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Today's Science News: Study ties brain structure size to socializing Rocket with Indian satellite explodes after launch Biologists head to bunkers to fight bat disease Alternative medicines sometimes dangerous for kids Ancient Israeli Fortress Yields Surprise: A Greek Vase Ohio and New York state pensions named plaintiffs in BP case Australian rare earths miner leaps on China cuts An "Anti-Genocide Paparazzi": Clooney, Pitt and Hollywood Pals Help Monitor Sudan From Above 2010 Reproductive Rights Policy Year in Review Indonesia's dragons draw tourists to 'Jurassic' islands Feds eyeing more wind farms off Mass. coastline The nation's weather SOHO Spacecraft Discovers Its 2,000th Comet Genomic Fossils Reveal Explosion of Life 3 Billion Years Ago Feinberg strikes deals to settle oil spill claims Forecasters keep eye on looming 'Solar Max' Study ties brain structure size to socializing Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:51 am PST AP - Do you spend time with a lot of friends? That might mean a particular part of your brain is larger than usual. Full Story Top Rocket with Indian satellite explodes after launch Sat, 25 Dec 2010 08:34 am PST AP - A rocket carrying an Indian communication satellite exploded just after liftoff Saturday in the second launch failure for India's space agency this year. Full Story Top Biologists head to bunkers to fight bat disease Sat, 25 Dec 2010 08:30 am PST AP - State and federal wildlife biologists in New Hampshire are taking to old military bunkers in their fight against a fungal disease that's killing off bats. Full Story Top Alternative medicines sometimes dangerous for kids Wed, 22 Dec 2010 04:21 pm PST AP - Giving alternative treatments such as homeopathic remedies instead of conventional medicines to children may have deadly side effects in rare instances, a new analysis says. Full Story Top Ancient Israeli Fortress Yields Surprise: A Greek Vase Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:40 pm PST LiveScience.com - Decades after it was excavated, an ancient fortress in the heart of Tel Aviv, Israel, is offering new hints about its past, archaeologists at Tel Aviv University say. Full Story Top Ohio and New York state pensions named plaintiffs in BP case Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:27 pm PST Reuters - State pension funds in Ohio and New York were named lead plaintiffs in a shareholder suit against BP Plc that alleges losses due to the Gulf Coast oil spill, according to a U.S. district court ruling. Full Story Top Australian rare earths miner leaps on China cuts Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:04 pm PST AFP - Australian rare earths miner Lynas on Wednesday said China had slashed its exports quota for the lucrative metals used in flat screens and hybrid cars, driving a 12 percent jump in its share price. Full Story Top An "Anti-Genocide Paparazzi": Clooney, Pitt and Hollywood Pals Help Monitor Sudan From Above Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:15 pm PST Time.com - Satellites -- and some star power -- will put Sudan's crisis in the spotlight Full Story Top 2010 Reproductive Rights Policy Year in Review Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:01 pm PST ContributorNetwork - ANALYSIS | Ever since the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, abortion has been a hot topic in United States politics. 2010 was no different, as states enacted controversial abortion laws and embryonic stem cell research was ordered to stop and then start again. Full Story Top Indonesia's dragons draw tourists to 'Jurassic' islands Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:26 am PST AFP - They don't breathe fire but Komodo dragons -- the largest lizards in the world -- can kill a buffalo or any one of the intrepid tourists who flock to their deserted island habitats. Full Story Top Feds eyeing more wind farms off Mass. coastline Tue, 28 Dec 2010 03:45 pm PST AP - The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Tuesday began seeking proposals from developers that want to build commercial wind farms off the Massachusetts coast, even before construction has begun on the Cape Wind project. Full Story Top The nation's weather Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:46 am PST AP - A large winter storm in the Northeast was expected to move away from the region on Tuesday, allowing for only a few scattered flurries and overall drier conditions. Full Story Top SOHO Spacecraft Discovers Its 2,000th Comet Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:15 pm PST SPACE.com - As people on Earth prepare to mark the passage of another year, a sun-studying spacecraft has quietly reached a big milestone of its own: discovering its 2,000th comet. Full Story Top Genomic Fossils Reveal Explosion of Life 3 Billion Years Ago Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:10 pm PST LiveScience.com - Life has existed on Earth for roughly 3.5 billion years, but there is very little fossil record left for most of that time. However, two researchers have used modern genomes to look back in time and reconstruct the evolution of ancient cells. Full Story Top Feinberg strikes deals to settle oil spill claims Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:51 am PST Reuters - The administrator of BP Plc's $20 billion compensation fund has paid $43 million to residents of the U.S. Gulf Coast who agree not to sue the company for damages stemming from the nation's worst offshore oil spill. Full Story Top Forecasters keep eye on looming 'Solar Max' Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:19 pm PST AFP - The coming year will be an important one for space weather as the Sun pulls out of a trough of low activity and heads into a long-awaited and possibly destructive period of turbulence. Full Story Top

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