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Today's Science News: NASA's new moon rocket makes first test flight UN signals delay in climate change treaty AP IMPACT: Statisticians reject global cooling How to Avoid the FDIC Email Scam US, China huddle for high-level trade talks Former CEO sentenced 3 years for Alaska bribery Scientists see blast from past -- 13 billion years ago Bad driver? Blame your genes Another Titanic expedition possible in 2010 World's tigers years away from extinction - experts Fossilized skull of sea monster found on UK coast Europe's leaders grapple with bloc's future The nation's weather NASA's New Rocket Sports a Supersonic Look Repairing Injured Lungs May Boost Organ Donations Energy group BG says third-quarter profits slide Misery for 1.5 mln a month after Philippine storms NASA's new moon rocket makes first test flight Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:13 pm PDT AP - NASA's newest rocket successfully completed a brief test flight Wednesday, the first step in a back-to-the-moon program that could yet be shelved by the White House. Full Story Top UN signals delay in climate change treaty Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:45 am PDT AP - Just weeks before an international conference on climate change, the United Nations signaled it was scaling back expectations of reaching agreement on a new treaty to slow global warming. Full Story Top AP IMPACT: Statisticians reject global cooling Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:34 pm PDT AP - Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book. Only one problem: It's not true, according to an analysis of the numbers done by several independent statisticians for The Associated Press. Full Story Top How to Avoid the FDIC Email Scam Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:06 pm PDT LiveScience.com - A mass phishing email scheme aims to steal banking information under the guise of the FDIC, just the most recent in a long line of scams, bilking millions from consumers. Full Story Top US, China huddle for high-level trade talks Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:41 pm PDT AFP - The United States and China huddled Thursday for key talks on trade disputes, clean energy and climate change less than three weeks before a visit by US President Barack Obama. Full Story Top Former CEO sentenced 3 years for Alaska bribery Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:54 pm PDT Reuters - The businessman at the center of Alaska's wide-ranging political corruption investigation, once a pillar of the Alaska oil industry and state Republican party, was sentenced on Wednesday to serve three years in prison and to pay a $750,000 fine. Full Story Top Scientists see blast from past -- 13 billion years ago Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20 pm PDT Reuters - Astronomers have seen the furthest back in time ever, measuring light from a star that exploded 13 billion years ago, just after the dawn of the universe. Full Story Top Bad driver? Blame your genes Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:33 pm PDT Reuters - No need to curse that bad driver weaving in and out of the lane in front of you -- he cannot help it, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. Full Story Top Another Titanic expedition possible in 2010 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:24 am PDT AP - The company that has exclusive rights to salvage the Titanic wants to make another expedition to the world's most famous shipwreck in 2010. Full Story Top World's tigers years away from extinction - experts Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:08 am PDT Reuters - Tigers could become extinct in the wild in two decades unless the world ramps up conservation efforts to halt the decline in their population, wildlife experts said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Fossilized skull of sea monster found on UK coast Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:28 pm PDT AP - British authorities say the fossilized skull of a giant sea monster has been found off England's southern coast. Full Story Top Europe's leaders grapple with bloc's future Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:18 pm PDT AFP - Europe's leaders grapple on Thursday with deadlock on how to fight global warming and the legacy of recession, all the while jockeying for control of arguably the biggest appointment in Brussels' history. Full Story Top The nation's weather Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:29 am PDT AP - Wintry weather was forecast to persist over the Rockies on Wednesday, and the Northeast was expected to remain rainy. Full Story Top NASA's New Rocket Sports a Supersonic Look Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:21 pm PDT SPACE.com - NASA's gleaming new Ares I-X rocket grew an odd-looking hood Wednesday as it launched skyward on a suborbital test flight — a telltale sign of a rocket going supersonic. Full Story Top Repairing Injured Lungs May Boost Organ Donations Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- A new type of gene therapy for injured lungs that were previously rejected for transplantation may increase the number of lungs available for transplant, researchers say. Full Story Top Energy group BG says third-quarter profits slide Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:30 am PDT AFP - Energy producer BG Group said Wednesday that net profit tumbled 43.5 percent in the third quarter due to weaker natural gas prices and lower-than-expected output. Full Story Top Misery for 1.5 mln a month after Philippine storms Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:53 am PDT AFP - More than 1.5 million people are struggling to live in flooded suburbs or crowded shelters one month after devastating rains began pounding the Philippines, and officials warn no quick fix is in sight. Full Story Top

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