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Sunday, May 29, 2011 12:05 AM PDT

Today's Science News: Astronauts pack up on next-to-last shuttle flight Science can't design away tornadoes' deadly threat Judge won't guard fish farm from Grand Coulee flow Blackbeard's anchor recovered off NC coast Americans Plan More Memorial Weekend Getaways, Tweets & Blogs Say China to step up fight against plastic addiction Chevron to explore shale gas deposits in Bulgaria Shuttle Crew Packs Up Endeavour to Leave Space Station for Last Time France set to uphold curbs on embryonic stem cells Leaping roach, 'T-rex' leech among new species Dams power down in the largest US dam removal The nation's weather Venomous Spiders Spin Weightless Webs in Space Genes Tied to Severity of Cystic Fibrosis Identified Air India grounds flights amid jet fuel woes Japan PM could face no-confidence motion Astronauts pack up on next-to-last shuttle flight Sat, 28 May 2011 06:54 am PDT AP - Endeavour's astronauts took care of some last-minute space station chores Saturday before packing up to come home and end the next-to-last shuttle flight. Full Story Top Science can't design away tornadoes' deadly threat Sat, 28 May 2011 07:38 pm PDT AP - Storm science has greatly improved tornado warnings in recent years. But if that's led anyone into a sense of security, that feeling has taken a beating in recent weeks. Full Story Top Judge won't guard fish farm from Grand Coulee flow Fri, 27 May 2011 08:32 pm PDT AP - A federal judge on Friday refused to order a cut in flows from the Grand Coulee Dam that threaten millions of fish raised in pens downstream in the Columbia River. Full Story Top Blackbeard's anchor recovered off NC coast Fri, 27 May 2011 04:57 pm PDT AP - Archaeologists recovered the first anchor from what's believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's flagship off the North Carolina coast Friday, a move that might change plans about how to save the rest of the almost 300-year-old artifacts from the central part of the ship. Full Story Top Americans Plan More Memorial Weekend Getaways, Tweets & Blogs Say Fri, 27 May 2011 04:56 pm PDT LiveScience.com - More people nationwide are taking Memorial Day weekend trips this year compared with last year, despite the dramatic rise in gas prices during the past six months, according to a study that tracked and analyzed blog posts, Tweets, news sites and social media in the United States. Full Story Top China to step up fight against plastic addiction Sat, 28 May 2011 10:38 pm PDT AFP - China will expand a ban on free shopping bags, state media said, as it tries to further curb its addiction to plastic in a bid to rid the country of "white pollution" that clogs waterways, farms and fields. Full Story Top Chevron to explore shale gas deposits in Bulgaria Sat, 28 May 2011 11:40 am PDT AFP - Chevron, the number two US oil company, has won a tender to explore shale gas deposits in northeastern Bulgaria, Economy and Energy Minister Traicho Traikov said Saturday. Full Story Top Shuttle Crew Packs Up Endeavour to Leave Space Station for Last Time Sat, 28 May 2011 10:31 pm PDT SPACE.com - HOUSTON – After nearly two weeks parked at the International Space Station, the shuttle Endeavour will leave the orbiting outpost for the last time tonight (May 29) as it nears the end of its final space voyage. Full Story Top France set to uphold curbs on embryonic stem cells Thu, 26 May 2011 05:18 am PDT Reuters - France looked set on Thursday to maintain its curbs on human embryonic stem cell research after the conservative government fought off a parliamentary bid to liberalize the country's bioethics law. Full Story Top Leaping roach, 'T-rex' leech among new species Mon, 23 May 2011 09:25 am PDT AFP - A jumping cockroach, a glow-in-the-dark fungus, a rust-eating bacterium and a leech named "T-rex" were among the top 10 new species discovered in the world last year, US scientists said Monday. Full Story Top Dams power down in the largest US dam removal Sat, 28 May 2011 02:55 pm PDT AP - The Elwha River on Washington's Olympic Peninsula once teemed with legendary salmon runs before two towering concrete dams built nearly a century ago cut off fish access to upstream habitat, diminished their runs and altered the ecosystem. Full Story Top The nation's weather Sat, 28 May 2011 02:17 am PDT AP - An elongated trough of low pressure was expected to bring more active weather to the Central United States on Saturday. The system was projected to continue tracking along the US and Canadian border, but expected to create a strong cold front stretching southward, moving over the Mississippi River Valley. Full Story Top Venomous Spiders Spin Weightless Webs in Space Sat, 28 May 2011 10:30 pm PDT SPACE.com - They say that pretty much everyone on Earth is never more than a few yards from a spider at any time. And now the same goes for astronauts in space, too. Full Story Top Genes Tied to Severity of Cystic Fibrosis Identified Mon, 23 May 2011 08:47 pm PDT HealthDay - SUNDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- The severity of cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening hereditary condition that affects the lungs and digestive system, seems to be influenced by genetic variations, researchers have found. Full Story Top Air India grounds flights amid jet fuel woes Fri, 27 May 2011 07:26 am PDT AFP - Cash-strapped Air India was forced to cancel some flights Friday after oil companies refused to give the state-run carrier fuel because of a failure to pay bills. Full Story Top Japan PM could face no-confidence motion Sat, 28 May 2011 09:41 pm PDT AFP - Japan's centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan, under fire for his handling of the response to the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, faces the threat of a no-confidence motion this week. Full Story Top

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