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![[PHOTOGRAPH] An adult male Hawaii akepa [Photograph by the Hakalau Forest Biological Field Station Interns]](/news/releases/2008/images/sm/0718hawaii_birds_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] An adult male Hawaii akepa [Photograph by the Hakalau Forest Biological Field Station Interns]") |
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A Flight to Extinction?
[18 July 2008]
At the annual meeting of the AAAS Pacific Division, researchers described the forces that have put a native Hawaiian bird called the akepa on the fast track toward extinction. |
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![[PHOTOGRAPH] Midshipman fish: A (type I) male (right) and female (left) in an uncovered next at low tide. [Image © Science; courtesy of Margaret A. Marchaterre, Cornell University]](/news/releases/2008/images/sm/0717fish_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Midshipman fish: A (type I) male (right) and female (left) in an uncovered next at low tide. [Image © Science; courtesy of Margaret A. Marchaterre, Cornell University]") |
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Science: Animal Vocalizations Share Fishy Origins
[17 July 2008]
The brain machinery that drives vocalization in a variety of animals, including humans, evolved more than 400 million years ago in our fish ancestors, suggests a new study in Science. |
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![[PHOTOGRAPH] A muscular arm](/news/releases/2008/images/sm/0716gene_doping_sm.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] A muscular arm") |
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Gene Doping in 2012 Olympics?
[16 July 2008]
The techniques of gene therapy are the "next frontier" of illegal performance enhancement in sports, experts said at an anti-doping conference in Russia co-sponsored by AAAS. |
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