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Report says radiation exposure was preventable
An accident at the Idaho National Laboratory that exposed 16 employees to plutonium radiation could have been prevented, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Energy.Inadequate safety measures and ineffective training contributed to the November contamination and lab officials missed several opportunities to make changes, states a report released Wednesday by the Energy Department's

Unmanned space probe to fly over Saturn's mysterious moon Titan
Scientists have designed a 715 million-dollar space vehicle dubbed 'Aviatr' to fly over Saturn's largest moon, Titan, which would help in building picture of the planet's geology.

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Judge: Public can't see Idaho prison settlement

A federal judge has refused to unseal a settlement agreement between an Idaho inmate and a private prison company involving allegations of rampant violence at a lockup near Boise known as

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Admin moves to clarify endangered species listings
The Obama administration proposed a new rule Friday that would end a practice in which some endangered species were classified differently in neighboring states.

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Police probe deaths of 1-month-old Idaho twins
Police in southeastern Idaho say detectives are investigating the "suspicious" deaths of 1-month-old identical twin boys whose mother called 911 to report that they weren't breathing.

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Radioisotope 'space battery' to power Curiosity's ambitious Mars expedition
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which is scheduled to launch this week, may be the most productive Mars surface mission in history, thanks to its nuclear heat and power source.

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