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Today's Science News: Winds drive icebergs away from New Zealand World's largest atom smasher breaks power record Plan to breed lab monkeys splits Puerto Rican town School Bullies Bully at Home, Too Australian politician torpedoes carbon cut plans BP pipeline leaks near Alaska's Prudhoe Bay Space station crew return to Earth Anatomy training facts, how to donate Leaders say momentum building on climate change 4th-generation southern white rhino born in Ohio Stellar Fossils from Milky Way's Past Revealed HK markets selling endangered shark fins: US study The nation's weather Space Station Crew Lands In Kazakhstan Is Gene-Therapy Medical Treatment Ready for Prime Time? Tata says plans Nano hybrid cars - paper Death toll from floods in Saudi reaches 106 Winds drive icebergs away from New Zealand Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:04 pm PST AP - Strong westerly winds in the southern Pacific Ocean have driven scores of icebergs originally headed toward New Zealand to the east, away from the country, an oceanographer said Tuesday. Full Story Top World's largest atom smasher breaks power record Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:12 am PST AP - The world's largest atom smasher broke the world record for proton acceleration Monday, firing particle beams with 20 percent more power than the American lab that previously held the record. Full Story Top Plan to breed lab monkeys splits Puerto Rican town Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:08 am PST AP - Puerto Rico has such a bad history with research monkeys running amok that some residents are stunned that its government has tentatively approved a plan to import and breed thousands of primates for sale to U.S. researchers. Full Story Top School Bullies Bully at Home, Too Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:11 pm PST LiveScience.com - Children who bully at school are likely to also bully their siblings at home, a new European study finds. Full Story Top Australian politician torpedoes carbon cut plans Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:42 pm PST AFP - A colourful climate-change sceptic seized control of Australia's opposition on Tuesday, vowing to kill carbon trading legislation ahead of UN talks, in a step that could trigger snap polls. Full Story Top BP pipeline leaks near Alaska's Prudhoe Bay Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:09 am PST Reuters - BP Plc discovered an oil and gas spill on a pipeline that serves the giant Prudhoe Bay oil fields in Alaska over the weekend, a company spokesman said on Monday. Full Story Top Space station crew return to Earth Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:37 pm PST Reuters - A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying three astronauts from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan on Tuesday. Full Story Top Anatomy training facts, how to donate Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:15 am PST AP - Learning anatomy with cadavers is a centuries-old rite of passage that once again is getting a face-lift as medical schools struggle to mix this core knowledge with an explosion of new information from the genetics revolution. Full Story Top Leaders say momentum building on climate change Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:41 pm PST AP - Leaders of the Commonwealth countries called Saturday for a legally binding international agreement on climate change and a global fund with billions of dollars to help poor countries meet its mandates. Full Story Top 4th-generation southern white rhino born in Ohio Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:47 pm PST AP - Officials at a southeast Ohio conservation center say a southern white rhinoceros could be the first fourth-generation member of the threatened species born in any other North American managed herd. Full Story Top Stellar Fossils from Milky Way's Past Revealed Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:15 am PST SPACE.com - A cluster of ancient stars is likely the relic of a dwarf galaxy that merged with the Milky Way during its early days, scientists now find. Full Story Top HK markets selling endangered shark fins: US study Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:34 pm PST AFP - High-tech forensic methods show that some shark fins on sale in Hong Kong markets come from endangered shark populations, proving the need for stronger trade regulations, a new study said Tuesday. Full Story Top The nation's weather Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:54 am PST AP - The Eastern U.S. was expected to kickoff the work week with significant weather activity as a long and powerful front trekked toward the East Coast on Monday. Full Story Top Space Station Crew Lands In Kazakhstan Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:30 pm PST SPACE.com - A Canadian, a Russian and a Belgian astronaut left the International Space Station and landed on the icy steppes of Kazakhstan Tuesday aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Full Story Top Is Gene-Therapy Medical Treatment Ready for Prime Time? Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:45 pm PST Time.com - After years of complications and high-profile setbacks, a series of small but intriguing advances has suggested that gene therapy may hold real future potential for treatment Full Story Top Tata says plans Nano hybrid cars - paper Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:43 am PST Reuters - Tata Group is planning to produce hybrid versions of its Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, to join in the environment-friendly trend, its chairman said in an interview with a South Korean newspaper. Full Story Top Death toll from floods in Saudi reaches 106 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:25 am PST AP - A Saudi official says the death toll from the unusually heavy rains that hit western Saudi Arabia has reached 106. Full Story Top

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