US court lifts ban on state-funding for stem cell research
(AFP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 26 mins agoAFP - A US appeals court suspended Thursday a ban on state-funding for embryonic stem cell research pending a full appeal of the case, in a major boost to President Barack Obama's administration.
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Strengthening La Nina could mean more hurricanes
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 38 mins agoAP - The La Nina climate phenomenon is strengthening, increasing the likelihood an active hurricane season could get even busier.
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Texas authorities seek 4 missing after floods
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 41 mins agoAP - Authorities in the San Antonio area searched Thursday for a man who drove into a flooded road, making him the fourth person swept away by floodwaters from the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine.
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U.S. appeals court puts on hold stem cell funding ban
(Reuters)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 57 mins agoReuters - A U.S. appeals court granted on Thursday an Obama administration request for a temporary stay that lifts a judge's ban on federal funding of research involving human embryonic stem cells.
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Choose these healthy alternatives to sports drinks
(Y! Green)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 1 hour agoY! Green - Our bodies are composed of 60 percent water and it is vital for the proper functioning of cells and organs to maintain optimal hydration, especially during hot summer months.
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Space Shuttle Discovery Leaves Hangar for Final Spaceflight
(SPACE.com)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 1 hour agoSPACE.com - CAPE
CANAVERAL, Fla. Space shuttle Discovery rolled out from its hangarfor
the last time early Thursday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida,
beginning the first leg of its final mission into space.
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Size Matters: A Bird Uses Illusion to Wow a Mate
(LiveScience.com)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 1 hour agoLiveScience.com - To woo females, bowerbird males create optical illusions
that make themselves look larger than they are, much like the ones used in the "Lord
of the Rings" films to make actors look hobbit-size.
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Study: Flamboyant male dancing attracts women best
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 2 hours agoAP - John Travolta was onto something. Women are most attracted to male dancers who have big, flamboyant moves similar to the actor's trademark style, British scientists say in a new study.
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Feds plan more sea turtle releases in Gulf
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 2 hours agoAP - Federal officials say they're stepping up plans to release sea turtles that were stranded and rescued during the Gulf oil spill and study how they've been affected.
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Rural Pennsylvania town fights big gas
(Reuters)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 2 hours agoReuters - In the rush to develop America's biggest new source of domestic energy, one community is fighting to protect its rural way of life from the environmental strains that accompany shale gas drilling.
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Weird Celestial Spiral Photo Explained
(SPACE.com)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 3 hours agoSPACE.com - A photograph of a weird
cosmic spiral in deep space taken by the Hubble Space Telescope is no trick of light it's astrophysics in action,
scientists say.
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Chevron to explore for oil in Liberia
(AFP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 5 hours agoAFP - US energy giant Chevron will explore for oil in three deepwater oil wells off Liberia in West Africa, a region which has yielded massive oil finds in recent years.
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British MPs to grill BP CEO Hayward
(Reuters)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 6 hours agoReuters - British Members of Parliament (MPs) will next week grill outgoing BP Plc Chief Executive Tony Hayward, as part of an investigation into risks around deepwater drilling in the North Sea.
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The nation's weather
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 8 hours agoAP - Tropical Depression Hermine was expected to continue producing significant rainfall as it lifted northward into southern Kansas on Thursday.
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Turtle egg rescue at space center billed success
(AP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 21 hours agoAP - The unprecedented turtle rescue effort at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is winding down.
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Would you like 1 hump or 2 with your dinosaur?
(AP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 23 hours agoAP - The weird world of dinosaurs has just gotten a tad more bizarre. Scientists found a nearly complete fossil of a new dinosaur that sports a noticeable hump, maybe as possible advertising.
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Quasimodo dino leaves experts grappling for a hunch
(AFP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 23 hours agoAFP - Palaeontologists in Spain have discovered the remains of a strange dinosaur with a hump that they believe is the forerunner of flesh-eating leviathans which once ruled the planet.
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