than similar devices developed in other countries.

May 7, 2008
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As new video emerges from Myanmar (Burma), the devastation from the weekend's cyclone becomes clearer, and the death toll rises.

May 06, 2008
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Several hippos and at least four lions in the Masai Mara National Reserve have died after accidentally ingesting a powerful insecticide, conservationists say.

May 2, 2008
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A rare genetic mutation gave the ancient pharaoh Akhenaten an unusually feminine physique, according to a Yale University physician.

May 2, 2008

Remains exhumed last year belong to two children of Tsar Nicholas II, may put to rest questions about what happened to Russia's last royal family, an official said.

April 30, 2008
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Later this year, cockfighting will be banned in Louisiana, making it illegal in all 50 U.S. states. But in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, it is a legal, thriving industry with more than a hundred licensed arenas.

April 28, 2008
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An aging penguin losing his feathers has shown improvement after being outfitted with a specially designed wet suit at a California science center.

April 25, 2008
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About 150,000 years ago, humankind split into small groups—living apart for a hundred thousand years before "reuniting" and migrating out of Africa, a new gene study says.

April 24, 2008
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A tiny camera can transmit images to the brain through the optic nerve, offering hope for restored vision to those blinded by disease.

April 22, 2008
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A new study finds that densely packed Asian cities are the incubators for new strains of deadly flu viruses that travel with humans to other countries.

April 16, 2008
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Using a next-generation technique, researchers decoded the whole genome for James D. Watson within two months and for about a million dollars—a price that could soon fall sharply.

April 16, 2008
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China has launched a major initiative to save its unique flora, which is dwindling due to growing air pollution and overharvesting for traditional medicine.

April 16, 2008
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A community of Costa Ricans with the world's lowest middle-age mortality rate and other longevity hot spots emphasize the importance of diet, family, and faith.

April 14, 2008

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