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Today's Science News: Father of China's space tech program dies at 98 2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight US rubber company disputes Liberia pollution study Surprising Sex Behavior Found in Bats Australian oil spill well on fire: company INTERVIEW - Suzlon sees delays hitting orders Mars Rover Spirit Has Amnesia Again Amgen, Amerisource sued over drug kickback scheme Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars 'I hate whale meat,' Japan's PM confides: report New Dinosaur Built Like a Sherman Tank Coast Guard scoops up oil in San Francisco Bay The nation's weather First Japanese Cargo Ship Leaves Space Station Genes may explain why churchgoers are teetotalers BP hit with record US fine for safety violations Typhoon cuts power, uproots trees in Philippines Father of China's space tech program dies at 98 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:33 am PDT AP - Qian Xuesen, a rocket scientist known as the father of China's space technology program, died Saturday in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 98. Full Story Top 2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:21 am PDT AP - Two of three parachutes malfunctioned in the test flight of a prototype moon rocket earlier this week, causing major damage to the booster, NASA said Friday. Full Story Top US rubber company disputes Liberia pollution study Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:31 am PDT AP - An American-owned rubber company is disputing claims by the Liberian government that the company's waste products are polluting creeks. Full Story Top Surprising Sex Behavior Found in Bats Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:21 am PDT LiveScience.com - When they do their thing, female Chinese fruit bats add oral sex to get the males to prolong the act, scientists now find, suggesting the behavior confers evolutionary benefits. Full Story Top Australian oil spill well on fire: company Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:23 pm PDT AFP - An oil rig which has been leaking thousands of barrels of oil into the Timor Sea off Australia's northwest coast for more than two months was on fire Sunday, the company said. Full Story Top INTERVIEW - Suzlon sees delays hitting orders Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:27 pm PDT Reuters - Delays in sealing new orders forced Indian wind power company Suzlon Energy Ltd to cut its sales forecast, but the company will still see full-year profits near last year's level, an executive said on Saturday. Full Story Top Mars Rover Spirit Has Amnesia Again Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:42 pm PDT SPACE.com - NASA's Mars rover Spirit is suffering a new bout of amnesia, one that comes after months of being stuck in deep Martian sand. Full Story Top Amgen, Amerisource sued over drug kickback scheme Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:19 pm PDT Reuters - Biotechnology giant Amgen Inc and drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen Corp were sued on Friday by 14 U.S. states and the District of Columbia over an alleged kickback scheme designed to boost sales of Amgen's popular anemia drug, Aranesp. Full Story Top Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:21 am PDT AP - Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday. Full Story Top 'I hate whale meat,' Japan's PM confides: report Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:08 am PDT AFP - Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has revealed he dislikes whale meat, a newspaper reported Saturday, in an unusual confession for the prime minister of a country that defies Western criticism of whaling. Full Story Top New Dinosaur Built Like a Sherman Tank Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:35 am PDT LiveScience.com - A husband and wife team of paleontologists has discovered a newfound species of armored dinosaur that lived 112 million years ago in what is now Montana. Full Story Top Coast Guard scoops up oil in San Francisco Bay Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:31 pm PDT AP - Crews worked Saturday to clean up fuel leaked into San Francisco Bay and care for a dozen birds one day after an oil tanker spilled hundreds of gallons into the water. Full Story Top The nation's weather Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:57 am PDT AP - Rain and flooding were forecast to continue over the Mississippi River on Friday as a strong front lingered over the region. Full Story Top First Japanese Cargo Ship Leaves Space Station Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:17 pm PDT SPACE.com - Japan's first unmanned space cargo ship cast off from the International Space Station Friday as it nears the end of a successful maiden voyage. Full Story Top Genes may explain why churchgoers are teetotalers Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:02 pm PDT Reuters - Churchgoers have been found to have lower rates of drinking and smoking than those who spend their Sundays elsewhere. Now a new study suggests that for adults, it may not be church attendance itself that explains much of the phenomenon. It might be genes. Full Story Top BP hit with record US fine for safety violations Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:41 pm PDT AFP - British oil giant BP has been hit with a record US fine of 87.4 million dollars for safety violations at a Texas refinery where 15 people were killed in a 2005 explosion, officials said Friday. Full Story Top Typhoon cuts power, uproots trees in Philippines Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:39 pm PDT Reuters - The third typhoon to hit the Philippines in five weeks slammed into the main island of Luzon on Saturday, uprooting trees and toppling power lines, but there were no immediate reports of widespread damage. Full Story Top

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