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Today's Science News: UK climate scientist to temporarily step down Australia's Parliament defeats global warming bill Winds drive icebergs away from New Zealand DNA Reveals Origins of Shark Fin Soup No Australia poll in wake of climate law defeat BP pipeline leaks near Alaska's Prudhoe Bay Russian Satellite Debris Zooms by Space Station China's OK on GMO rice, corn seen boosting yields World's largest atom smasher breaks power record Stabilised Bhutan lake a climate change lesson: WWF Stellar Fossils from Milky Way's Past Revealed No Australia poll in wake of emission laws failure The nation's weather Super Earths May Be Superior at Fostering Life Anatomy training facts, how to donate Tata says plans Nano hybrid cars - paper Hurricane season ends with barely a whimper UK climate scientist to temporarily step down Tue, 1 Dec 2009 03:29 pm PST AP - The chief of a prestigious British research center caught in a storm of controversy over claims that he and others suppressed data about climate change has stepped down pending an investigation, the University of East Anglia said Tuesday. Full Story Top Australia's Parliament defeats global warming bill Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:45 pm PST AP - Australia's plans for an emissions trading system to combat global warming were scuttled Wednesday in Parliament, handing a defeat to a government that had hoped to set an example at international climate change talks next week. Full Story Top Winds drive icebergs away from New Zealand Tue, 1 Dec 2009 07:32 am 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 DNA Reveals Origins of Shark Fin Soup Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:46 pm PST LiveScience.com - Every year, millions of shark fins are sold at Chinese markets to satisfy the demand for shark fin soup, a dish considered a delicacy, but it has been impossible to pinpoint which sharks from which regions are most threatened by this trade. Full Story Top No Australia poll in wake of climate law defeat Tue, 1 Dec 2009 07:33 pm PST AFP - Australia's government on Wednesday said it will introduce defeated climate change legislation to parliament for a third time, passing up the opportunity to call snap elections. 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 Russian Satellite Debris Zooms by Space Station Tue, 1 Dec 2009 03:31 pm PST SPACE.com - A tiny piece of a defunct Russian satellite zipped by the International Space Station Tuesday, but was far enough away that outpost's two-man crew did not have to strap into their lifeboat to wait out the close shave, NASA officials said. Full Story Top China's OK on GMO rice, corn seen boosting yields Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:50 pm PST AFP - China has approved genetically modified strains of rice and corn in a move experts say could dramatically boost crop yields and help the world's most populous nation avoid food shortages. 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 Stabilised Bhutan lake a climate change lesson: WWF Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:33 am PST AFP - An international project that prevented a glacial lake in Bhutan from bursting its banks underlined how climate change can be tackled by adaptation, the environmental group WWF said on Tuesday. 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 No Australia poll in wake of emission laws failure Tue, 1 Dec 2009 07:05 pm PST AFP - Australia's government on Wednesday said it will introduce defeated climate change legislation to parliament for a third time, passing up the opportunity to call a snap election. Full Story Top The nation's weather Tue, 1 Dec 2009 02:05 am PST AP - Wet weather in the East was expected to diminish Tuesday as a cold front pushed off shore, while a strong low pressure system could bring snow to the Southern Rockies. Full Story Top Super Earths May Be Superior at Fostering Life Tue, 1 Dec 2009 01:16 pm PST SPACE.com - Astronomers have discovered hundreds of Jupiter-like planets in our galaxy. However, a handful of the planets found orbiting distant stars are more Earth-sized. This gives hope to astrobiologists, who think we are more likely to find life on rocky planets with liquid water. 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 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 Hurricane season ends with barely a whimper Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:51 pm PST AP - The Atlantic hurricane season ended Monday with barely a whimper: Not a single hurricane came ashore in the United States. Full Story Top

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