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Today's Reuters Science News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Russia orders extra tests before satellite launch Rocket glitch dooms Russian cargo spaceship Saudi Arabia discovers 9,000 year-old civilization El Nino doubles risk of civil wars: study Polish president vetoes bill allowing GMO seeds How many species on Earth? 8.7 million give or take Higgs boson may be a mirage, scientists hint Life on Mars? Fossil find shows it's possible Natural defense mechanism may fight C. difficile Mystery goo in Alaska now called fungal spores Russia plans orbiting hotel in space Sunflowers melt Fukushima's nuclear "snow" Russia loses contact with $265 million satellite Melting Arctic sea ice drives walruses onto land Manned space flights no longer priority for Russia Russia orders extra tests before satellite launch Thu,25 Aug 2011 01:32 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will go ahead with the launch of a navigation satellite on Friday only after it has carried out additional safety checks following the crash of a supply craft, the Russian space agency said on Thursday. Full Story Top Rocket glitch dooms Russian cargo spaceship Wed,24 Aug 2011 12:37 PM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW/CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned Russian cargo ship carrying food and fuel to the International Space Station failed to reach orbit and burned up in the atmosphere shortly after launch on Wednesday, potentially affecting staffing of the orbital outpost. Full Story Top Saudi Arabia discovers 9,000 year-old civilization Wed,24 Aug 2011 11:09 AM PDT Reuters - JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is excavating a new archeological site that will show horses were domesticated 9,000 years ago in the Arabian peninsula, the country's antiquities expert said Wednesday. Full Story Top El Nino doubles risk of civil wars: study Wed,24 Aug 2011 10:19 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The El Nino climate cycle, which spreads warm, dry air around the globe every four years or so, doubles the risk of civil wars in 90 tropical countries, researchers reported Wednesday. Full Story Top Polish president vetoes bill allowing GMO seeds Wed,24 Aug 2011 09:23 AM PDT Reuters - WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski on Wednesday vetoed a new legislation that would allow some genetically modified seeds in the country, saying it ran against European Union rules. Full Story Top How many species on Earth? 8.7 million give or take Wed,24 Aug 2011 02:13 AM PDT Reuters - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Scientists have yet to discover, or classify, about 90 percent of the plant and animal species on Earth, which is estimated to be home to just under 9 million species, a study says. Full Story Top Higgs boson may be a mirage, scientists hint Mon,22 Aug 2011 11:54 AM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists chasing a particle they believe may have played a vital role in creation of the universe indicated on Monday they were coming to accept it might not exist after all. Full Story Top Life on Mars? Fossil find shows it's possible Sun,21 Aug 2011 12:18 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found Earth's oldest fossils in Australia and say their microscopic discovery is convincing evidence that cells and bacteria were able to thrive in an oxygen-free world more than 3.4 billion years ago. Full Story Top Natural defense mechanism may fight C. difficile Sun,21 Aug 2011 10:02 AM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - A natural defense mechanism used by cells in the gut to neutralize harmful toxins may lead to new ways to fight Clostridium difficile, the most common cause of hospital-acquired bacterial infections, researchers said on Sunday. Full Story Top Mystery goo in Alaska now called fungal spores Fri,19 Aug 2011 06:47 AM PDT Reuters - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A mysterious orange goo that collected on shorelines in a village in Alaska is made up of fungal spores, according to scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Full Story Top Russia plans orbiting hotel in space Fri,19 Aug 2011 03:29 AM PDT Reuters - ZHUKOVSKY, Russia (Reuters) - A hotel in orbit, lunar sightseeing flights and luxury rides into the cosmos -- all are part of Russia's vision to ensure it is not left behind in the growing space tourism industry. Full Story Top Sunflowers melt Fukushima's nuclear "snow" Thu,18 Aug 2011 10:30 PM PDT Reuters - FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Sparks from burning strips of paper swirled into the hot summer sky, carrying the names of the dead above a temple in Fukushima where thousands of sunflowers have been planted to help fight the omnipresent radiation. Full Story Top Russia loses contact with $265 million satellite Thu,18 Aug 2011 09:08 AM PDT Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said it had lost track of a newly-launched, multi-million-dollar telecommunications satellite on Thursday, the latest in a series of setbacks that have dogged its space industry. Full Story Top Melting Arctic sea ice drives walruses onto land Thu,18 Aug 2011 07:11 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fast-melting Arctic sea ice appears to be pushing walruses to haul themselves out onto land, and many are moving around the area where oil leases have been sold, the U.S. Geological Survey reports. Full Story Top Manned space flights no longer priority for Russia Wed,17 Aug 2011 12:36 PM PDT Reuters - ZHUKOVSKY, Russia (Reuters) - Moscow no longer sees manned spaceflight as its top priority but remains committed to its International Space Station obligations, the head of Russian space agency Roskosmos said on Wednesday. Full Story Top

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