Maine considers requiring drug companies to take back unused medicines and safely discard them
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests....
Anti-whaling activists, Japanese whalers fire water cannons in latest Antarctic confrontation
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) -- Activists vowing to stop the killing of whales exchanged water-cannon fire with a Japanese whaling fleet they are tailing in the Antarctic Ocean, as sea confrontations that have led to collisions and a sunken vessel continue....
Feds: Even though they get no protections, West's pikas still bear watching as climate warms
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The American pika isn't heading for the endangered species list, but federal scientists said there's no question it bears watching as the West warms in the coming decades....
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US-born pandas reach new home in China, bringing warm and fuzzy to currently edgy ties
CHENGDU, China (AP) -- Two American-born pandas arrived in their new China home Friday, bringing a welcome dose of cuddly to the countries' currently strained relations....
Scotch whisky meant to warm Antarctic explorers retrieved after century locked in ice
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- This Scotch has been on the rocks for a century....
Yipes, feathered dinosaur sported stripes, Mohawk-style crest, new report says
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some dinosaurs had russet-colored feathers, and one jazzy specimen had a Mohawk crest and stripes, researchers say in the first reports to confidently assign colors to dinosaurs....
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