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Today's Science News: Global warming may require higher dams, stilts Hot water for the Twalas, hot debate at Copenhagen Nepal holds highest Cabinet meeting at Mt. Everest Study Reveals the Angriest Americans Amazon lumberjacks take lead in sustainable forestry Pioneering solar-powered plane makes airborne hop First Photo Taken of Object Around Sun-Like Star, Scientists Say Vitamin D May Be Tied to Heart Disease Via Genes Samoan Tsunami wave was 46 feet high Federal agency says prairie dogs not endangered Stellar Fossils from Milky Way's Past Revealed Nepalese cabinet holds Everest meeting The nation's weather NASA Perplexed Over New Rocket's Parachute Failure U.S. Approves New Stem Cell Lines for Publicly Funded Research China solar panel makers see boost from Copenhagen Warmest December 3 in U.S. Northeast in a decade Global warming may require higher dams, stilts Thu, 3 Dec 2009 06:37 pm PST AP - With the world losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die. Full Story Top Hot water for the Twalas, hot debate at Copenhagen Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:51 pm PST AP - The shopping list includes wind farms, seawalls and even real estate — new homelands for flooded-out islanders. And poor countries want to present the bill to the rich at next week's climate talks in Copenhagen. Full Story Top Nepal holds highest Cabinet meeting at Mt. Everest Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:15 pm PST AP - Nepal's top politicians strapped on oxygen tanks Friday and held a Cabinet meeting amid the frigid, thin air of Mount Everest to highlight the danger global warming poses to glaciers, ahead of next week's international climate change talks. Full Story Top Study Reveals the Angriest Americans Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:35 am PST LiveScience.com - Anger is more likely among the young, those with children at home, and the less educated, a new study finds. Full Story Top Amazon lumberjacks take lead in sustainable forestry Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:12 pm PST AFP - In the heart of the Amazon, a group of lumberjacks is pioneering the sustainable exploitation of the world's biggest rainforest doing their part to combat global warming. Full Story Top Pioneering solar-powered plane makes airborne hop Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:37 am PST AFP - The prototype of Solar Impulse, a pioneering Swiss bid to fly around the world on solar power, briefly took off for the first time on Thursday but under battery power, the organisers said. Full Story Top First Photo Taken of Object Around Sun-Like Star, Scientists Say Thu, 3 Dec 2009 02:01 pm PST SPACE.com - Astronomers say they have taken the first direct image of a planet-like object orbiting a star much like our own sun. Full Story Top Vitamin D May Be Tied to Heart Disease Via Genes Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:50 pm PST HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- New research points to the possibility of a genetic link between vitamin D and heart disease. Full Story Top Samoan Tsunami wave was 46 feet high Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:23 pm PST AP - The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high — more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists said Friday. Full Story Top Federal agency says prairie dogs not endangered Wed, 2 Dec 2009 01:21 pm PST AP - Black-tailed prairie dogs were denied protection under the Endangered Species Act on Wednesday after federal officials concluded the once prevalent species shows signs of rebounding. 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 Nepalese cabinet holds Everest meeting Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:07 pm PST AFP - Nepalese ministers held a high-altitude meeting on a remote mountain plateau in the shadow of Mount Everest on Friday to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas. Full Story Top The nation's weather Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:49 am PST AP - A strong storm in the Southeast was forecast to produce more active weather as it moved northeast on Thursday. Full Story Top NASA Perplexed Over New Rocket's Parachute Failure Thu, 3 Dec 2009 02:01 pm PST SPACE.com - NASA is still perplexed over the parachute failure that damaged its new Ares I-X test rocket during its October test launch, but otherwise the debut flight went well, mission managers said. Full Story Top U.S. Approves New Stem Cell Lines for Publicly Funded Research Wed, 2 Dec 2009 08:49 pm PST HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Thirteen stem cell lines have been added to the pool that scientists can use for taxpayer-funded research, and many more such lines will soon be made available, U.S. health officials announced Wednesday. Full Story Top China solar panel makers see boost from Copenhagen Wed, 2 Dec 2009 09:23 pm PST AFP - In Trina Solar's brilliant white factory in eastern China, masked workers in lab coats turn silicon wafers into solar power cells capable of harnessing the sun's clean and limitless energy. Full Story Top Warmest December 3 in U.S. Northeast in a decade Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:01 pm PST Reuters - The U.S. Northeast, the world's biggest heating oil market, is experiencing its warmest December 3 in more than a decade, according to weather forecasters. Full Story Top

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