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Today's Science News: Deep-sea images reveal colorful life off Indonesia Antimatter detector to catch last shuttle to space Experts: Exoplanet could be smallest ever found Female Whale Sharks Are Sperm Banks, Study Suggests Judge: LA Port's clean trucks program can proceed China builds base to tap deep-sea energy: state media Ex-NASA head O'Keefe back in DC after plane crash Stem-Cell Ruling Causes Gloom, Anxiety Among Scientists New microbe discovered eating oil spill in Gulf Los Angeles Zoo is home to 22 baby Komodo dragons Fossilized Creek Beds Offer Up Ancient Climate Change Clues AP ENTERPRISE: Oil cleanup both bonanza and bust The nation's weather Newfound Alien Planets May Include Smallest One Yet Obama to Appeal Stem Cell Ruling APNewsBreak: BP's Hayward won't testify next month Storm Earl in central Atlantic better organized Deep-sea images reveal colorful life off Indonesia Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:53 am PDT AP - Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor — including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous. Full Story Top Antimatter detector to catch last shuttle to space Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:48 pm PDT AP - A $2 billion machine that will jump-start the search for antimatter and other phenomena was loaded onto a massive U.S. Air Force plane Wednesday for the final leg of its journey on Earth before it catches the last scheduled shuttle flight into space. Full Story Top Experts: Exoplanet could be smallest ever found Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:47 pm PDT AP - Scientists say they've identified a sun-like star with as many as seven different planets — including one that might be the smallest ever found outside the solar system. Full Story Top Female Whale Sharks Are Sperm Banks, Study Suggests Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:02 pm PDT LiveScience.com - The giant whale shark is an elusive quarry for study, especially when it comes to spotting the spotted sharks' mating and breeding. But a new analysis of rare whale shark embryos suggests that females may save up sperm after mating, queuing up multiple litters of the filter-feeding fish. Full Story Top Judge: LA Port's clean trucks program can proceed Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:04 pm PDT AP - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Port of Los Angeles can regulate trucks that haul goods in and out of its property to reduce air pollution around the country's busiest port complex. Full Story Top China builds base to tap deep-sea energy: state media Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:23 pm PDT AFP - China will build a multi-million-dollar research base on its east coast as it steps up its efforts to search for energy sources and rare earths on the ocean floor, state media said Friday. Full Story Top Ex-NASA head O'Keefe back in DC after plane crash Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:47 pm PDT AP - Former NASA head Sean O'Keefe and his son Kevin have returned home to the Washington, D.C., area after surviving the Aug. 9 plane crash that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens. Full Story Top Stem-Cell Ruling Causes Gloom, Anxiety Among Scientists Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:30 am PDT Time.com - Stem-cell scientists still reeling from a judge's ruling that their life's work violates federal law received little reassurance about their job security from the nation's largest funder of these studies Full Story Top New microbe discovered eating oil spill in Gulf Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:32 am PDT AP - The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has revealed a previously unknown type of oil-eating bacteria, which is suddenly flourishing. Full Story Top Los Angeles Zoo is home to 22 baby Komodo dragons Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:25 pm PDT AP - Twenty-two Komodo dragons have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo this month, giving a modest boost to the world's endangered population. Full Story Top Fossilized Creek Beds Offer Up Ancient Climate Change Clues Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:42 am PDT LiveScience.com - An ancient, fossilized landscape is slowly rising up from the fields of sugar beets and barley in England's Fens, an agricultural hub near the country's central eastern coast. Full Story Top AP ENTERPRISE: Oil cleanup both bonanza and bust Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:50 pm PDT AP - The Gulf oil spill is a bonanza for some and a bust for others. Full Story Top The nation's weather Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:37 am PDT AP - Drier and warmer weather was forecast to return to the Northeast on Thursday as the low pressure system affecting the region lifted northward. Full Story Top Newfound Alien Planets May Include Smallest One Yet Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:33 am PDT SPACE.com - A tantalizing group of alien planets that may include the smallest, most Earth-sized world yet seen has been discovered around a star like our sun, NASA announced Thursday. Full Story Top Obama to Appeal Stem Cell Ruling Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. scientists reacted with dismay to Monday's decision by a U.S. judge to halt any expansion of stem cell research using federal funds. Full Story Top APNewsBreak: BP's Hayward won't testify next month Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:26 am PDT AP - Outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward has refused a request by U.S. senators to testify next month about BP's role in the release of the man convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Full Story Top Storm Earl in central Atlantic better organized Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:25 pm PDT Reuters - Tropical Storm Earl in the eastern Atlantic Ocean continued to move westward on Thursday, with the U.S. National Hurricane Center still expecting the system to become the season's third hurricane by Saturday. Full Story Top

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