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  1. (From L-R) French television producer Christophe Dechavanne, Professor Luc Montagnier, singer Line Renaud, French Health Minister Philippe Douste Blazy and Frederic Mitterrand are seen at the start of the joint effort by the media to fight the spread of AIDS in Paris in this April 7, 1994 file picture.

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    Europeans win Nobel prize for medicine

    Reuters - Monday, October 6 06:58 pm

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    STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who bucked conventional wisdom to find a virus that causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine on Monday. More »

  2. File photo shows a red kangaroo and her offspring. An offbeat suggestion that Australians should eat the creatures indigenous to the country instead of cattle and sheep has been given a scientific stamp of approval by the government's top climate change adviser.

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    Eating kangaroos could help fight global warming: scientist

    AFP - Wednesday, October 1 08:10 am

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    SYDNEY (AFP) - An offbeat suggestion that Australians should eat kangaroos instead of cattle and sheep has been given a scientific stamp of approval by the government's top climate change adviser. More »

  3. A Senegalese boy keeps his eyes on some Baobab fruits, known locally as

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    Zesty baobab is a new taste for Europe

    Reuters - Tuesday, September 30 12:42 am

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    DAKAR (Reuters) - Its fruit has a tart, zesty taste -- some say like sherbet. More »

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    Uganda wildlife park gets new gorilla family

    AFP - Friday, October 3 03:22 pm

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    KAMPALA (AFP) - A new family of mountain gorillas, one of the world's most endangered species, is ready for interaction with tourists, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) told AFP Friday. More »

  5. Science

    Financial crisis darkens outlook for climate talks

    AFP - Sunday, October 5 05:57 am

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    PARIS (AFP) - Wall Street's sickness and its contagiousness for the world economy are bad news for the already faltering effort to craft a new pact to tackle climate change. More »

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    Research on AIDS virus and cancer wins Nobel Medicine Prize

    AFP - Monday, October 6 08:36 pm

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    STOCKHOLM (AFP) - French and German scientists credited with the discovery of the viruses behind AIDS and cervical cancer won Monday the Nobel Medicine Prize, the first of the prestigious awards to be announced this year. More »

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    Climate change: Floods, drought, mosquito disease aim at Europe

    AFP - Monday, September 29 05:09 pm

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    PARIS (AFP) - Climate change will amplify the risk of flooding in northwestern Europe, water scarcity and forest fires on the northern Mediterranean rim and bring milder winters to Scandinavia, the European Environment Agency (EAA) said on Monday. More »

  8. Science

    Taking a Norse to water: New clues to Viking voyages

    AFP - Wednesday, October 1 12:37 am

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    PARIS (AFP) - The mouse could help lift the veil on how the Norwegian Vikings established a seafaring kingdom that ranged from the tip of Scotland and Iceland to Greenland and Newfoundland, scientists said on Tuesday. More »

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    Let it snow -- on Mars: NASA

    AFP - Tuesday, September 30 06:23 pm

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    WASHINGTON (AFP) - In an unprecedented discovery, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has found snow falling from clouds on Mars, scientists said Tuesday. More »

Most Emailed Photos - Science

  • 1.The desiccated bed of the river Po in Borettoa, Italy in 2007. The environmental group WWF said that Europe's plan of action to tackle climate change is being undermined by pressure from industry and may no longer achieve its original green goals.AFP

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