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Life Science




Catastrophic mudslide in Java could last 100 years

October 4 - 11, 2006
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Mud, gas and boiling water that have been gushing out of the ground in east Java since May, submerging half a dozen villages and 20 factories, could continue for a century with “catastrophic consequences”, European experts said.





Weightless operation will aid astronauts

October 4 - 11, 2006
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French surgeons performed the first operation on a person in weightless conditions.





Methane levels to rise again after slowdown

October 4 - 11, 2006
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Scientists have uncovered evidence that levels of the greenhouse gas methane will rise sharply in the next few years, warming the planet faster than previously expected.





Skin trade ‘could wipe out India’s tigers’

October 4 - 11, 2006
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Tigers in India, which contains half of the world’s surviving population, face extinction unless an illicit skin trade run by criminal gangs between the subcontinent and Tibet is brought under control, campaigners said.