Peru meteorite 'causes mystery illness'
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A meteorite that struck a remote part of Peru made a crater that is emitting noxious odours and making villagers ill, according to local press reports.
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On Sept. 1st, a flurry of bright and oddly-colored meteors could spill across the skies of western North America--or not.  Forecasters are divided about what will happen next month when Earth runs into an ancient stream of debris from Comet Kiess.
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The brand of air pack used by miners during the Sago Mine disaster is prone to have damaged air hoses and can make it difficult for miners to breathe, according to a federal report obtained by The Associated Press.
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Contaminated wells may be the source of the mystery illness that has stricken more than 1,000 visitors to an Ohio island getaway in Lake Erie, authorities said on Friday.
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Researchers behind the study speculate that other life-forms may have already sent us messages, perhaps even as organic material embedded in asteroids that have struck Earth.
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Gostar Klingelhofer of Johannes Gutenberg University reported that NASA&#39;s Mars rover Spirit found a rock that had sizable amounts of an iron-containing mineral associated with water.
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Recent observations have uncovered evidence that helps to confirm the identification of the remains of one of the earliest stellar explosions recorded by humans. The new study shows that the supernova remnant RCW 86 is much younger than previously thought.
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Detailed observations from the first comet samples returned to Earth are debunking some of science's long-held beliefs on how the icy, celestial bodies form.
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Australia - The Federal Government will investigate a report that a contaminated polio vaccine, which has since been linked to cancers like mesothelioma, was knowingly released in the 1960s by the then government.
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Volcanologists studying erupted rocks say they have new insights into what might trigger explosive eruptions.
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A major investigation is underway in New Caledonia to find out where asbestos, blamed for an unusually high rate of lung cancer on the French Pacific island territory, occurs in the environment.
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By Jack Minch, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Dec. 8--PELHAM. -- An unidentified chemical from China is apparently to blame for the sickness a worker suffered at the William Scotsman Corp. yesterday afternoon.
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Scientists have found evidence of a peril that human ancestors encountered in their migrations out of Africa: tuberculosis.
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Collisions between comets may be kicking up copious amounts of dust observed around a dead star.
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THE DIAGNOSIS: Doctors said on Saturday that poison caused the mysterious illness that disfigured Viktor Yushchenko's face during the presidential campaign.
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The World Health Organization said on Saturday it was investigating "an outbreak of an unknown illness with a high mortality rate" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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University of New Mexico researchers have identified a 2.9 billion-year-old lunar meteorite, the youngest dated lunar rock.