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Biologists rediscover rare cloud rat in Philippines: report 27 Apr 08, 19:15 ET AFP - A rare rat species last seen over a century ago in the mountainous northern Philippines has been rediscovered by a team of American and Filipino biologists, a report said Sunday. more Gene therapy experiments improve vision in nearly blind 27 Apr 08, 17:36 ET AP - Scientists for the first time have used gene therapy to dramatically improve sight in people with a rare form of blindness, a development experts called a major advance for the experimental technique. more Gene therapy improves sight in near-blind patients 27 Apr 08, 16:37 ET Reuters - Gene therapy for a rare type of inherited blindness has improved the vision of four patients who tried it, boosting hopes for the troubled field of gene repair technology, scientists said on Sunday. more Human warming hobbles ancient climate cycle 27 Apr 08, 13:07 ET Reuters - Before humans began burning fossil fuels, there was an eons-long balance between carbon dioxide emissions and Earth's ability to absorb them, but now the planet can't keep up, scientists said on Sunday. more Severe threat confined to Texas, Louisiana 27 Apr 08, 12:28 ET weather.com - more Experts see impact of museums in science education efforts 27 Apr 08, 12:20 ET AP - Three or four times a day, a banana shows up at the Liberty Science Center and complains about a pain in its side. And that means it's time for some visiting kids to dress up like surgeons and scrub nurses, take a scalpel and go to work. more Warrior mosquitoe plan under fire in Malaysia: report 27 Apr 08, 07:24 ET AFP - Environmentalists have condemned a trial plan to deploy millions of genetically modified mosquitoes in Malaysia to fight dengue fever, a report said Sunday. more EU's GPS satellite in orbit 27 Apr 08, 05:52 ET AP - An experimental satellite for a much-delayed European Union rival to the United States' GPS navigation system blasted into orbit Sunday after a successful launch atop a Russian rocket, the Russian and European space agencies said. more New Delhi grapples with transport gridlock 27 Apr 08, 04:29 ET AFP - India's capital has put the brakes on a grand project to speed up New Delhi's bus network which has caused massive traffic jams in the city of 18 million, officials said Sunday. more Second test satellite for Galileo launched, reaches orbit 27 Apr 08, 02:46 ET AFP - A second experimental Giove-B satellite for the EU's Galileo satellite navigation project was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Sunday. more

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