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Today's Science News: Analysis: Climate bill may spur energy revolution Sophisticated weather satellite rockets into orbit Litter of lynx kittens heartens Colo. biologists When Hammering, Women Nail It Ill. derailment revives hazardous cargo debate Obama urges US Senate to pass clean energy bill Moon-lovers remember Apollo with radio chit-chat Genetically Modified Rice Fights Allergies After 19 years, Ulysses solar probe to go dark Whaling chief says no guarantee of end to killing Toothy 3-foot Piranha Fossil Found US House passes historic climate change bill The Nation's weather Free Spirit! Web Site Launches to Save Stuck Mars Rover Hundreds of Genes Could Be Linked to ADHD Major provisions of House climate and energy bill Caribbean tropical wave may grow into Gulf storm 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 Top 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 Top 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 Top 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 Top 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 Top 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 Top 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 Top 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 Top 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 Top 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 Top 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 Top 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 Top 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 Top 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 Top 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 Top 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 Top 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 Top

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