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Today's Science News: NASA: Good night moon, hello new rocket technology UN climate chief plays down scandals Grape growing, fish protection clash in California Engineering the Computer of the Future, One Atom at a Time Health Tip: Have Clean Air at Home Japan leads the race for a hydrogen fuel-cell car Obama cuts moon travel, links NASA to private firms Stem Cell, Bone Marrow Transplants Both Benefit Leukemia Patients 13 countries agree plan to save wild tigers No-kill researchers sail to study Antarctic whales Experts unveil dino, oldest known ancestor of birds UN says nations' greenhouse gas pledges too little The nation's weather Nearby Star System Could Support Earth-Like Planet Mutating Genes May Lead to Premature Births ExxonMobil profit fuels early Wall Street gains Tourists fly out as Machu Picchu begins isolation NASA: Good night moon, hello new rocket technology Mon, 1 Feb 2010 02:50 pm PST AP - President Barack Obama is redirecting America's space program, killing NASA's $100 billion plans to return astronauts to the moon and using much of that money for new rocket technology research. Full Story Top UN climate chief plays down scandals Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:19 am PST AP - U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer says recent scandals over climate data are unfortunate but don't discredit the view that the earth is warming and humans must act. Full Story Top Grape growing, fish protection clash in California Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:46 am PST AP - Grape growers in Northern California's cool, fertile Sonoma County wine region are stomping mad at a new plan to limit the amount of water vineyards can pump from local rivers and streams to protect crops from frost — a proposed regulation meant to safeguard coho salmon, a species on the brink of local extinction. Full Story Top Engineering the Computer of the Future, One Atom at a Time Mon, 1 Feb 2010 03:20 pm PST LiveScience.com - Using computers based on the mind-boggling physics of the quantum world, researchers now hope to simulate reality on the molecular scale better than ever before. Full Story Top Health Tip: Have Clean Air at Home Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Polluted air inside the home can aggravate asthma and allergy symptoms. Full Story Top Japan leads the race for a hydrogen fuel-cell car Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:59 am PST The Christian Science Monitor - Fill 'er up -- with hydrogen. Full Story Top Obama cuts moon travel, links NASA to private firms Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:36 pm PST AFP - President Barack Obama ditched US plans to return to the moon and hitched NASA's future to private industry in a budget calling for the space agency to stay close to Earth and do research. Full Story Top Stem Cell, Bone Marrow Transplants Both Benefit Leukemia Patients Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term survival rates are similar for leukemia patients who've had either peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) or bone marrow transplants, a new European study says. Full Story Top 13 countries agree plan to save wild tigers Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:03 am PST AP - A dozen Asian nations and Russia vowed Friday to double the number of wild tigers by 2022, crack down on poaching that has devastated the big cats and prohibit the building of roads and bridges that could harm their habitats. Full Story Top No-kill researchers sail to study Antarctic whales Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:17 pm PST AP - Researchers set sail from New Zealand on Tuesday to study whales off Antarctica without killing them — an open challenge to Japan's killing of up to 1,000 whales a year in the name of science. Full Story Top Experts unveil dino, oldest known ancestor of birds Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:37 am PST Reuters - China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage that includes birds. Full Story Top UN says nations' greenhouse gas pledges too little Mon, 1 Feb 2010 06:08 pm PST AP - Goals on reducing greenhouse gases announced by major industrialized nations are a step forward but not enough to forestall the disastrous effects of climate change by midcentury, U.N. officials said Monday. Full Story Top The nation's weather Mon, 1 Feb 2010 02:29 am PST AP - Snowy weather was forecast to return to the Northern Plains on Monday, while the West Coast could get hit with another Pacific Storm. Full Story Top Nearby Star System Could Support Earth-Like Planet Mon, 1 Feb 2010 03:16 pm PST SPACE.com - Turbulent binary star systems, such as our closest stellar neighbor, Alpha Centauri, could host Earth-sized planets, new computer modeling indicates. Full Story Top Mutating Genes May Lead to Premature Births Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are reporting that a gene mutation in a pregnant mouse leads to changes inside the uterus that cause premature birth and, in some cases, death of the fetus. Full Story Top ExxonMobil profit fuels early Wall Street gains Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:54 am PST AFP - US stocks charged higher early Monday as Wall Street kicked off a new month energized by strong results from oil giant ExxonMobil. Full Story Top Tourists fly out as Machu Picchu begins isolation Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:59 pm PST AP - The last young backpackers flew away from Machu Picchu as clouds closed in again Friday, leaving Peru to grapple with flood damage that will close its top tourist site for weeks, or even months. Full Story Top

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