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Today's Science News: Astronauts return from space to sushi overload RU-486 abortion drug to be allowed in Italy Britain to outlaw most private organ transplants Obama: Key to Future Is Innovation China suspends 2 environment bosses for pollution Coal fires up India farmers against power plants Space shuttle Endeavour lands safely after 16-day mission 'Suicide' Genes Help Slow Ovarian Tumor Growth in Mice Journal retracts claim of sperm made of stem cells Bolivia bans use of animals in circuses Oldest Animal Fossils Found in Lakes, Not Oceans SF eyes UN Climate Center at polluted shipyard The Nation's weather Astronaut Saves Shea Stadium Home Plate NY taxpayers to pay donors for stem cell studies Cyprus to build wind park Mild season in Tornado Alley frustrates scientists Astronauts return from space to sushi overload Sat, 1 Aug 2009 12:26 am PDT AP - Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts returned to Earth on Friday, completing a long but successful construction job that boosted the size and power of the international space station. Full Story Top RU-486 abortion drug to be allowed in Italy Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:58 am PDT AP - Italy has approved the use of the abortion drug RU-486, capping years of debate and defying opposition from the Vatican, which warned of immediate excommunication for doctors prescribing the pill and for women who use it. Full Story Top Britain to outlaw most private organ transplants Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:09 am PDT AP - The British government said Friday that it plans to ban private organ transplants from dead donors to allay fears that prospective recipients can buy their way to the front of the line. Full Story Top Obama: Key to Future Is Innovation Sat, 1 Aug 2009 09:07 am PDT LiveScience.com - In another nod to the value of basic science and technology research, President Obama in his weekly radio address today said long-term investments in innovation are needed to ensure the country's long-term economic growth. Full Story Top China suspends 2 environment bosses for pollution Sat, 1 Aug 2009 11:13 pm PDT AP - Authorities in central China suspended two environment officials and detained a chemical plant boss after hundreds of residents protested, claiming the factory polluted a river and caused at least two deaths in the area, an official said Sunday. Full Story Top Coal fires up India farmers against power plants Sat, 1 Aug 2009 11:19 pm PDT AFP - Rajni Ramakan Patil has a message for the energy companies that want to build coal-based power stations on the land that she and two generations of her family have farmed for more than 50 years. Full Story Top Space shuttle Endeavour lands safely after 16-day mission Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:12 pm PDT AFP - The shuttle Endeavour descended safely to Earth on Friday, ending a successful 16-day assembly mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with the final piece of Japan's Kibo science laboratory. 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 Journal retracts claim of sperm made of stem cells Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:25 am PDT AP - A scientific journal has retracted a controversial paper claiming to have created the first human sperm from embryonic stem cells. 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 SF eyes UN Climate Center at polluted shipyard Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:16 pm PDT AP - Mayor Gavin Newsom and the United Nations are eyeing a former naval shipyard contaminated by radiation, heavy metals and other industrial toxins as the future site of a sprawling new green technology complex and climate change think tank. Full Story Top The Nation's weather Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:31 am PDT AP - The East was expected to be wet and stormy on Friday, while the Northwest was forecast to remain hot. Full Story Top Astronaut Saves Shea Stadium Home Plate Sat, 1 Aug 2009 06:01 am PDT SPACE.com - NEW YORK - The longtime home of the New York Mets baseball team, Shea Stadium, may be history, but a crucial part has been immortalized by a trip to space. 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 Cyprus to build wind park Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:04 am PDT AFP - Cyprus on Friday signed a deal with local company DK Windsupply to build one of the largest wind parks in the east Mediterranean, to boost its renewable energy sources, officials said. Full Story Top Mild season in Tornado Alley frustrates scientists Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:35 pm PDT AP - This has been an unusually mild year in Tornado Alley, which is good news, of course, for the people who live here, but a little frustrating to scientists who planned to chase twisters as part of a $10 million research project. Full Story Top

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