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- Five killed in E China chemical plant blast (China Economic Net)
Jan 3, 2009 - At least five people have been killed after a chemical plant explosion on Thursday, government sources of Wucheng county in east China's Shandong province said Saturday. - Five die in China chemical plant explosion: state media (TODAYonline)
Jan 3, 2009 - At least five people have been killed in an explosion at a chemical plant in east China, state media has reported. - Five die in China chemical plant explosion: state media (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Jan 2, 2009 - At least five people were killed in an explosion at a chemical plant in east China, state media reported Saturday. - Portsmouth leads the way in increasing adoption rates (The Virginian-Pilot)
Jan 2, 2009 - The phone call came in May 2007. A case manager on behalf of the Portsmouth Department of Social Services' adoption unit wanted to know whether Robyn and Joseph Braxton III could take in a girl who needed a home in a hurry. Robyn Braxton, a 52-year-old biological mother of two grown sons, had always wanted a daughter. So, of course, the Braxtons said yes. - Posted By: Alex Dering 11:54 AM Jan. 2, 2009 (Poynter Institute)
Jan 2, 2009 - Boston Phoenix "As with biological evolution, some of this change will be beautiful, some of it will be ugly, and some of it will just ... be ," writes Adam Reilly . He has a preview. - Angelina Jolie’s baby warning (NZCity)
Jan 2, 2009 - Angelina Jolie - who gave birth to twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline in July - has been warned not to have another biological child. - Angelina Jolie’s baby warning (NZCity)
Jan 2, 2009 - Angelina Jolie - who gave birth to twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline in July - has been warned not to have another biological child. - The Outdoorsman (Grand Rapids Herald-Review)
Jan 2, 2009 - Phenology is the study of relations between climate and periodic biological phenomena. I get my phenology in a weekly dose from John Lattimer every Tuesday morning on KAXE radio and in smaller daily doses from my wife who has many of the same observations John reports on his show. - Using light to move and trap DNA molecules (PhysOrg)
Jan 2, 2009 - (PhysOrg.com) -- A major goal of nanotechnology research is to create a "lab on a chip," in which a tiny biological sample would be carried through microscopic channels for processing. This could make possible portable, fast-acting detectors for disease organisms or food-borne pathogens, rapid DNA sequencing and other tests that now take hours or days. - How do spawning fish navigate back to the very same stream where they were born? (Scientific American)
Jan 2, 2009 - Megan McPhee, research assistant professor at the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station, steers us to an answer: This behavior is best exemplified by salmon, which combine conventional open-water navigation and a keen sense of smell to find their way. Salmon can migrate out to sea to feed for several years before returning to spawn in the same stream, sometimes even the same ...