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Today's Science News: Final frontier: Crowd sees spaceship launcher fly Astronauts speed through 5th and final spacewalk Hubble image shows debris from Jupiter collision Oldest Animal Fossils Found in Lakes, Not Oceans Obama says US, China to shape 21st century Gasoline price rises first time in 5 weeks: government Sleeping in Space is Easy, But There's No Shower GM crop trials start again in Britain in 'secret': report Meltdown 101: Package sizes at the grocery store Giant pandas at further risk after Sichuan quake: study Huge Fossilized Dung Reveals a Hidden Ancient Ecosystem US, China upbeat on climate treaty: US envoy The Nation's weather Spacewalkers Wrap Up Space Station Service Call Coming Soon -- Stem-Cell Surgical Thread? Obama: US, China interested in clean energy Japan PM cancels visit to disaster-hit region Final frontier: Crowd sees spaceship launcher fly Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:30 pm PDT AP - Hundreds of earthlings turned their faces to the sky Monday to see an airplane built to launch a ship into space, watching the gleaming white craft soar overhead. Full Story Top Astronauts speed through 5th and final spacewalk Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:05 pm PDT AP - Astronauts completed the last spacewalk of their shared shuttle and station mission Monday, breezing through some rewiring, camera setups and other outdoor chores. Full Story Top Hubble image shows debris from Jupiter collision Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:52 pm PDT AP - NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is offering a glimpse of atmospheric debris from an object that plunged into Jupiter in a rare collision with the planet. Full Story Top Oldest Animal Fossils Found in Lakes, Not Oceans Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:12 pm PDT LiveScience.com - Conventional wisdom has it that the first animals evolved in the ocean. Now researchers studying ancient rock samples in South China have found that the first animal fossils are preserved in ancient lake deposits, not in marine sediments as commonly assumed. These new findings not only raise questions as to where the earliest animals were living, but what factors drove animals to evolve in the first place. For some 3 billion years, single-celled life forms such as bacteria dominated the planet. ... Full Story Top Obama says US, China to shape 21st century Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:09 pm PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama called for a 21st century defined by broad US-China cooperation as the two countries sought common ground on reviving the global economy and fighting climate change. Full Story Top Gasoline price rises first time in 5 weeks: government Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:57 pm PDT Reuters - U.S. retail gasoline prices increased for the first time in five weeks, the Energy Department said on Monday, as higher crude oil costs were passed to consumers at the pump. Full Story Top Sleeping in Space is Easy, But There's No Shower Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:15 pm PDT SPACE.com - Astronauts may have some tough jobs in orbit - like building a $100 billion International Space Station - but apparently getting a goodnight's sleep isn't one of them. Full Story Top GM crop trials start again in Britain in 'secret': report Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:35 pm PDT AFP - Genetically modified crops are being grown in Britain for the first time in 12 months after controversial trials were resumed without alerting the public, a newspaper reported Monday. Full Story Top Meltdown 101: Package sizes at the grocery store Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:44 pm PDT AP - Your eyes are not deceiving you in the grocery store. Yes, your bag of Doritos just got bigger. No, the price didn't change. Full Story Top Giant pandas at further risk after Sichuan quake: study Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:07 am PDT AFP - More than 60 percent of the wild giant panda population in China's Sichuan province was affected by the powerful quake that rocked the region and killed thousands in May 2008, a study said Monday. Full Story Top Huge Fossilized Dung Reveals a Hidden Ancient Ecosystem Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:20 pm PDT LiveScience.com - The world might be knee-deep in cow patties and other animal waste today were it not for dung beetles. Full Story Top US, China upbeat on climate treaty: US envoy Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:01 pm PDT AFP - The US pointman on climate change voiced optimism Monday at reaching a new global treaty this year, saying that top polluters China and the United States were both serious about taking action. Full Story Top The Nation's weather Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:57 am PDT AP - A trough of low pressure over southeastern Canada was expected to continue to support weather disturbances throughout the Eastern US on Monday. Energy from this system was likely to spread into the northern regions of the Upper Great Lakes, triggering areas of scattered showers and thunderstorms. Full Story Top Spacewalkers Wrap Up Space Station Service Call Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:46 am PDT SPACE.com - Two astronauts wrapped up some final maintenance work on the International Space Station Monday during the fifth and last planned spacewalk of their mission to the orbital lab. Full Story Top Coming Soon -- Stem-Cell Surgical Thread? Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- A team of John Hopkins University undergraduates say they have found a way to quickly and easily embed a person's stem cells into surgical thread, a procedure they believe may help improve healing and prevent re-injury. Full Story Top Obama: US, China interested in clean energy Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:47 am PDT AP - President Barack Obama says the U.S. and China have a shared interest in creating clean and secure energy sources. Full Story Top Japan PM cancels visit to disaster-hit region Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:56 am PDT AFP - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso Sunday cancelled his visit to the disaster-hit western Yamaguchi prefecture, where 14 people died in landslides, as torrential rain continued to pound the area. Full Story Top

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