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Today's Science News: Spacewoman power: 4 women in orbit at same time NASA begins countdown for Monday's shuttle launch Rocket blasts off with 2 Russians, 1 American iPad's Comfort Factor Questioned Russia offers Venezuela nuclear help, Chavez says Putin bolsters oil, defense ties with Venezuela Shuttle fleet's home counts down to an uncertain future Parkinson's Linked to Genetic Mutation NYC study: 50 native plants disappearing Ex-LA fire official gets 90 days for dog beating Farmer Discovers Fossil of Ant-Eating Dinosaur Arch Coal sues EPA over veto of W.Va. mine permit The nation's weather How Should Earth Respond When Aliens Say Hello? Inactivating Gene May Cut Breast Cancer Risk Obama plan expands offshore oil drilling Obama offers help to Rhode Island governor Spacewoman power: 4 women in orbit at same time Fri, 2 Apr 2010 10:25 am PDT AP - Space is about to have a female population explosion. Full Story Top NASA begins countdown for Monday's shuttle launch Fri, 2 Apr 2010 09:09 am PDT AP - NASA's countdown clocks began ticking Friday for next week's launch of shuttle Discovery on a space station supply run, one of only four remaining. Full Story Top Rocket blasts off with 2 Russians, 1 American Fri, 2 Apr 2010 03:54 am PDT AP - A Russian rocket carrying three astronauts blasted off in southern Kazakhstan on Friday, kicking off a tightly packed schedule at the International Space Station in the coming days. Full Story Top iPad's Comfort Factor Questioned Fri, 2 Apr 2010 06:31 pm PDT LiveScience.com - The iPad wait ends Saturday as consumers finally get their hands on Apple's latest creation. But how comfortable will the iPad actually be to play with and work on? Some inauspicious clues come courtesy of the "guided tour" videos posted on the Apple Web site this past Monday. The short clips suggest how people might go about using an iPad for doing everything from checking email to watching videos to putting together presentations. Overall, the videos reveal that the iPad may not be as physically kind to a user as one might expect. ... Full Story Top Russia offers Venezuela nuclear help, Chavez says Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:48 pm PDT AP - Russia has agreed to help Venezuela draw up plans for a nuclear power plant, President Hugo Chavez said Friday. Full Story Top Putin bolsters oil, defense ties with Venezuela Fri, 2 Apr 2010 06:36 pm PDT Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave the United States' main Latin American foe, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a needed boost with a brief visit on Friday to discuss oil, defense and nuclear energy cooperation. Full Story Top Shuttle fleet's home counts down to an uncertain future Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:34 am PDT The Newsroom - (This report is the first in a series on the shutdown of the space shuttle program.) Full Story Top Parkinson's Linked to Genetic Mutation Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:48 pm PDT HealthDay - FRIDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- New details about how a mutation in a gene called LRRK2 may cause Parkinson's disease have been uncovered by U.S. researchers. Full Story Top NYC study: 50 native plants disappearing Fri, 2 Apr 2010 02:17 pm PDT AP - Oriental Bittersweet was an exotic foreigner still found mostly in East Asia when the New York Botanical Garden planted its first specimen in 1897. Full Story Top Ex-LA fire official gets 90 days for dog beating Fri, 2 Apr 2010 03:42 pm PDT AP - Animal rights activists yelled "puppy killer" and obscenities at a retired Los Angeles County assistant fire chief Friday after he was sentenced to 90 days in jail for beating a dog so severely with a rock it had to be euthanized. Full Story Top Farmer Discovers Fossil of Ant-Eating Dinosaur Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:35 am PDT LiveScience.com - A newfound ant-eating dinosaur was one of the smallest known and also one of the best adapted for running, scientists revealed. Full Story Top Arch Coal sues EPA over veto of W.Va. mine permit Fri, 2 Apr 2010 02:08 pm PDT AP - A subsidiary of mining giant Arch Coal Inc. sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday over the planned veto of a water quality permit for West Virginia's largest surface mine. Full Story Top The nation's weather Fri, 2 Apr 2010 01:40 am PDT AP - High pressure was forecast to continue building in the Northeast on Friday bringing continued clear skies and dry conditions to the region. Full Story Top How Should Earth Respond When Aliens Say Hello? Fri, 2 Apr 2010 02:30 pm PDT SPACE.com - If mankind ever does receive a signal from extraterrestrials, one of our first decisions may be what to write back. Full Story Top Inactivating Gene May Cut Breast Cancer Risk Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:49 pm PDT HealthDay - THURSDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- A genetic mutation in the gene known as BRCA1 greatly boosts the risk that a woman will develop breast cancer. But now, researchers report that they've been able to lower the risk of cancer in mice with that gene by deactivating another gene. Full Story Top Obama plan expands offshore oil drilling Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:14 pm PDT AFP - President Barack Obama announced a plan to expand oil drilling off US coasts, drawing protests from green groups but charges by Republicans it did not go far enough. Full Story Top Obama offers help to Rhode Island governor Thu, 1 Apr 2010 06:18 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday promised Rhode Island's governor that the federal government will help the state clean up the damage caused by devastating floods, the governor's office said. Full Story Top

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