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		<title>Global Biodiversity Still in Peril, Despite Progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zahra Hirji</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year marks the deadline of the Millennium Development Goal for preserving biodiversity, and a group of scientists weighed in on just how well we achieved our targets. Want to guess how we did?]]></description>
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		<title>Mapping Whale Brains for Sound Effects</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kieran Mulvaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new computer simulation attempts to understand what happens to a whale's brain when it's hit with blasts of high-intensity sound.]]></description>
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		<title>No, Seriously, What Killed the Dinosaurs?</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/no-seriously-what-killed-the-dinosaurs/2425/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Reilly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chemistry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dinosaurs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research suggests the answer may be more complicated than the "single asteroid" theory.]]></description>
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		<title>How Much Did Darwin Get Wrong?</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/how-much-did-darwin-get-wrong/2408/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Reilly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Evolution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study argues that evolution is a bit more complex than Charles Darwin first realized. But should we really say he was "wrong"?]]></description>
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		<title>Warming Caves Could Curtail &#8216;Bat Plague&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/warming-caves-could-curtail-bat-plague/2334/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Reilly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animal Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animal Science]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[White nose syndrome is devastating bats across eastern North America, and threatening local populations with extinction. Though there is no cure, researchers may have found a way to quell the carnage. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[White nose syndrome is devastating bats across eastern North America, and threatening local populations with extinction. Though there is no cure, researchers may have found a way to quell the carnage. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Oregon&#8217;s Mysterious Dead Zone Confounds Scientists</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/oregons-mysterious-dead-zone-confounds-scientists/2307/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zahra Hirji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animal Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Low-oxygen dead zones appear each summer off the coast of Oregon, and researchers are struggling to figure out why.]]></description>
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		<title>Pair of Rare White Whales Spotted off Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/pair-of-rare-white-whales-spotted-off-australia/2309/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Reilly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Animal Research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["Migaloo," a full-grown, all-white humpback whale was spotted off eastern Australia over the weekend. Despite being incredibly rare and a local celebrity, he is not alone.]]></description>
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		<title>No Oil Detected in Gulf Shrimp &#8212; Yet</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/no-oil-detected-in-gulf-shrimp-yet/2313/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sasca.com.au/no-oil-detected-in-gulf-shrimp-yet/2313/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teresa Shipley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Science]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pollution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[University researchers determine that seafood samples taken from the Gulf are free of petroleum. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[University researchers determine that seafood samples taken from the Gulf are free of petroleum. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Can Venom Save Lives?</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/can-venom-save-lives/2174/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cristen Conger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animal Science]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tarantula, scorpion, ant, and other animals' venom contains compounds that can treat a range of severe diseases.]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Attacks: What Are the Odds?</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/shark-attacks-what-are-the-odds/2160/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sasca.com.au/shark-attacks-what-are-the-odds/2160/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Reilly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animal Instincts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animal Science]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turns out you're more likely to be killed digging in the sand at the beach or wrestling with a vending machine than in a shark attack.]]></description>
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