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News: NASA clears last space shuttle for July 8 blast-off Near-Earth asteroid passes over Atlantic Ocean Benefit of mammograms even greater than thought Gene machines may help save endangered Tasmanian devil Tiny camera reveals inside of ancient Mayan tomb Scientists look for surviving Eskimo curlew birds New Mars rover arrives at Florida launch site Astronauts practice for NASA's last shuttle launch Ocean life on the brink of mass extinctions: study Black hole shreds star, sparking gamma ray flash Black hole shreds star, sparking gamma ray flash Black hole shreds star, sparking gamma ray flash NASA fuels shuttle for test before last launch Scientists see sunspot "hibernation" but no Ice Age Iran puts satellite into orbit: state TV NASA clears last space shuttle for July 8 blast-off Tue,28 Jun 2011 03:23 PM PDT Reuters - CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA managers cleared space shuttle Atlantis on Tuesday for a July 8 launch, approving it for a cargo run to the International Space Station and the final flight in the 30-year-old shuttle program. Full Story1 Top Near-Earth asteroid passes over Atlantic Ocean Tue,28 Jun 2011 07:51 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An asteroid with an estimated girth as large as a garbage truck soared within 7,500 miles of the Earth on Monday as it passed harmlessly over the Atlantic Ocean, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Full Story1 Top Benefit of mammograms even greater than thought Mon,27 Jun 2011 10:35 PM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - The longest-running breast cancer screening study ever conducted has shown that regular mammograms prevent deaths from breast cancer, and the number of lives saved increases over time, an international research team said on Tuesday. Full Story1 Top Gene machines may help save endangered Tasmanian devil Mon,27 Jun 2011 03:07 PM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists are using high-tech gene sequencing machines in a desperate attempt to save the Tasmanian devil from an infectious cancer called devil facial tumor disease that is threatening to wipe out the species. Full Story1 Top Tiny camera reveals inside of ancient Mayan tomb Thu,23 Jun 2011 06:25 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A tiny remote-controlled camera peered inside the tomb of a Mayan ruler that has been sealed for 1,500 years, revealing red frescoes, pottery and pieces of a funerary shroud made of jade and mother of pearl. Full Story1 Top Scientists look for surviving Eskimo curlew birds Thu,23 Jun 2011 03:34 PM PDT Reuters - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Federal scientists are on the lookout for the Eskimo curlew, as they work to determine if the elusive shorebird last seen two decades ago still exists. Full Story1 Top New Mars rover arrives at Florida launch site Thu,23 Jun 2011 02:52 PM PDT Reuters - CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory, a nuclear-powered, car-sized rover designed to assess the planet's suitability for life, reached the Kennedy Space Center for launch preparations, officials said on Thursday. Full Story1 Top Astronauts practice for NASA's last shuttle launch Thu,23 Jun 2011 01:39 PM PDT Reuters - CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Four U.S. astronauts in bright orange spacesuits climbed aboard their spaceship on Thursday to practice the launch of NASA's last space shuttle on a cargo run to the International Space Station. Full Story1 Top Ocean life on the brink of mass extinctions: study Tue,21 Jun 2011 02:50 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Life in the oceans is at imminent risk of the worst spate of extinctions in millions of years due to threats such as climate change and over-fishing, a study showed on Tuesday. Full Story1 Top Black hole shreds star, sparking gamma ray flash Mon,20 Jun 2011 04:31 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A monster black hole shredded a Sun-like star, producing a strangely long-lasting flash of gamma rays that probably won't be seen again in a million years, astronomers reported on Thursday. Full Story1 Top Black hole shreds star, sparking gamma ray flash Sat,18 Jun 2011 09:04 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A monster black hole shredded a Sun-like star, producing a strangely long-lasting flash of gamma rays that probably won't be seen again in a million years, astronomers reported on Thursday. Full Story1 Top Black hole shreds star, sparking gamma ray flash Thu,16 Jun 2011 01:41 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A monster black hole shredded a Sun-like star, producing a strangely long-lasting flash of gamma rays that probably won't be seen again in a million years, astronomers reported on Thursday. Full Story1 Top NASA fuels shuttle for test before last launch Wed,15 Jun 2011 02:46 PM PDT Reuters - CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Workers at the Kennedy Space Center filled the fuel tank of the space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday in a key test ahead of its scheduled launch next month on the final shuttle flight. Full Story1 Top Scientists see sunspot "hibernation" but no Ice Age Wed,15 Jun 2011 01:17 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sunspot cycles -- those 11-year patterns when dark dots appear on the solar surface -- may be delayed or even go into "hibernation" for a while, a U.S. scientist said on Wednesday. Full Story1 Top Iran puts satellite into orbit: state TV Wed,15 Jun 2011 01:02 PM PDT Reuters - TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has successfully launched a second domestically built satellite into orbit, Iran's Arabic language al-Alam television reported on Wednesday. Full Story1 Top

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