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Today's Science News: Biologists head to bunkers to fight bat disease Rocket with Indian satellite explodes after launch Study ties brain structure size to socializing DNA says new human relative roamed widely in Asia Political Leanings Revealed by the Eyes New species abound in Peru, but so do threats Breakdown in defenses caused BP spill: NY Times probe Russia puts European satellite Ka-Sat in orbit 2010 Reproductive Rights Policy Year in Review Indonesia's dragons draw tourists to 'Jurassic' islands Blizzard of 2010: Has global warming turned Americans into winter wimps? The nation's weather The Top 7 Space Stories of 2010 Genomic Fossils Reveal Explosion of Life 3 Billion Years Ago Venezuela ex-president Perez dies in Miami: daughter Scientists seek climate clues in shattered glass Biologists head to bunkers to fight bat disease Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:30 am PST AP - Biologist Susi von Oettingen walked into the dark World War II-era military bunker and took out her flashlight. Among the old pipes, wires and machinery parts, she saw some bats hanging from cracks in the cement walls and ceiling. Full Story Top Rocket with Indian satellite explodes after launch Sat, 25 Dec 2010 08:34 am PST AP - A rocket carrying an Indian communication satellite exploded just after liftoff Saturday in the second launch failure for India's space agency this year. Full Story Top Study ties brain structure size to socializing Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:51 am PST AP - Do you spend time with a lot of friends? That might mean a particular part of your brain is larger than usual. Full Story Top DNA says new human relative roamed widely in Asia Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:22 pm PST AP - Scientists have recovered the DNA code of a human relative recently discovered in Siberia, and it delivered a surprise: This relative roamed far from the cave that holds its only known remains. Full Story Top Political Leanings Revealed by the Eyes Mon, 27 Dec 2010 03:10 pm PST LiveScience.com - It may be time to take the phrase "political viewpoint" literally. A new study suggests that liberals are more likely than conservatives to follow other people's eye movements. Full Story Top New species abound in Peru, but so do threats Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:21 pm PST AFP - Each year, a new bird is found and every four years a new mammal discovered in the Peruvian Amazon, a haven for biodiversity where conservation and danger often go hand in hand. Full Story Top Breakdown in defenses caused BP spill: NY Times probe Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:28 pm PST AFP - The April 20 explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that caused the largest environmental disaster in US history occurred because every defense on the BP-leased platform failed, The New York Times reported Sunday. Full Story Top Russia puts European satellite Ka-Sat in orbit Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:52 am PST AFP - Russia on Monday put into orbit the European Ka-Sat satellite launched overnight by a Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, space officials said. Full Story Top 2010 Reproductive Rights Policy Year in Review Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:01 pm PST ContributorNetwork - ANALYSIS | Ever since the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, abortion has been a hot topic in United States politics. 2010 was no different, as states enacted controversial abortion laws and embryonic stem cell research was ordered to stop and then start again. Full Story Top Indonesia's dragons draw tourists to 'Jurassic' islands Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:26 am PST AFP - They don't breathe fire but Komodo dragons -- the largest lizards in the world -- can kill a buffalo or any one of the intrepid tourists who flock to their deserted island habitats. Full Story Top Blizzard of 2010: Has global warming turned Americans into winter wimps? Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:23 am PST The Christian Science Monitor - Maybe it was those warm, snow-bare years and the impression that global warming was in the process of turning Minneapolis into Miami, but what's with the hyperbolic national reaction to the "snowball express" winter storm of 2010? Full Story Top The nation's weather Mon, 27 Dec 2010 01:41 am PST AP - Significant wintry precipitation was expected in New England Monday as a dangerous winter storm in the western Atlantic was forecast to pass just southeast of Nantucket Monday morning. Bands of heavy snow and strong winds of 20 to 30 mph with frequent gusts to 45 mph were expected to persist along the coast of this region through the morning, continuing blizzard conditions with blowing and drifting snow. Full Story Top The Top 7 Space Stories of 2010 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:15 am PST SPACE.com - In the year 2010, humanity made first contact with extraterrestrials — at least according to the sequel to the acclaimed film "2001: A Space Odyssey." Full Story Top Genomic Fossils Reveal Explosion of Life 3 Billion Years Ago Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:10 pm PST LiveScience.com - Life has existed on Earth for roughly 3.5 billion years, but there is very little fossil record left for most of that time. However, two researchers have used modern genomes to look back in time and reconstruct the evolution of ancient cells. Full Story Top Venezuela ex-president Perez dies in Miami: daughter Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:36 am PST AFP - Former Venezuelan president Carlos Andres Perez, who nationalized the oil industry and then survived a coup attempt by future leader Hugo Chavez, has died in Miami, his daughter told local media. Full Story Top Scientists seek climate clues in shattered glass Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:59 pm PST Reuters - Studying the way glass or other brittle objects shatter can help scientists hone their weather forecasts and predictions of future climate, a study released on Tuesday says. Full Story Top

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