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Ask AP: Polluted water, neutralizing nuclear waste 5 scientists honored for life-saving leukemia treatment, research in creating stem cellsNEW YORK — Five scientists have won prestigious research awards for developing a life-saving leukemia treatment and for advances in “reprogramming” DNA, which led to a new kind of stem cell. Worst drought in decades hinders Texas marsh habitats’ recovery from Hurricane IkePORT ARTHUR, Texas — First too much water, now not enough. Beeps drown out croaks: Traffic noise may foil efforts by urban frogs to attract sex partnersCANBERRA, Australia — Traffic noise could be ruining the sex lives of urban frogs by drowning out the seductive croaks of amorous males, an Australian researcher said Friday. Report: Airborne pesticides in Central Valley carry to Sierra, where they threaten frogsFRESNO, Calif. — A new study shows frogs in the Sierra Nevada mountains are threatened by airborne pesticides that drift eastward from California’s Central Valley. Group: world failing to halt biodiversity decline as more corals, amphibians, mammals in perilGENEVA — Governments are failing to stem a rapid decline in biodiversity that is now threatening extinction for almost half the world’s coral reef species, a third of amphibians and a quarter of mammals, a leading environmental group warned Thursday. Smoky Mountains Park marks 75th anniversary with hikes, homecomingsGATLINBURG, Tenn. — The ancient blue-green mountains with breathtaking vistas and distinctive mists are home to salamanders and black bears, 19th century log cabins, rippling streams, waterfalls and more than 800 miles of trails, including a large section of the Georgia-to-Maine Appalachian Trail. 2-pound ‘mountain chicken’ frogs hop on planes, flee fungus in MontserratSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Scientists are airlifting dozens of one of the world’s largest frogs off of Montserrat island to save them from a deadly fungus devastating their dwindling habitat. |
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