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Today's Science News: Scientists: We've cracked wheat's genetic code Deep-sea images reveal colorful life off Indonesia Antimatter detector to catch last shuttle to space 'Love Hormone' Increases Trust, But Not Foolishness Truckers to appeal ruling for LA anti-smog program Obama to commemorate Katrina on 5th anniversary Young Mars Crater Contains Water Ice, Photo Shows Stem-Cell Ruling Causes Gloom, Anxiety Among Scientists Experts: Exoplanet could be smallest ever found Los Angeles Zoo is home to 22 baby Komodo dragons Fossilized Creek Beds Offer Up Ancient Climate Change Clues Katrina anniversary: How well has recovery money been spent? The nation's weather Boeing Moves Forward With Commercial Space Capsule Obama to Appeal Stem Cell Ruling China builds base to tap deep-sea energy: state media Corps: New Orleans levee upgrades nearly ready Scientists: We've cracked wheat's genetic code Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:38 am PDT AP - British scientists have decoded the genetic sequence of wheat — one of the world's oldest and most important crops — a development they hope could help the global staple meet the challenges of climate change, disease and population growth. Full Story Top 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 'Love Hormone' Increases Trust, But Not Foolishness Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:27 pm PDT LiveScience.com - A brain hormone thought to play a role in social bonding makes us more trusting, but not blind fools, a new study suggests. Full Story Top Truckers to appeal ruling for LA anti-smog program Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:57 pm PDT AP - Environmentalists on Friday hailed a federal judge's ruling that allows the nation's largest port to enforce anti-smog rules on big rigs that haul goods in and out. Full Story Top Obama to commemorate Katrina on 5th anniversary Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:34 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama will use the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to reaffirm his commitment to the Gulf Coast amid lingering questions over his administration's response to the BP oil spill. Full Story Top Young Mars Crater Contains Water Ice, Photo Shows Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:00 pm PDT SPACE.com - A fresh crater on Mars has revealed a hidden cache of frozen water in some of the latest photos from a powerful NASA spacecraft. 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 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 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 Katrina anniversary: How well has recovery money been spent? Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:13 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The people of New Orleans may disapprove of the way President Obama has handled the Gulf oil spill, but when he arrives this weekend to mark the fifth anniversary of hurricane Katrina, he is likely to encounter mainly welcoming audiences. It's not just a matter of Southern hospitality: Residents here know their city's future is still bonded to billions of dollars in federal disaster recovery funding. Full Story Top The nation's weather Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:50 am PDT AP - A dry day was expected across the nation Friday as a large and strong ridge of high pressure dominated most of the country's weather. Full Story Top Boeing Moves Forward With Commercial Space Capsule Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:00 pm PDT SPACE.com - With the impending retirement of NASA's space shuttle fleet, aerospace juggernaut Boeing is hard at work developing a new capsule-based spaceship that could be ready for its first commercial spaceflight by 2015. 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 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 Corps: New Orleans levee upgrades nearly ready Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:18 am PDT AP - Five years after Hurricane Katrina flooded more than 80 percent of this city, the Army Corps of Engineers says billions of dollars of work has made the city much safer and many of its defenses could withstand a storm as strong as the deadly 2005 hurricane. Full Story Top

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