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Today's Science News: Most traveled space shuttle ready for final launch NASA delays launch of Earth-orbiting satellite Malaysian experiment releases 3 orangutans in wild Weaker New Zealand quake packed a deadlier punch A Mind Trick May Help Advance Prosthetics Dirty air triggers more heart attacks than cocaine: scientists Gas drillers make waves in Pa. with NFL tickets 1961 Soviet space capsule to be auctioned in NYC Vertex shares soar on cystic fibrosis drug data Activist chases force halt to Japan whaling season World's coral reefs could be gone by 2050: study The nation's weather Robot Butler Hitching Ride to Space on Shuttle Discovery 10 percent global rise in biotech crops: study Google-backed startup zaps electricity waste Tourists stay away from storm-battered Queensland Most traveled space shuttle ready for final launch Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:26 pm PST AP - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After 143 million miles and nearly a year all told in orbit, space shuttle Discovery is poised to blast off Thursday one last time. Full Story Top NASA delays launch of Earth-orbiting satellite Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:26 pm PST AP - The launch of an Earth-observation satellite has been delayed to no earlier than Friday to give engineers time to troubleshoot a problem. Full Story Top Malaysian experiment releases 3 orangutans in wild Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:37 am PST AP - Malaysian researchers are testing whether three young orangutans reared in captivity can adapt to life in the wild outside Borneo, while activists insisted Wednesday the experiment was a flawed way of trying to help the endangered primates. Full Story Top Weaker New Zealand quake packed a deadlier punch Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:10 pm PST AP - The latest New Zealand earthquake was a deadly combination of distance, depth and timing. Full Story Top A Mind Trick May Help Advance Prosthetics Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:25 pm PST LiveScience.com - The knife blade whistles through the air, your palm starts to sweat, but the knife stops just short of the back of your hand. Full Story Top Dirty air triggers more heart attacks than cocaine: scientists Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:28 pm PST Reuters - Air pollution triggers more heart attacks than using cocaine and poses as high a risk of sparking a heart attack as alcohol, coffee and physical exertion, scientists said on Thursday. Full Story Top Gas drillers make waves in Pa. with NFL tickets Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:40 pm PST AP - Members of the natural gas industry have showered campaign contributions and offers of Super Bowl tickets on some Pennsylvania officials, who say their policy decisions won't be influenced by it. Full Story Top 1961 Soviet space capsule to be auctioned in NYC Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:07 pm PST AP - Just weeks before the first man shot into outer space in 1961, the Soviets launched a dress rehearsal with a duplicate of the space capsule carrying a cosmonaut mannequin and a live dog. Full Story Top Vertex shares soar on cystic fibrosis drug data Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:07 am PST Reuters - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc said its experimental cystic fibrosis drug had met the main goal of a late-stage study, sending shares of the U.S. biotechnology company up 19 percent. Full Story Top Activist chases force halt to Japan whaling season Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:49 am PST AP - Anti-whaling activists' high-seas confrontations with Japanese ships forced Tokyo to cut short its annual Antarctic hunt Friday for the first time, a move touted as a victory by the protesters. Full Story Top World's coral reefs could be gone by 2050: study Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:10 pm PST AFP - The world's coral reefs could be wiped out by 2050 unless urgent action is taken to stop threats posed to the "rainforests of the sea" by everything from overfishing to climate change, a report warned. Full Story Top The nation's weather Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:38 am PST AP - A significant winter storm event is expected to take place over the Western U.S. on Wednesday and Thursday as a strong low pressure system along with an arctic air mass sags south from the Gulf of Alaska. Full Story Top Robot Butler Hitching Ride to Space on Shuttle Discovery Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:30 pm PST SPACE.com - Life aboard the International Space Station will get a little cushier when a robot butler arrives at the orbiting lab later this week. Full Story Top 10 percent global rise in biotech crops: study Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:10 pm PST AFP - Global plantings of genetically modified crops increased 10 percent in 2010 compared to the prior year, according to a study which has been released by an organization that promotes crop biotechnology. Full Story Top Google-backed startup zaps electricity waste Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:55 pm PST AFP - A Google-backed startup on Wednesday came out of "stealth mode" with a way to dramatically cut the amount of electricity wasted by data centers, solar panels, hybrid cars and more. Full Story Top Tourists stay away from storm-battered Queensland Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:14 am PST AP - Dream holiday destination Queensland has a new nightmare. The flood waters have receded, the cyclone's fury is long spent — the welcome mat is out again. But tourists are staying away in droves. Full Story Top

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