World Starts Taming the Greenhouse
In marathon session, 178 countries reach agreement on Kyoto Protocol
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Our Left-Handed Cousins
Genes, developmental anomalies play a role in chimps' handedness -
Ubiquitin Strikes Again
Omnipresent and versatile protein may act as "DNA stopwatch" -
Study Stresses Genes' Role in Cancer
New analysis disputes major study that showed no great genetic effect -
New Clues to Malaria's Origin
Study traces parasite's origins to the dawn of agriculture -
New S. pneumoniae Genome Published
Comparison with two earlier, incomplete sequences may yield clues to drugs, vaccines -
All the President's Pills
Mercury-laden depression drug may have poisoned Lincoln -
Banana Genome Eyed
Researchers want full sequence by 2006, but some say the field is not ripe -
Most Trials at Hopkins Shut Down
Government halts all federally funded clinical studies after finding major lapses -
Pentagon May Drop AIDS Research
Department seeks to transfer "nontraditional" program to National Institutes of Health -
Fierce Flash, Strange Star
"Quark stars" may explain unusually bright gamma ray flash -
What Keeps Girls Out of Science
New report says cultural barriers to blame for dearth of women researchers -
Fossils From the Dawn of Humanity
New find may represent the earliest known human ancestors -
Cancer Researcher Scores Rich New Prize
First "Albany Award" honors p53 researcher with lots of money -
Mars Odyssey Ready for Blastoff
NASA announces final plans for orbiter's mission -
Cat Cooties Possibly Protective
Children exposed to cats have less of a troublesome antibody in their blood -
A Secret of Cuckoo Deception
New research may explain why some birds get fooled -
French Physicists Protest Synchrotron Plan
Five-day shutdown challenges new center's legal status -
Chimp Sequencing Wins Commitments
Big players aren't interested, but smaller centers will dig in -
Bad Hamburger Bug Sequenced
Genome helps explain the killer instinct of E. coli O157:H7 -
Physicists Still Listening for Gravity
Detectors now more finely tuned to the ripples of colliding black holes -
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