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Now, a true Web of life

From the tiniest viral particles to the loftiest redwood tree, scientists are embarking on a project to compile everything known about Earth's 1.8 million species and file it on a Web site.

Study on women cuts to the heart

Most women 55 years and younger who have heart attacks don't associate warning signs with heart disease, according to the American Heart Association.
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Now, a true Web of life

From the tiniest viral particles to the loftiest redwood tree - and every animal, plant and bacterium in between - scientists are embarking on a massive project to compile everything known about Earth's 1.8 million species and file it on a Web site.

Lessons from the opossum

Scientists have mapped the genome of the opossum, an animal best known for eating garbage and playing dead, and the result may open doors to new research on cancer and spinal cord injury in humans.

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Woman resuscitated at local high school

Third Precinct police officers revived a Babylon woman who had stopped breathing at Bay Shore High School Tuesday morning.

Dry cleaner chemical taints Queens water

Trace amounts of a chemical used by dry cleaners and auto body shops have been detected in a section of the New York City water system serving parts of southeastern Queens, city health and environmental officials said last night.

Toxin found in farmed fish

Farmed fish have been fed meal spiked with the same chemical that has been linked to the pet food recall, but the contamination was probably too low to harm anyone who ate the fish, federal officials said yesterday.

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