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Today's Science News: Discovery's last crew all experienced space fliers Hawaii board OKs plan for giant telescope Archive of WWII codebreaker Alan Turing preserved Scientists scrutinize rise in baby dolphin deaths 5 Wacky Things That Are Good for Your Health BP Oil Spill May Be Linked to Dolphin Deaths in Gulf Japan factory output up, oil rise spells risk NASA Solar Sail Visible Over Parts of U.S. and Canada Mass. company making diesel with sun, water, CO2 Activist chases force halt to Japan whaling season NASA Earth Science Missions Eliminated by Obama Administration The nation's weather For Astronauts in Space, No Time for the Oscars Appeals court overturns sugar beet injunction Iran cautions against oil output hike Record low temperatures follow snow in San Francisco Discovery's last crew all experienced space fliers Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:40 pm PST AP - The six astronauts on Discovery's final flight are making space shuttle history. One never expected to be on board. Full Story Top Hawaii board OKs plan for giant telescope Sat, 26 Feb 2011 04:18 pm PST AP - Hawaii has moved a step closer to the construction of the world's largest telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea. Full Story Top Archive of WWII codebreaker Alan Turing preserved Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:19 am PST AP - Papers relating to codebreaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing will go to a British museum after the National Heritage Memorial Fund stepped in to help buy them for the nation. Full Story Top Scientists scrutinize rise in baby dolphin deaths Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:27 pm PST AP - Scientists are trying to figure out what killed 53 bottlenose dolphins — many of them babies — so far this year in the Gulf of Mexico, as five more of their carcasses washed up Thursday in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Full Story Top 5 Wacky Things That Are Good for Your Health Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:20 pm PST LiveScience.com - You no doubt have heard of the resurgence of leeches, used in modern medicine to heal wounds. Other crazy ideas are gaining acceptance, too. We list them here, from the tamest to the hardest to stomach. Full Story Top BP Oil Spill May Be Linked to Dolphin Deaths in Gulf Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:07 pm PST ContributorNetwork - Large numbers of bottlenose dolphin carcasses are washing up on shore along the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama leading scientists and researches scrambling to find out why. Since Jan. 1, an abnormally high number of stillborn and infant bottlenose dolphins have washed up on shore. That number could soon beat out the 89 total from all of last year. Additionally, adult dolphin carcasses have been found as well, with only one being a different species. In this past week alone, 24 baby dolphins have been found and now the total count is 67. Full Story Top Japan factory output up, oil rise spells risk Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:03 pm PST AFP - Japan's industrial output rose for a third straight month in January on stronger overseas demand, but the pace was slower than expected and high energy costs amid the Mideast crisis spell fresh risks. Full Story Top NASA Solar Sail Visible Over Parts of U.S. and Canada Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:30 pm PST SPACE.com - NASA's first solar sail to circle Earth in low orbit is making regular evening passes over much of the United States and Canada over the next week, and may be visible to skywatchers if conditions are clear. Full Story Top Mass. company making diesel with sun, water, CO2 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:15 pm PST AP - A Massachusetts biotechnology company says it can produce the fuel that runs Jaguars and jet engines using the same ingredients that make grass grow. Full Story Top Activist chases force halt to Japan whaling season Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:49 am PST AP - Anti-whaling activists' high-seas confrontations with Japanese ships forced Tokyo to cut short its annual Antarctic hunt Friday for the first time, a move touted as a victory by the protesters. Full Story Top NASA Earth Science Missions Eliminated by Obama Administration Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:56 pm PST ContributorNetwork - Unarguably one of if not the highest priority missions the Obama administration has set for NASA is climate change research. So it is surprising news that two very high profile Earth observation missions have been scrapped for budget reasons. Full Story Top The nation's weather Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:53 am PST AP - Very active weather will persist in the West on Sunday as a bitterly cold Arctic storm moves through the Southwest and into the Plains. The same storm brought record-breaking minimum cold temperatures to parts of California on Saturday. Full Story Top For Astronauts in Space, No Time for the Oscars Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:30 pm PST SPACE.com - HOUSTON – It looks like the glitz and glamour of the Academy Awards won't quite make it into space this year. Full Story Top Appeals court overturns sugar beet injunction Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:55 pm PST AP - Environmental groups failed to show that seed plants for sugar beets genetically modified to withstand the popular weed killer Roundup would cause irreparable harm, a federal appeals court said Friday in overturning an injunction that called for the destruction of the plants. Full Story Top Iran cautions against oil output hike Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:33 pm PST AFP - Iran on Sunday urged OPEC, especially Saudi Arabia, to refrain from any unilateral hike in oil output, saying current crude production was enough to meet any shortages arising over the unrest in Libya. Full Story Top Record low temperatures follow snow in San Francisco Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:48 am PST Reuters - Snow fell overnight in the highest reaches of San Francisco, but the Bay area dodged the heavier flurries forecasters had been expecting, the weather service said on Saturday. Full Story Top

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