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Marine scientists exploring the ocean floor hundreds of kilometres east of St. John's say they've found new species of sponges and previously unidentified corals.

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French scientists say they have discovered how Leonardo da Vinci created the life-like subtlety of his paintings, including the Mona Lisa.

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Hundreds of penguins that apparently starved to death are washing up on the beaches of Brazil, worrying scientists who are still investigating what's causing them to die.

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An international group of scientists is warning that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to Texas could cause huge environmental problems.

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An independent British report into leaked emails from one of the world's leading climate research centres has largely vindicated the scientists involved.

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Scientists have discovered an ancient whale whose bite ripped huge chunks of flesh out of other whales about 12 million years ago - and they've named it after the author of Moby Dick.

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Doctors could one day use a blood test to predict decades in advance when women will go into menopause, scientists say.

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Canadian scientists have found more evidence that a massive planet - eight times the size of Jupiter - is in fact part of another solar system.

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Scientists at Penn State University say they have developed a mouse that gets depressed in a similar fashion to humans, which could led to better treatment for the condition among people.

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A rat's lungs have been taken apart, regrown, and then transplanted, say U.S. scientists who watched it breathe.

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Sperm whales feeding even in the most remote reaches of Earth's oceans have built up stunningly high levels of toxic and heavy metals, U.S. scientists say.

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Scientists in Alberta have discovered the largest dinosaur bonebed ever documented - along with evidence of massive carnage - near Hilda, 50 kilometres north of Medicine Hat.

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Scientists believe that carbon dioxide has played an instrumental role in determining global weather patterns by tying together the ice age of the Northern Hemisphere and the evolving climate in the tropics 2.7 million years ago.

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Banded mongooses pass on traditions from one generation to the next, a finding scientists say shows the trait isn't the sole purview of humans and intellectually advanced animals such as primates and dolphins.

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Swine herds should be watched closely for changes in the pandemic H1N1 virus, say scientists who found the virus has been swapping genes with other viruses in pigs.

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A team of scientists flew to the Australian Outback on Monday and recovered a Japanese space capsule that they hope contains asteroid samples providing clues into the evolution of the solar system.

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A Spanish cave complex boasting prized prehistoric paintings will reopen after eight years of closure, despite scientists' warnings that heat and moisture from visitors will damage the site.

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Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. will lay off about 50 employees at its Chalk River facility in eastern Ontario, according to the union that represents government scientists.

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LiveScience.com - The ability to communicate with dolphins - a long sought after goal among scientists - could be on the verge of a breakthrough thanks to the iPad.

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