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adc_science.article_title[0] = 'SD: New Fossil Links Four-legged Land Animals To Ancient Fish' ;
adc_science.article_date[0] = 1;
adc_science.article_url[0] = 'http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/04/040402070804.htm';
adc_science.article_summary[0] = 'Arlington, Va. -- How land-living animals evolved from fish has long been a scientific puzzle. A key missing piece has been knowledge of how the fins of fish transformed into the arms and legs of our ancestors....';
adc_science.article_title[1] = 'NewScientist: Mysterious Barren Circles in Africa Defy Explanation' ;
adc_science.article_date[1] = 1;
adc_science.article_url[1] = 'http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994833';
adc_science.article_summary[1] = 'The three main theories to explain the origins of the mysterious "fairy circles" of Namibia have just been dismissed, following an in-depth study by South African researchers....';
adc_science.article_title[2] = 'SD: Mathematicians Predict Naturally Occuring Patterns' ;
adc_science.article_date[2] = 1;
adc_science.article_url[2] = 'http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/04/040402072210.htm';
adc_science.article_summary[2] = 'Patterns in nature can be seen every day, yet in many cases, little is understood about how and why they form. Now University of Arizona mathematicians have found a way to predict natural patterns, including fingerprints and the spirals seen in cacti....';
adc_science.article_title[3] = 'BBC: Astronomers to Start Search for Earth Like Planet' ;
adc_science.article_date[3] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[3] = 'http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3589005.stm';
adc_science.article_summary[3] = 'Astronomers will next month begin using a network of telescopes scattered across the globe to search for planets like our Earth circling other stars....';
adc_science.article_title[4] = 'NewScientist: Viagra May Reduce Male Fertility' ;
adc_science.article_date[4] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[4] = 'http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994841';
adc_science.article_summary[4] = 'Taking Viagra could reduce men's fertility, suggest the results of a new study. The anti-impotence drug not only speeds sperm up, researchers found, but it also caused the vital reaction needed to penetrate an egg to occur prematurely....';
adc_science.article_title[5] = 'BBC: Fifty Earth-Like Planets Could Have Life' ;
adc_science.article_date[5] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[5] = 'http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3588721.stm';
adc_science.article_summary[5] = 'Astronomers estimate there could be about 50 Earth-like planets with the potential to harbour life orbiting in other solar systems....';
adc_science.article_title[6] = 'ScienceDaily: Nano-Lightning Could Cool Future Computers' ;
adc_science.article_date[6] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[6] = 'http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/03/040331004036.htm';
adc_science.article_summary[6] = 'WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Mechanical engineers at Purdue University are developing a new type of cooling technology for computers that uses a sort of nano-lightning to create tiny wind currents....';
adc_science.article_title[7] = 'NewScientist: Smell Cannon Targets Individual Users' ;
adc_science.article_date[7] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[7] = 'http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994834';
adc_science.article_summary[7] = 'A new device can track an individual, shoot an aroma directly at their nose, and leave the person next to them completely unaffected....';
adc_science.article_title[8] = 'ScienceDaily: Popular Chewing Gum Kills Bad Breath Bacteria' ;
adc_science.article_date[8] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[8] = 'http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/04/040401080031.htm';
adc_science.article_summary[8] = 'Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have found that Big Red -- the popular cinnamon-flavored chewing gum made by Wrigley's -- reduced bacteria in the mouth that cause bad breath....';
adc_science.article_title[9] = 'ScienceDaily: A New Kind of Nanotube Transistor' ;
adc_science.article_date[9] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[9] = 'http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/03/040330090701.htm';
adc_science.article_summary[9] = 'ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Duke University researchers exploring ways to build ultrasmall electronic devices out of atom-thick carbon cylinders have incorporated one of these "carbon nanotubes" into a new kind of field effect transistor....';
adc_science.article_title[10] = 'BBC: Dust Storms to Kick Up Health Trouble in Asia' ;
adc_science.article_date[10] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[10] = 'http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3585223.stm';
adc_science.article_summary[10] = 'Scientists say they believe the dust and sand storms that for centuries have blanketed north-east Asia are becoming more dangerous to people's health....';
adc_science.article_title[11] = 'ScienceDaily: Pain is the Same Regardless of Race' ;
adc_science.article_date[11] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[11] = 'http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/03/040330090901.htm';
adc_science.article_summary[11] = 'A new study that measures pain sensitivities among Whites and African-Americans suggests assessment procedures may be to blame for reported racial differences in the amount of pain experienced....';
adc_science.article_title[12] = 'NewScientist: Methane on Mars Could Signal Bacteria Life' ;
adc_science.article_date[12] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[12] = 'http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994827';
adc_science.article_summary[12] = 'Methane has been detected on Mars by three independent groups of scientists. And this could be a sign of life - indicating methane-producing bacteria....';
adc_science.article_title[13] = 'ScienceDaily: Violence Has a Significant Negative Impact' ;
adc_science.article_date[13] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[13] = 'http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/03/040326073459.htm';
adc_science.article_summary[13] = 'Research report provides 'A scientific assessment of research on the influence of violent television and films, video games, and music "reveals unequivocal evidence that media violence increases the likelihood of aggressive and violent behavior" in childr...';
adc_science.article_title[14] = 'NYT: Mystery of Spiraling Ice on Mars is Solved' ;
adc_science.article_date[14] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[14] = 'http://query.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?tntget=2004/03/30/science/space/30MARS.html&tntemail1';
adc_science.article_summary[14] = 'NASA's twin rovers may be cruising around Mars, shedding light on some of planet's greatest secrets, but not all Martian research requires traveling across millions of miles of space. One long-standing puzzle, for instance, has now been solved at the Univ...';
adc_science.article_title[15] = 'NewScientist: Buckyballs Cause Brain Damage in Fish' ;
adc_science.article_date[15] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[15] = 'http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994825';
adc_science.article_summary[15] = 'Nanoparticles cause brain damage in fish, according to a study of the toxicity of synthetic carbon molecules called "buckyballs"....';
adc_science.article_title[16] = 'Sydney Morning Herald: Ocean 'Dead Zones' are Spreading' ;
adc_science.article_date[16] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[16] = 'http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/29/1080544412449.html';
adc_science.article_summary[16] = 'So-called "dead zones" - oxygen-starved areas of the world's oceans that are devoid of fish - top the list of emerging environmental challenges, the United Nations Environment Program warned today in its global overview....';
adc_science.article_title[17] = 'Eureka Alert: Nanotech Agent Enhances MRIs' ;
adc_science.article_date[17] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[17] = 'http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-03/aafc-nim032604.php';
adc_science.article_summary[17] = 'Using G6 as a contrast agent, MRI technology visualizes metastases that have spread to the first and subsequent lymph ducts and nodes, thus defining the extent of surgery needed for the patient....';
adc_science.article_title[18] = 'NewScientist: NASA Unmanned Jet 'Shattered' Speed Record' ;
adc_science.article_date[18] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[18] = 'http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994824';
adc_science.article_summary[18] = 'An unmanned supersonic plane shattered the speed record for flight by flying at more than seven times the speed of sound on Saturday....';
adc_science.article_title[19] = 'WP: Modern Day Explorers Build Spacecraft' ;
adc_science.article_date[19] = 0;
adc_science.article_url[19] = 'http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30372-2004Mar27.html';
adc_science.article_summary[19] = 'ST. LOUIS - The reward is high, but so is the risk as some of the 27 teams pursuing a $10 million prize for the first privately funded manned spaceflight near a goal that once seemed outlandish....';
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