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Albany, NY (2009-04-24) They're the 2009 recipients of the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research. Three Doctors, whose groundbreaking discoveries transformed the field of immunology...

Australia discovers 3 new large dinosaurs

(2009-07-03) SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fossils of three new species of dinosaurs have been discovered in Australia, including a meat-eater larger than Velociraptor from the Jurassic Park movies, suggesting Australia may have a more complex prehistoric past.

Loss of world's seagrass beds seen accelerating

(2009-07-02) MIAMI (Reuters) - The world's seagrass meadows, a critical habitat for marine life and profit-maker for the fishing industry, are in decline due to coastal development and the losses are accelerating, according to a new study.

Vatican should learn from Galileo mess, prelate says

(2009-07-02) VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Catholic Church should not fear scientific progress and possibly repeat the mistake it made when it condemned astronomer Galileo in the 17th century, a Vatican official said on Thursday in a rare self-criticism.

More than 800 wildlife species now extinct

(2009-07-01) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 800 animal and plant species have gone extinct in the past five centuries with nearly 17,000 now threatened with extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature reported on Thursday.

Regenerated legs no big trick for salamanders

(2009-07-01) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mexican salamanders who can re-grow amputated legs are not pulling off quite as big a biological trick as scientists had first thought, which may help doctors trying to regenerate human limbs.