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Outside science academies to review warming panel
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:02:45 GMTAP - The beleaguered global warming panel has found an outside group to review how it writes its reports. News open new window >>
NASA: Money key to more space shuttle flights
(AP)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:31:06 GMT AP - With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month.
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Pioneering Mass. robot lost at sea off Chile coast
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:02:39 GMT AP - A pioneering deep-sea robot made by Massachusetts researchers has been lost off the coast of Chile.
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Effort to Map Human Brain Faces Complex Challenges
(LiveScience.com)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:27:10 GMTLiveScience.com - Mapping the connections among brain cells could someday prove as
revolutionary as mapping the human genome. But tracing each synaptic
connection between neurons - essentially a manual effort so far - has
proven painstakingly slow. To approach a thorough mapping, researchers
will have to develop a computer-automated process. News open new window >>
Police probe Toyota Prius crash in NYC suburb
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:52:24 GMTAP - The driver of a Toyota Prius told police in suburban New York that her car accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a stone wall. News open new window >>
Govt has no plans now to sell stake in ONGC, IOC - Oil secy
(Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:48:32 GMT Reuters - The government has no immediate plans to sell stake in state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Oil Secretary S. Sundareshan told reporters on Wednesday.
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SpaceX aborts rocket engine test
(Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:06:30 GMT Reuters - Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station.
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Greens protest genetically modified potato go-ahead
(AFP)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:56:08 GMT AFP - Green members of the European parliament stood en masse and held up placards Tuesday in protest against the EU Commission approval of the cultivation of genetically modified potatoes.
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As Chile shook, cities rolled to the west a bit
(AP)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:45:33 GMTAP - The Earth really did move during the massive Chile quake: Researchers say cities and islands physically shifted west a bit. News open new window >>
Gourmet diners 'may spell extinction' for sea turtle
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:21:53 GMT AFP - Malaysians' voracious appetite for turtle eggs could drive the marine creatures to extinction on its shores, conservationists warned on Wednesday.
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Scientists tease DNA from eggshell of extinct birds
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:10:03 GMT AFP - In a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird.
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Czech repair of famed Charles Bridge faces protest
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:57:11 GMTAP - Built like a mighty fortress, Charles Bridge has survived floods and fires over the past 650 years. But conservationists are warning that the storied span linking Prague's two oldest neighborhoods might succumb to a different threat — renovation. News open new window >>
The nation's weather
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:53:18 GMTAP - Another snowy day was expected over the central part of the country Wednesday as two low pressure systems were forecast to combine over the Plains. News open new window >>
Fastest Orbiting Stars Circle Each Other in Mere Minutes
(SPACE.com)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:16:00 GMTSPACE.com - After
a decade of mystery, astronomers have now shown that a pair of white dwarf
stars spin around each other in just 5.4 minutes, making them the
fastest-orbiting and tightest binary star system ever found, the researchers
claim. News open new window >>
Metal From Hip Implants Passed on to Babies
(LiveScience.com)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:10:47 GMTLiveScience.com - Some moms might pass more than genetics to their newborns.
Doctors found three babies born to women with hip implants had high levels of
chromium and cobalt in their umbilical cord blood - metals that had worn off
the implants. News open new window >>
At White House: 14 senators discuss climate-energy legislation
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:56:00 GMTThe Christian Science Monitor - The fate of President Obama's plan to shift America toward renewable energy and away from fossil fuels may depend on the outcome of a crucial White House meeting Tuesday with 14 key senators, many from coal- and oil-producing states, who have long opposed curbs on carbon emissions. News open new window >>
No damage from 5.1 quake in Aleutian Islands
(AP)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:32:50 GMTAP - The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a magnitude 5.1 quake has struck the Andreanof Islands region of the Aleutian chain, but there are no reports of damage and the quake did not generate a tsunami. News open new window >>
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