Science Features
Embryonic stem cell funding allowed - for now
2010-09-10T05:42:40Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government may resume funding of embryonic stem cell research for now, an appeals court said Thursday, but the short-term approval may be of little help to research scientists caught in a legal battle that has just begun....
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Toyota plant in Australia to build greener engines
2010-09-10T07:09:23Z
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Toyota will build a 300 million Australian dollars ($277 million) plant in Melbourne that will produce greener engines that deliver reduced carbon emissions, the company said Friday....
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Strengthening La Nina could mean more hurricanes
2010-09-09T17:21:36Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The La Nina climate phenomenon is strengthening, increasing the likelihood an active hurricane season could get even busier....
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Study: Flamboyant male dancing attracts women best
2010-09-09T15:52:15Z
LONDON (AP) -- 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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Would you like 1 hump or 2 with your dinosaur?
2010-09-08T18:26:59Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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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Turtle egg rescue at space center billed success
2010-09-08T20:03:09Z
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The unprecedented turtle rescue effort at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is winding down....
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Water main break at space center stalls shuttle
2010-09-08T18:17:26Z
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A water main break at NASA's spaceport put launch preparations on temporary hold Wednesday for the next-to-last shuttle flight....
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Microbes are eating BP oil without using up oxygen
2010-09-07T22:15:23Z
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government scientists studying the BP disaster are reporting the best possible outcome: Microbes are consuming the oil in the Gulf without depleting the oxygen in the water and creating "dead zones" where fish cannot survive....
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4 al-Qaida prisoners escape US custody in Iraq
2010-09-09T19:16:46Z
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Four prisoners with links to al-Qaida being guarded by American troops escaped from a maximum-security prison in Baghdad and are still at large, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Thursday....
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Big quake aftershocks plague New Zealand city
2010-09-08T11:35:10Z
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) -- A strong aftershock rocked terrified residents of New Zealand's earthquake-stricken city of Christchurch on Wednesday, as officials doubled their estimate for repairing the damage following nearly 300 temblors in five days....
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Opinion Poll
Under the circumstances, do you think the tax cuts, due to expire at the end of the year, should be extended? <More Info>
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Total Votes: 158
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Do you support President Obama’s $50-billion job creation proposal rebuilding the transportation infrastructure?
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Total Votes: 674
