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| Public private partners come to potoroo rescue | | | Aug. 25 - Australia's threatened long-nosed potoroo may be making a comeback in southeast Queensland thanks to a collaboration between government and private land-owners. The shy marsupial has been the victim of habitat destruction through land clearing but efforts by farmers are producing signs of recovery. Tara Cleary reports. |
| Spain's brain drain problem | | | Economic woes and research budget cuts push many of Spain's best scientists to look for work abroad. Al Goodman reports. |
| Life, Interrupted A Test of Faith | | | It had never occurred to me that, with all of the progress that has been made in cancer research, none of the standard treatments would work for me. Thats when I learned about something called a clinical trial. |
| ITC Nexus buys Accumetrics to gain blood-clot monitors | | | Aug 30 (Reuters) - ITC Nexus Holding Co, which sells products to measure blood clotting in patients undergoing anticoagulation therapy, on Friday said it had acquired Accumetrics and its products used to assess patient responses to clot-prevention therapies. |
| Bizarre species 'Chewbacca bat' | | | The 'Chewbacca bat' and a frog that doesn't hop are among the weird and wonderful species found by researchers in Mozambique. |
| Endangered sea turtles nesting at record level along southeast U.S. coast | | | CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Endangered sea turtles are nesting in record numbers along the southeast Atlantic Coast this summer, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said on Friday, although they still face environmental threats from ocean pollution and a possible rise in sea levels. |
| Bruised by Romney criticism, Bain Capital thanks investors | | | (Reuters) - Bain Capital LLC, the private equity firm co-founded by defeated presidential candidate Mitt Romney, thanked its investors on Thursday for their support and patience over the last year as it confronted "political hyperbole and distortion." |
| Migrant workers head home | | | Savoring a meal of vegetables and rice grown in nearby paddy fields washed down with some home-brewed rice wine served, it's clear Long Taiyang is delighted to be back. |
| Line up for the red planet | | | More than 100,000 people are eager to make themselves at home on another planet. They've applied for a one-way trip to Mars, hoping to be chosen to spend the rest of their lives on uncharted territory, according to an organization planning the manned missions. |
| Israeli researchers walk the walk with gait analysis device | | | July 14 - An Israeli company is developing an inexpensive gait analysis device it believes will help doctors diagnose previously undetected medical conditions. The study of a person's walking style can reveal much about their health, and the company says it can now done at a price that most people can afford. Jim Drury has more. |
| Doctor gives free weekend surgeries | | | In Cameroon, there is only one doctor for every 5,000 people, according to the World Health Organization. Seeing his father and so many of his countrymen suffer, Georges Bwelle was determined to do something about it. |
| 'House of Cards' creator shows his hand | | | Netflix's "House of Cards" is up for nine Emmys and currently in production on its second season. Creator Beau Willimon talks about the show, Washington and power. |
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