Drug maker Novartis loses India patent battle

India's top court rejects Novartis AG's right to patent new version of cancer drug.

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Monsanto profit rises 22 percent in second quarter

Monsanto raises full-year earnings outlook after 2Q profit exceeds Wall Street expectations

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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the US and abroad

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Northeast drilling boom threatens forest wildlife

Forest pipelines threaten wildlife amid gas boom, create quandary for energy-hungry Northeast

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Obama proposes $100M for brain mapping project

Obama announces $100M for brain mapping project that could help Alzheimer's, other diseases

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Report predicts ever-bigger Lake Erie algae blooms

Scientists say huge algae blooms may become common on Lake Erie unless farm practices change

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Bugs: This year's good and bad news (VIDEO)

Cooler weather will bring the Washington area good news on the bug front, but invasive species are causing millions of dollars of damage.

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Feds: Man stole US cancer data to study in China

Wisconsin scientist accused of stealing cancer drug and research data to study them in China

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NASA official to discuss noose investigation

NASA official to brief Wallops Flight Facility employees on investigation of noose incident

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'Dream Team' to unlock mysteries of the brain

Efforts to map the brain will team government and private sector scientists who caution their work will take years. But the new knowledge of the human mind could yield treatments for an array of disorders, like paralysis and epilepsy.

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NM governor signs space travel liability bill

To help investment in Spaceport, NM gov. signs law shielding commercial space travel companies

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Seeking to save Peter Cottontail from extinction

Conservations striving to keep Peter Cottontail's species off the endangered list

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End of the line for Roadrunner supercomputer

Once the world's fastest supercomputer, Los Alamos lab decides to decommission Roadrunner

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Scientists welcome proposal for brain research

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3 of 4 reptiles stolen from Calif. museum found

Burglar nabs lizard, 3 snakes from science museum; 1 3-foot-long python remains at large

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Prestigious Fairfax school plans $90M renovation

Fairfax County's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology plans $90M renovation

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Russian spaceship docks with orbiting station

Russian spaceship with 3 aboard successfully docks with International Space Station

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New photo book explores images of wild Appalachia

New book with more than 120 photos explores unique biology, ecology of natural Appalachia

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Magnitude-2.7 quake rattles W.Va.

A minor earthquake has rattled a central West Virginia community.

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Flight plan for solar-powered airplane

City-by-city flight plan for solar-powered airplane

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