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Today's Science News:
Analysis: Climate bill may spur energy revolution
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:41 pm PDT
AP - Congress has taken its first step toward an energy revolution, with the prospect of profound change for every household, business, industry and farm in the decades ahead. Full Story
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Sophisticated weather satellite rockets into orbit
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:13 pm PDT
AP - A sophisticated new weather satellite rocketed into orbit Saturday, giving forecasters another powerful tool for tracking hurricanes and tornadoes. Full Story
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Litter of lynx kittens heartens Colo. biologists
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:04 pm PDT
AP - The discovery of 10 lynx kittens this spring marks the first newborns documented in Colorado since 2006, heartening biologists overseeing restoration of the mountain feline. Full Story
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When Hammering, Women Nail It
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:07 pm PDT
LiveScience.com - Any man who has ever pounded nails for a living has hit his thumb a time or two. One possible reason: he's just not that good at it. Another factor: He's probably doing it in broad daylight. Full Story
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Ill. derailment revives hazardous cargo debate
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:29 am PDT
AP - When derailed freight train cars carrying ethanol burst into flames just 50 miles from her Chicago suburb, killing a motorist who tried to flee, Barrington Mayor Karen Darch saw her worst fears realized. Full Story
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Obama urges US Senate to pass clean energy bill
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:17 am PDT
AFP - US President Barack Obama on Saturday urged the US Senate to pass his clean energy bill, arguing that the nation that manages to harness clean energy "will be the nation that leads the 21st century global economy." Full Story
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Moon-lovers remember Apollo with radio chit-chat
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:30 pm PDT
Reuters - Radio hams and amateur astronomers around the world spent the weekend bouncing radio conversations off the Moon to one another in commemoration of the Apollo 11 landings 40 years ago, organizers in Australia said Sunday. Full Story
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Genetically Modified Rice Fights Allergies
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:50 pm PDT
LiveScience.com - What if the food we ate fought allergies instead of causing them? A new form of rice can, researchers announced this week. But is it safe? Full Story
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After 19 years, Ulysses solar probe to go dark
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:26 pm PDT
AP - NASA and the European Space Agency are about to pull the plug on a robotic solar probe that just wouldn't quit. The Ulysses probe was launched from the space shuttle Discovery in 1990. It was supposed to last five years. But it's now nearing 19 years, 5.8 billion miles and still going. Full Story
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Whaling chief says no guarantee of end to killing
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:58 am PDT
AP - There are no guarantees that negotiators from pro- and anti-whaling nations will settle their dispute within a 12-month deadline they have set themselves, the new head of the International Whaling Commission said Friday. Full Story
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Toothy 3-foot Piranha Fossil Found
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:02 pm PDT
LiveScience.com - If you thought piranhas were scary, be glad Megapiranha is no longer around. Full Story
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US House passes historic climate change bill
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:11 am PDT
AFP - The US House of Representatives has narrowly passed historic legislation to limit pollution blamed for global warming, handing President Barack Obama a major hard-fought victory. Full Story
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The Nation's weather
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:41 am PDT
AP - A developing low pressure system moving through the Northern Plains and into the Upper Midwest will provide the most active weather in the country on Saturday. Full Story
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Free Spirit! Web Site Launches to Save Stuck Mars Rover
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:15 am PDT
SPACE.com - The plucky Mars rover Spirit has a whole team of NASA engineers on Earth trying to find an escape route out of the Martian sand dune that has snared the robot for weeks, and now it has a Web site. Full Story
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Hundreds of Genes Could Be Linked to ADHD
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:49 pm PDT
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Hundreds of gene variations that may be associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been identified by U.S. researchers. Full Story
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Major provisions of House climate and energy bill
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:25 am PDT
AP - Highlights of climate bill approved passed by the House: Full Story
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Caribbean tropical wave may grow into Gulf storm
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:02 am PDT
Reuters - A tropical wave over the western Caribbean Sea between Honduras and Cuba has a moderate chance -- 30 to 50 percent -- of developing into a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center forecast Friday. Full Story
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