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Today's Science News: Surveillance satellite in orbit after Calif launch Soyuz capsule lands in Kazakh steppe with 3 aboard NZealand rescuers save 14 whales from stranded pod Swarm of 30,000 Earthquakes Reveals Volcanic Potential UN biodiversity chief warns of 'difficult' North-South talks Russia says to sign China gas deal by mid-2011 Air Force Launches Satellite to Track Space Junk Around Earth DNA barcode library to launch in Toronto Florida panthers bound back thanks to Texas mates Breton wrestlers win live ram legal tussle Longest dinosaur thigh bone in Europe found in Spain Halliburton slams "erroneous" BP rig blast report The nation's weather Brilliant Fireball Over New Mexico Caught in Video Stem cell treatment for heart attack promising: study Japan's trade surplus drops 37.5 percent in August Tropical depression Matthew drenches Guatemala Surveillance satellite in orbit after Calif launch Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:28 pm PDT AP - A new Space Based Surveillance satellite is orbiting Earth after a successful launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast. Full Story Top Soyuz capsule lands in Kazakh steppe with 3 aboard Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:26 pm PDT AP - A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts who lived six months on the International Space Station touched down safely, but one day late, Saturday morning in the cloudy, central steppes of Kazakhstan. Full Story Top NZealand rescuers save 14 whales from stranded pod Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:51 pm PDT AP - Rescuers who battled exhaustion and darkness succeeded in saving 14 pilot whales from a pod of 74 that stranded on a remote New Zealand beach. Full Story Top Swarm of 30,000 Earthquakes Reveals Volcanic Potential Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:35 am PDT LiveScience.com - A swarm of thousands of earthquakes that struck the corner of Saudi Arabia nearest to Egypt in 2009 helped reveal that the area is unexpectedly volcanically active, scientists now report. Full Story Top UN biodiversity chief warns of 'difficult' North-South talks Sun, 26 Sep 2010 03:43 pm PDT AFP - Just a month before a major international meeting on biodiversity, talks remain "difficult" between northern and southern countries, the Convention on Biological Diversity chief said Saturday. Full Story Top Russia says to sign China gas deal by mid-2011 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:47 pm PDT AFP - A deal for Russia to supply natural gas to China is expected to be signed by mid-2011, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said Monday, calling cooperation in the area "strategically promising". Full Story Top Air Force Launches Satellite to Track Space Junk Around Earth Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:01 am PDT SPACE.com - The U.S. Air Force lit up the night sky above California Saturday (Sept. 25) with the launch a new satellite sentinel to keep tabs on other spacecraft and the growing problem of space junk around Earth.  Full Story Top DNA barcode library to launch in Toronto Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:36 pm PDT AFP - An international consortium of geneticists on Saturday will activate a DNA barcode library in Toronto representing almost 80,000 species, the International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL) announced. Full Story Top Florida panthers bound back thanks to Texas mates Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:34 pm PDT AP - In the quest to save the endangered Florida panther, their Texas cousins were the cat's meow. Wildlife biologists moved eight female panthers from Texas — close relatives yet genetically distinct — into south Florida 15 years ago in hopes of boosting reproduction, and the immigration paid off. Full Story Top Breton wrestlers win live ram legal tussle Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:28 am PDT AFP - Traditional Breton "gouren" wrestlers celebrated Friday a victory over an attempt by Parisian animal rights activists' to ban their centuries-old custom of awarding a live ram to victors. Full Story Top Longest dinosaur thigh bone in Europe found in Spain Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:59 am PDT AFP - Palaeontologists in Spain have found the fossiled thigh bone of a dinosaur that is almost two metres in length, the longest such femur ever discovered in Europe, they said Friday. Full Story Top Halliburton slams "erroneous" BP rig blast report Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:53 pm PDT Reuters - Halliburton Co, the oilfield services company that cemented the blown-out Gulf of Mexico well which caused the United States' worst-ever oil spill, on Sunday said a BP report into the disaster that laid the blame on the cement job offered a questionable account of events and "erroneous conclusions." Full Story Top The nation's weather Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:42 am PDT AP - A cold front was expected to keep kicking up showers as it swept toward the East Coast. A low pressure system over the Great Lakes was forecast to continue moving eastward, and was expected to pull a cold front with it. The front was forecast to stretch from the Northeast over New England and into the Southeast. Full Story Top Brilliant Fireball Over New Mexico Caught in Video Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:01 pm PDT SPACE.com - A brilliant fireball lit up the night sky above parts of New Mexico and Texas this week in a fiery display recorded by a skywatching camera. Full Story Top Stem cell treatment for heart attack promising: study Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:12 pm PDT Reuters - Angiotech Pharmaceuticals and partner Athersys Inc said on Thursday their early-stage clinical trial of a stem cell therapy for heart attack patients showed improved heart function and was well-tolerated at all dosages. Full Story Top Japan's trade surplus drops 37.5 percent in August Sun, 26 Sep 2010 06:01 pm PDT AFP - Japan's trade surplus fell 37.5 percent in August from a year earlier as the resource-poor country imported more crude oil and liquid natural gas, the government said Monday. Full Story Top Tropical depression Matthew drenches Guatemala Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:02 pm PDT Reuters - Tropical Depression Matthew churned over Guatemala on Saturday, soaking already waterlogged sugar and coffee farms, and the government warned that mudslides could occur in the coming days. Full Story Top

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