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Today's Science News: Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheep NASA astronaut takes Twitter to space en Espanol Myanmar fossil may shed light on evolution The Strange Ingredients in Fireworks Opposition wants climate change action from Ottawa Japan may add noise to quiet hybrid cars for safety New Moon Orbiter Sends First Lunar Snapshots Tamiflu-resistant swine flu patient found in Japan: govt Group: World failing to halt biodiversity decline Another endangered elephant dies in Indonesia: WWF Paleontologists brought to tears, laughter by Creation Museum Climate change shrinks wild sheep: scientists The Nation's weather Traffic Heats Up at Space Station Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people China blasts US climate bill El Nino seems all but certain: Australia Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheep Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:14 am PDT AP - Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep. Full Story Top NASA astronaut takes Twitter to space en Espanol Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:45 pm PDT AP - NASA has tweeted in space, but now one of its astronauts is breaking a new space Twitter barrier. He'll tweet from space in Spanish and English. Full Story Top Myanmar fossil may shed light on evolution Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:00 am PDT AP - Fossils recently discovered in Myanmar could prove that the common ancestors of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from primates in Asia, rather than Africa, researchers contend in a study released Wednesday. Full Story Top The Strange Ingredients in Fireworks Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:50 pm PDT LiveScience.com - Fireworks for the 4th of July are all about light, color and sound. But inside, there are some bizarre ingredients, from aluminum to Vaseline and even the stuff of rat poison. Full Story Top Opposition wants climate change action from Ottawa Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:40 pm PDT AFP - The Liberal Party, Canada's main opposition group, warned the government Thursday against blocking an international deal to combat climate change, due to be negotiated in Copenhagen this December. Full Story Top Japan may add noise to quiet hybrid cars for safety Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:05 pm PDT AFP - Japan's near-silent hybrid cars have been called dangerous by the vision-impaired and some users, prompting a government review on whether to add a noise-making device, according to an official. Full Story Top New Moon Orbiter Sends First Lunar Snapshots Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:01 pm PDT SPACE.com - NASA's newest spacecraft in orbit around the moon has sent its first snapshots of the lunar surface. Full Story Top Tamiflu-resistant swine flu patient found in Japan: govt Thu, 2 Jul 2009 02:19 pm PDT AFP - A genetic mutation of swine flu that is resistant to the anti-viral Tamiflu has been discovered in Japan, the first such case in the country, the health ministry said. Full Story Top Group: World failing to halt biodiversity decline Wed, 1 Jul 2009 05:02 pm PDT AP - Governments are failing to stem a rapid decline in biodiversity that is now threatening extinction for almost half the world's coral reef species, a third of amphibians and a quarter of mammals, a leading environmental group warned Thursday. Full Story Top Another endangered elephant dies in Indonesia: WWF Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:15 am PDT AFP - An elephant calf has starved to death in Indonesia, the eighth endangered Sumatran elephant to have died in the wild since May, environmental group WWF said Thursday. Full Story Top Paleontologists brought to tears, laughter by Creation Museum Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:40 am PDT AFP - For a group of paleontologists, a tour of the Creation Museum seemed like a great tongue-in-cheek way to cap off a serious conference. Full Story Top Climate change shrinks wild sheep: scientists Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:10 pm PDT AFP - Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday. Full Story Top The Nation's weather Thu, 2 Jul 2009 02:27 am PDT AP - The Eastern U.S. was expected to continue seeing severe storm development on Thursday from a slow-moving low pressure system hovering over the Great Lakes region. Full Story Top Traffic Heats Up at Space Station Thu, 2 Jul 2009 05:15 pm PDT SPACE.com - Three crewmembers of the International Space Station took a short trip aboard their Soyuz lifeboat late Thursday as traffic heats up at the orbital outpost. Full Story Top Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people Thu, 2 Jul 2009 02:03 pm PDT AP - With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is — so far — more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire. The new virus, H1N1, has a protein on its surface that is not very efficient at binding with receptors in people's respiratory tracts, researchers at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology report in Friday's edition of the journal Science. Full Story Top China blasts US climate bill Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:00 am PDT AFP - China said on Thursday that it was "firmly" opposed to provisions in a new US clean energy bill that will make it easier to impose trade penalties on nations that reject limits to globe-warming pollution. Full Story Top El Nino seems all but certain: Australia Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:02 am PDT Reuters - An El Nino weather pattern this year appears almost certain, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said on Wednesday in a revised forecast, raising the prospect of drought in Australia and a even weaker monsoon in India. Full Story Top

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