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Today's Science News: Japanese astronaut tests endurance — of his undies Fish for dinner: Overfishing easing in some areas NY taxpayers to pay donors for stem cell studies Nap Time! One-third of Americans Do It Low Prices Melt Profit For Solar Iraq fires head of state-owned oil company Great Lakes Water Returning to Earth with Shuttle Crew 'Suicide' Genes Help Slow Ovarian Tumor Growth in Mice Watchers track butterflies for environment signs Bolivia bans use of animals in circuses Oldest Animal Fossils Found in Lakes, Not Oceans 1,000 protest over China chemical plant pollution: residents The Nation's weather Shuttle Astronauts Deploy Satellites Ahead of Landing Canadian groups dispute green light for GM corn Energy giant Shell profits slump on weak oil prices Heavy rains, landslides kill 66 in southern China Japanese astronaut tests endurance — of his undies Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:54 pm PDT AP - In what might embarrass less adventurous souls, astronaut Koichi Wakata is returning to Earth with the underwear he kept on for a solid month during his space station stay and scientists will check them out. Full Story Top Fish for dinner: Overfishing easing in some areas Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:31 pm PDT AP - Crabcakes and fish sticks won't be disappearing after all. Two years after a study warned that overfishing could cause a collapse in the world's seafood stocks by 2048, an update says the tide is turning, at least in some areas. Full Story Top NY taxpayers to pay donors for stem cell studies Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:23 pm PDT AP - Hanqi Miao said she wanted to donate her eggs to help infertile couples reproduce, but she acknowledged the money is good, too: She said she'll be paid about $5,000. Full Story Top Nap Time! One-third of Americans Do It Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:50 pm PDT LiveScience.com - A mid-day nap is more common than you might think in America. Full Story Top Low Prices Melt Profit For Solar Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:42 pm PDT Investor's Business Daily - Falling solar prices are pinching most solar firms now, but could end up spurring more use of solar power in the near future. Full Story Top Iraq fires head of state-owned oil company Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:28 am PDT AFP - The Iraqi government has fired the head of state-owned South Oil Company (SOC), who publicly criticised Baghdad's auctioning off of oil and gas fields to foreign energy giants, an oil ministry spokesman said on Thursday. Full Story Top Great Lakes Water Returning to Earth with Shuttle Crew Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:00 pm PDT SPACE.com - Before undocking from the International Space Station Tuesday, the crew aboard the shuttle Endeavour transferred nearly 1,200 pounds of water to the orbiting outpost. But one crewmember kept a small, but very special, set of water samples for the ride home. Full Story Top 'Suicide' Genes Help Slow Ovarian Tumor Growth in Mice Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with "suicide" genes slowed ovarian tumor growth in mice and may one day offer a way to treat late-stage ovarian cancer in women, U.S. scientists say. Full Story Top Watchers track butterflies for environment signs Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:51 pm PDT AP - The rusty van creaks to a halt and two men jump out, binoculars in hand, heads pivoting. Quickly, questioningly, they call out evocative names: Is that a Pearl Crescent? A Carolina Satyr? A Sleepy Orange? A Swarthy Skipper? Full Story Top Bolivia bans use of animals in circuses Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:38 pm PDT AP - Bolivia has enacted what animal rights defenders are calling the world's first law that prohibits the use of animals in circuses. 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 1,000 protest over China chemical plant pollution: residents Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:04 am PDT AFP - More than 1,000 people protested for a second day in central China on Thursday over pollution from a chemical plant that they say has sickened locals and poisoned surrounding farmlands, residents said. Full Story Top The Nation's weather Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:03 am PDT AP - Severe weather was expected to persist across the East Coast and the Central US on Thursday. Full Story Top Shuttle Astronauts Deploy Satellites Ahead of Landing Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:17 pm PDT SPACE.com - Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour successfully deployed two sets of tiny satellites Thursday as they received word they were cleared to come home. Full Story Top Canadian groups dispute green light for GM corn Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:48 pm PDT AFP - Canadian consumer and environmental groups protested on Thursday the government's decision to allow the sale of a genetically modified corn. Full Story Top Energy giant Shell profits slump on weak oil prices Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:52 am PDT AFP - British energy giant Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday that its second-quarter net profit plunged 67 percent to 3.82 billion dollars (2.71 billion euros) on tumbling crude oil prices. Full Story Top Heavy rains, landslides kill 66 in southern China Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:16 pm PDT Reuters - Heavy rainstorms have caused flooding and landslides across southern China, killing at least 66 people this summer and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate their homes, the Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. Full Story Top

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