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A joint venture of United States, Japan and fifteen European nations has launched their first project of the new Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP). The programme aims to drill from the North Pole to deep inside a fault line off the coast of Japan to study sea floor inhabiting marine forms. A scientific cruise, JOIDES Resolution is appointed for the project.

Author: Dalton, Rex, Cyranoski, David
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
Drilling platforms, Marine resources

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Comet impact theory faces repeat analysis

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NASA is backing attempts to duplicate a claim that mass extinction was caused by a comet impact about 250 million years ago. A space agency comprising of three scientists was sent to China to collect geological samples that will be sent to ten laboratories for analysis in early 2005.

Author: Dalton, Rex
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
China, Space Research and Technology, Natl Aeronautics & Space Admin, Geological research, Mass extinction, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Mass extinction theory

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Proposal raises bones of contention

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The growing dispute among anthropologists and major scientific organizations over proposal by the U.S. congress to empty about 120,000 human skeletons kept for research purpose is presented.

Author: Dalton, Rex
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
United States, Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government domestic functions, Government regulation, Facilities & equipment, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Legal/Government Regulation, Anthropologists, Usage, Laws, regulations and rules, Equipment and supplies, Practice, Science and technology policy, United States. Congress, Human skeleton

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