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Today's Science News: Discovery's last crew all experienced space fliers Hawaii board OKs plan for giant telescope Archive of WWII codebreaker Alan Turing preserved Scientists scrutinize rise in baby dolphin deaths The Bitter Side of Diet Soda: Strokes BP Oil Spill May Be Linked to Dolphin Deaths in Gulf Oil min for quick decision on Cairn-Vedanta deal A Space First: Spaceships From 4 Different Fleets Linked Together Appeals court overturns sugar beet injunction Activist chases force halt to Japan whaling season NASA Earth Science Missions Eliminated by Obama Administration The nation's weather Shuttle Discovery Arrives at Space Station for Final Visit Shoppers wary of GM foods find they're everywhere Venezuela: US, allies fomenting Libya's violence Buggy flips in Ky. creek, killing 4 Amish children Discovery's last crew all experienced space fliers Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:40 pm PST AP - The six astronauts on Discovery's final flight are making space shuttle history. One never expected to be on board. Full Story Top Hawaii board OKs plan for giant telescope Sat, 26 Feb 2011 04:18 pm PST AP - Hawaii has moved a step closer to the construction of the world's largest telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea. Full Story Top Archive of WWII codebreaker Alan Turing preserved Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:19 am PST AP - Papers relating to codebreaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing will go to a British museum after the National Heritage Memorial Fund stepped in to help buy them for the nation. Full Story Top Scientists scrutinize rise in baby dolphin deaths Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:27 pm PST AP - Scientists are trying to figure out what killed 53 bottlenose dolphins — many of them babies — so far this year in the Gulf of Mexico, as five more of their carcasses washed up Thursday in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Full Story Top The Bitter Side of Diet Soda: Strokes Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:01 pm PST LiveScience.com - Drinking diet soda is associated with a 50-percent increase in stroke risk, according to a study presented earlier this month at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference in Los Angeles. Full Story Top BP Oil Spill May Be Linked to Dolphin Deaths in Gulf Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:07 pm PST ContributorNetwork - Large numbers of bottlenose dolphin carcasses are washing up on shore along the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama leading scientists and researches scrambling to find out why. Since Jan. 1, an abnormally high number of stillborn and infant bottlenose dolphins have washed up on shore. That number could soon beat out the 89 total from all of last year. Additionally, adult dolphin carcasses have been found as well, with only one being a different species. In this past week alone, 24 baby dolphins have been found and now the total count is 67. Full Story Top Oil min for quick decision on Cairn-Vedanta deal Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:17 am PST Reuters - India's oil ministry wants the cabinet to decide on a deal for Cairn Energy to sell control of its Indian assets to Vedanta Resources as quickly as possible, S. Jaipal Reddy told reporters on Friday. Full Story Top A Space First: Spaceships From 4 Different Fleets Linked Together Sat, 26 Feb 2011 10:15 pm PST SPACE.com - HOUSTON – When NASA's shuttle Discovery arrived at the International Space Station Saturday (Feb. 26), it made some space history: It marked the first time ever that spaceships from four different space agencies were docked together at the same time. Full Story Top Appeals court overturns sugar beet injunction Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:55 pm PST AP - Environmental groups failed to show that seed plants for sugar beets genetically modified to withstand the popular weed killer Roundup would cause irreparable harm, a federal appeals court said Friday in overturning an injunction that called for the destruction of the plants. 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 NASA Earth Science Missions Eliminated by Obama Administration Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:56 pm PST ContributorNetwork - Unarguably one of if not the highest priority missions the Obama administration has set for NASA is climate change research. So it is surprising news that two very high profile Earth observation missions have been scrapped for budget reasons. Full Story Top The nation's weather Sat, 26 Feb 2011 05:09 am PST AP - A winter storm will pull away from the East Coast on Saturday while another system brings rain and snow to the West Coast. The low pressure system that produced snow and mixed precipitation over the Northeast and severe storms in the Southeast will finally move off the East Coast. As this system moves out, the back side will draw cold air into the Northeast from Canada. Expect highs only into the 20s Saturday across most of New England. Full Story Top Shuttle Discovery Arrives at Space Station for Final Visit Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:15 pm PST SPACE.com - HOUSTON – NASA's shuttle Discovery linked up with the International Space Station today (Feb. 26) to make one last delivery before hanging up its wings for good. Full Story Top Shoppers wary of GM foods find they're everywhere Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:25 am PST AP - You may not want to eat genetically engineered foods. Chances are, you are eating them anyway. Full Story Top Venezuela: US, allies fomenting Libya's violence Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:09 pm PST AP - Venezuela's top diplomat on Thursday echoed Fidel Castro's accusation that Washington and its allies are fomenting unrest in Libya to justify an invasion to seize North African nation's oil reserves. Full Story Top Buggy flips in Ky. creek, killing 4 Amish children Sat, 26 Feb 2011 10:58 am PST AP - The flash flood warning went out via electronic channels the Amish typically eschew: TVs, radios and computers. About an hour after the National Weather Service alert, four children were swept away as their family tried to ford a rain-swollen creek in a horse-drawn buggy. Full Story Top

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