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Today's Science News: Grasshopper outlook strikes fear on Western range Moth forces wine country's secret into the open Landmarks, cities worldwide unplug for Earth Hour Makeup Makeover: The Truth About Cosmetics Greenpeace accuses Areva of neglecting health of Nigeriens Tajiks sink money into Soviet-style dam project Robots, space technology run Australia's mining miracle Gene Holds Key to Embryonic Stem Cell Rejuvenation First tyrannosaur fossil from Southern Hemisphere Canada's annual seal hunt off to slow start T.Rex stalked Australia, albeit a mini-me version Russian protesters say factory to pollute world's oldest lake The nation's weather New Spacecraft Discovers Dozens of Asteroids ... Every Day Researchers Identify 2 Genes Linked to Fatty Liver Disease Big Oil seeks natural gas deal in U.S. climate bill Merchants start from scratch in tsunami-hit Chilean town Grasshopper outlook strikes fear on Western range Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:32 pm PDT AP - Grasshopper infestations have taken on mythic tones here on the arid prairie of northeastern Wyoming — they blanket highways, eat T-shirts off clotheslines and devour nearly every scrap of vegetation on ranches and farms. Full Story Top Moth forces wine country's secret into the open Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:21 pm PDT AP - One of the dirty secrets of California's wine country is now on everyone's lips. Somehow a voracious grape-eating moth has found its way nonstop from Europe to the heart of the Napa Valley, the land of three-figure cabernet. With valuable fruit at risk, the region's fast and loose play with federal agriculture quarantine laws is getting new scrutiny from investigators and researchers. Full Story Top Landmarks, cities worldwide unplug for Earth Hour Sat, 27 Mar 2010 06:56 pm PDT AP - Europe's best known landmarks — including the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben and Rome's Colosseum — fell dark Saturday, following Sydney's Opera House and Beijing's Forbidden City in joining a global climate change protest, as lights were switched off across the world to mark the Earth Hour event. Full Story Top Makeup Makeover: The Truth About Cosmetics Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:35 pm PDT LiveScience.com - More than $40 billion is blown on cosmetics globally each year and hundreds of hours are spent applying creams, lotions and powders. Even with the recent downturn in the economy, makeup-addicts have simply turned to drugstores, instead of high-end boutiques, to snag their tonics, wands and face paints, according to a recent consumer report by Euromonitor International. Full Story Top Greenpeace accuses Areva of neglecting health of Nigeriens Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:10 pm PDT AFP - French nuclear group Areva is not paying enough attention to the health of workers and inhabitants around its two uranium mines in Niger, Greenpeace said on Monday. Full Story Top Tajiks sink money into Soviet-style dam project Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:00 pm PDT AP - When Abdullo Bobokhonov's grandson was born in this Tajik village, he named the baby after a government-ordered hydroelectric dam and raised a small fortune to help fund it. Full Story Top Robots, space technology run Australia's mining miracle Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:33 pm PDT AFP - The heavy clank of machinery rings out across a seemingly deserted Outback mine site as an invisible satellite signal fires Rio Tinto's production line into motion. Full Story Top Gene Holds Key to Embryonic Stem Cell Rejuvenation Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have identified a gene in mice that is a key player in what could essentially be called embryonic stem cells' "immortality." Full Story Top First tyrannosaur fossil from Southern Hemisphere Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:00 am PDT AP - A foot-long piece of bone unearthed in Australia is the first evidence that ancestors of the mighty T. rex once lived in the Southern Hemisphere. Full Story Top Canada's annual seal hunt off to slow start Sun, 28 Mar 2010 01:45 pm PDT AFP - Canada's annual seal hunt was off to a slow start Sunday, with most fishing boats still moored in their harbors, as missing ice floes in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence kept their prey hundreds of miles to the north. Full Story Top T.Rex stalked Australia, albeit a mini-me version Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:33 am PDT Reuters - Australia scientists have found evidence that Tyrannosaur dinosaurs stalked southern hemisphere continents, with the discovery of a hip bone fossil of a small T.Rex in the south of the country. Full Story Top Russian protesters say factory to pollute world's oldest lake Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:48 pm PDT AFP - Hundreds of people protested on Sunday in Moscow against the reopening of a factory environmentalists say will lead to waste being dumped into the world's oldest lake, a Greenpeace activist said. Full Story Top The nation's weather Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:27 am PDT AP - An intense low pressure system was expected to begin the day over the Mississippi Valley before moving steadily toward the eastern seaboard. This storm should carry a tremendous amount of moisture, generating widespread precipitation from the Southeast through the Northeast. Full Story Top New Spacecraft Discovers Dozens of Asteroids ... Every Day Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:00 pm PDT SPACE.com - Editor's note: Due to an error by NASA in a press release, the original version of this story stated that the WISE mission discovered hundreds of asteroids per day. That figure has been amended in this story to reflect the correct tally. Full Story Top Researchers Identify 2 Genes Linked to Fatty Liver Disease Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified two gene variants that increase the risk of both the most common chronic liver disease in the United States as well as type 2 diabetes. Full Story Top Big Oil seeks natural gas deal in U.S. climate bill Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:39 pm PDT Reuters - Major oil companies were calling on three U.S. senators struggling over a compromise climate bill to provide new breaks for natural gas drilling as the lawmakers said the legislation might not be unveiled until at least the end of April. Full Story Top Merchants start from scratch in tsunami-hit Chilean town Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:44 pm PDT AFP - Merchants in this port city are struggling to recover a month after Chile's monster earthquake, dealing with destroyed buildings, mud-caked stores and merchandise depleted from looting. Full Story Top

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