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All rights reservedSat, 13 Apr 2013 07:24:56 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/science/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/putin-says-russia-launch-first-manned-space-flight-112456607.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IyxAiWnwN0n2lIHU1_FEbg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-13T112456Z_2_CBRE93B0Y1Y00_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian President Putin holds a communication session with the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) on Cosmonautics Day during his visit to the Amursk Region" align="left" title="Russian President Putin holds a communication session with the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) on Cosmonautics Day during his visit to the Amursk Region" border="0" /></a>By Denis Dyomkin VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin told astronauts in orbit on Friday that Russia will send up the first manned flights from its own soil in 2018, using a new launch pad he said will help the once-pioneering space power explore deep space and the moon. Speaking by video link with the International Space Station&#039;s crew from the building site, Putin said it will be open to use by the United States and Europe - playing up cooperation on the anniversary of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin&#039;s 1961 flight, which set off the Cold War space race. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/putin-says-russia-launch-first-manned-space-flight-112456607.htmlSat, 13 Apr 2013 07:24:56 -0400Reutersputin-says-russia-launch-first-manned-space-flight-112456607<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/putin-says-russia-launch-first-manned-space-flight-112456607.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IyxAiWnwN0n2lIHU1_FEbg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-13T112456Z_2_CBRE93B0Y1Y00_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian President Putin holds a communication session with the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) on Cosmonautics Day during his visit to the Amursk Region" align="left" title="Russian President Putin holds a communication session with the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) on Cosmonautics Day during his visit to the Amursk Region" border="0" /></a>By Denis Dyomkin VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin told astronauts in orbit on Friday that Russia will send up the first manned flights from its own soil in 2018, using a new launch pad he said will help the once-pioneering space power explore deep space and the moon. Speaking by video link with the International Space Station&#039;s crew from the building site, Putin said it will be open to use by the United States and Europe - playing up cooperation on the anniversary of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin&#039;s 1961 flight, which set off the Cold War space race. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Space companies are shifting strategies to benefit from a change in how the U.S. government buys satellites, rockets and space services. After years of billion-dollar cost overruns and schedule delays on complex satellite programs, U.S. officials are looking for smaller, less expensive spacecraft and exploring alternatives such pay-for-service deals, or packing sensors on government or commercial satellites. Air Force General Robert Kehler, who heads the military command that oversees U.S. ...http://news.yahoo.com/companies-jockey-position-changing-u-space-market-213526172--finance.htmlFri, 12 Apr 2013 17:35:26 -0400Reuterscompanies-jockey-position-changing-u-space-market-213526172--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/big-brain-projects-highlight-drug-research-gaps-113648064--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gpFUpE0pK.PISdzvJQAG9Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-11T121022Z_2_CBRE93A0W9O00_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-NEUROSCIENCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of a laboratory assistant holding one hemisphere of a healthy brain in the Neuropsychiatry division of the Belle Idee University Hospital in Chene-Bourg" align="left" title="File photo of a laboratory assistant holding one hemisphere of a healthy brain in the Neuropsychiatry division of the Belle Idee University Hospital in Chene-Bourg" border="0" /></a>By Ben Hirschler and Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Governments on both sides of the Atlantic are placing big new bets on the future of brain science, just as much of the pharmaceutical industry retreats from the field. Brain disorders ranging from depression to Alzheimer&#039;s are extracting an ever greater social and economic cost across the globe. But while the United States and European Union are funding ambitious efforts in neuroscience, the private sector is often skeptical about the prospect of rapid breakthrough cures. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/big-brain-projects-highlight-drug-research-gaps-113648064--finance.htmlThu, 11 Apr 2013 08:10:22 -0400Reutersbig-brain-projects-highlight-drug-research-gaps-113648064--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/big-brain-projects-highlight-drug-research-gaps-113648064--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gpFUpE0pK.PISdzvJQAG9Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-11T121022Z_2_CBRE93A0W9O00_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-NEUROSCIENCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of a laboratory assistant holding one hemisphere of a healthy brain in the Neuropsychiatry division of the Belle Idee University Hospital in Chene-Bourg" align="left" title="File photo of a laboratory assistant holding one hemisphere of a healthy brain in the Neuropsychiatry division of the Belle Idee University Hospital in Chene-Bourg" border="0" /></a>By Ben Hirschler and Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Governments on both sides of the Atlantic are placing big new bets on the future of brain science, just as much of the pharmaceutical industry retreats from the field. Brain disorders ranging from depression to Alzheimer&#039;s are extracting an ever greater social and economic cost across the globe. But while the United States and European Union are funding ambitious efforts in neuroscience, the private sector is often skeptical about the prospect of rapid breakthrough cures. ...</p><br clear="all"/>JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A 2 million-year-old ancestor of man had a mixture of ape and human-like features that allowed it to hike vast distances on two legs with as much ease as it could scurry up trees, according to research published on Friday. Discovered in cave near Johannesburg in 2008, the fossils of a species named "Australopithecus sediba" have given researchers clues about the evolution of man and which traits in our ancestors fell by the wayside. Standing about 1.3 meters (4 ft) tall, sediba had a narrow rib cage similar to apes but a flexible spine more similar to that of a human. ...http://news.yahoo.com/two-million-old-creature-had-mix-ape-human-175749033.htmlFri, 12 Apr 2013 13:57:49 -0400Reuterstwo-million-old-creature-had-mix-ape-human-175749033<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-await-worlds-cern-collider-refitted-161841634.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jl6O5GYHf3JqgQ..84P9oQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-11T164828Z_1_CBRE93A1AOU00_RTROPTP_2_SCIENCE-CERN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="CERN staff speak in the LHC tunnel during a visit at the CERN in Meyrin, near Geneva" align="left" title="CERN staff speak in the LHC tunnel during a visit at the CERN in Meyrin, near Geneva" border="0" /></a>By Robert Evans GENEVA (Reuters) - As two yellow-helmeted electricians rise slowly on a hoist from the cavern floor to check cabling on a huge red magnet, CERN scientist Marc Goulette makes clear he sees cosmic significance in their task. &quot;When this refit is completed,&quot; he says, gesturing across the gigantic Large Hadron Collider (LHC), &quot;we shall be ready to explore an entirely new realm of physics. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-await-worlds-cern-collider-refitted-161841634.htmlThu, 11 Apr 2013 12:18:41 -0400Reutersscientists-await-worlds-cern-collider-refitted-161841634<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-await-worlds-cern-collider-refitted-161841634.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jl6O5GYHf3JqgQ..84P9oQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-11T164828Z_1_CBRE93A1AOU00_RTROPTP_2_SCIENCE-CERN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="CERN staff speak in the LHC tunnel during a visit at the CERN in Meyrin, near Geneva" align="left" title="CERN staff speak in the LHC tunnel during a visit at the CERN in Meyrin, near Geneva" border="0" /></a>By Robert Evans GENEVA (Reuters) - As two yellow-helmeted electricians rise slowly on a hoist from the cavern floor to check cabling on a huge red magnet, CERN scientist Marc Goulette makes clear he sees cosmic significance in their task. &quot;When this refit is completed,&quot; he says, gesturing across the gigantic Large Hadron Collider (LHC), &quot;we shall be ready to explore an entirely new realm of physics. ...</p><br clear="all"/>DENVER ? The size of a proton, long thought to be well-understood, may remain a mystery for a while longer, according to physicists.http://news.yahoo.com/mysteriously-shrinking-proton-continues-puzzle-physicists-191038291.htmlSat, 13 Apr 2013 15:10:38 -0400LiveScience.commysteriously-shrinking-proton-continues-puzzle-physicists-191038291<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/second-higgs-boson-physicists-debate-particle-164951108.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wSmQOF5pbXEJWpo3X28UVg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/lhc-higgs.jpg1361287049" width="130" height="86" alt="A Second Higgs Boson? Physicists Debate New Particle" align="left" title="A Second Higgs Boson? Physicists Debate New Particle" border="0" /></a>DENVER ? The discovery of the Higgs boson is real. But physicists are cagey about whether the new particle they&#039;ve found will fit their predictions or not.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/second-higgs-boson-physicists-debate-particle-164951108.htmlSat, 13 Apr 2013 12:49:51 -0400LiveScience.comsecond-higgs-boson-physicists-debate-particle-164951108<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/second-higgs-boson-physicists-debate-particle-164951108.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wSmQOF5pbXEJWpo3X28UVg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/lhc-higgs.jpg1361287049" width="130" height="86" alt="A Second Higgs Boson? Physicists Debate New Particle" align="left" title="A Second Higgs Boson? Physicists Debate New Particle" border="0" /></a>DENVER ? The discovery of the Higgs boson is real. But physicists are cagey about whether the new particle they&#039;ve found will fit their predictions or not.</p><br clear="all"/>Money doesn't grow on trees ? but gold might. An international team of scientists has found a way to grow and harvest gold from crop plants.http://news.yahoo.com/theres-gold-them-thar-plants-132423473.htmlSat, 13 Apr 2013 09:24:23 -0400LiveScience.comtheres-gold-them-thar-plants-132423473<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fall-titan-icy-cloud-marks-saturn-moons-season-131648658.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tOhmFu1Lwti_0FS6i8CtXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/It%27s_Fall_on_Titan_Icy-2566a902781269ee152b8b058bce578c" width="130" height="86" alt="It&#039;s Fall on Titan: Icy Cloud Marks Saturn Moon&#039;s Season" align="left" title="It&#039;s Fall on Titan: Icy Cloud Marks Saturn Moon&#039;s Season" border="0" /></a>New photos from NASA&#039;s Cassini spacecraft show that an icy cloud is growing over the south pole of Saturn&#039;s largest moon, Titan, hinting that a seven-year fall has taken hold at the cloudy moon&#039;s southern realm.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/fall-titan-icy-cloud-marks-saturn-moons-season-131648658.htmlSun, 14 Apr 2013 09:16:48 -0400SPACE.comfall-titan-icy-cloud-marks-saturn-moons-season-131648658<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fall-titan-icy-cloud-marks-saturn-moons-season-131648658.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tOhmFu1Lwti_0FS6i8CtXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/It%27s_Fall_on_Titan_Icy-2566a902781269ee152b8b058bce578c" width="130" height="86" alt="It&#039;s Fall on Titan: Icy Cloud Marks Saturn Moon&#039;s Season" align="left" title="It&#039;s Fall on Titan: Icy Cloud Marks Saturn Moon&#039;s Season" border="0" /></a>New photos from NASA&#039;s Cassini spacecraft show that an icy cloud is growing over the south pole of Saturn&#039;s largest moon, Titan, hinting that a seven-year fall has taken hold at the cloudy moon&#039;s southern realm.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/buy-exoplanet-naming-rights-no-astronomy-group-says-133011605.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QUfaZjZ4S5d5esrZO_BALA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Can_You_Buy_Exoplanet_Naming-dd7bc7874b70471f2141cc24d5f7e8e8" width="130" height="86" alt="Can You Buy Exoplanet Naming Rights? No, Astronomy Group Says" align="left" title="Can You Buy Exoplanet Naming Rights? No, Astronomy Group Says" border="0" /></a>There may not be an alien planet named Heinlein any time soon if the International Astronomical Union (IAU) gets its way. The astronomy group issued a reminder Friday (April 12) that it is the only body authorized to give exoplanets their official names, despite recent naming initiatives by companies like Uwingu.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/buy-exoplanet-naming-rights-no-astronomy-group-says-133011605.htmlSat, 13 Apr 2013 09:30:11 -0400SPACE.combuy-exoplanet-naming-rights-no-astronomy-group-says-133011605<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/buy-exoplanet-naming-rights-no-astronomy-group-says-133011605.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QUfaZjZ4S5d5esrZO_BALA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Can_You_Buy_Exoplanet_Naming-dd7bc7874b70471f2141cc24d5f7e8e8" width="130" height="86" alt="Can You Buy Exoplanet Naming Rights? No, Astronomy Group Says" align="left" title="Can You Buy Exoplanet Naming Rights? No, Astronomy Group Says" border="0" /></a>There may not be an alien planet named Heinlein any time soon if the International Astronomical Union (IAU) gets its way. The astronomy group issued a reminder Friday (April 12) that it is the only body authorized to give exoplanets their official names, despite recent naming initiatives by companies like Uwingu.</p><br clear="all"/>Why Jim Hansen Stopped Being a Government Scientist [Video]http://news.yahoo.com/why-jim-hansen-stopped-being-government-scientist-video-180900955.htmlFri, 12 Apr 2013 14:09:00 -0400Scientific Americanwhy-jim-hansen-stopped-being-government-scientist-video-180900955<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-budget-cutbacks-cripple-planetary-science-critics-163920130.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bDplzzEDt8Zjmn2VGIAbuQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/NASA_Budget_Cutbacks_Would_Cripple-0722c3127a28e71992088a6ca688e551" width="130" height="86" alt="NASA Budget Cutbacks Would Cripple Planetary Science, Critics Say" align="left" title="NASA Budget Cutbacks Would Cripple Planetary Science, Critics Say" border="0" /></a>Proposed cuts included in NASA&#039;s 2014 budget request would sabotage a mission to Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter that could support life, scientists say.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-budget-cutbacks-cripple-planetary-science-critics-163920130.htmlFri, 12 Apr 2013 12:39:20 -0400SPACE.comnasa-budget-cutbacks-cripple-planetary-science-critics-163920130<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-budget-cutbacks-cripple-planetary-science-critics-163920130.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bDplzzEDt8Zjmn2VGIAbuQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/NASA_Budget_Cutbacks_Would_Cripple-0722c3127a28e71992088a6ca688e551" width="130" height="86" alt="NASA Budget Cutbacks Would Cripple Planetary Science, Critics Say" align="left" title="NASA Budget Cutbacks Would Cripple Planetary Science, Critics Say" border="0" /></a>Proposed cuts included in NASA&#039;s 2014 budget request would sabotage a mission to Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter that could support life, scientists say.</p><br clear="all"/>Friction over Function: Scientists Clash on the Meaning of ENCODE s Genetic Datahttp://news.yahoo.com/friction-over-function-scientists-clash-meaning-encode-genetic-100000053.htmlFri, 12 Apr 2013 06:00:00 -0400Scientific Americanfriction-over-function-scientists-clash-meaning-encode-genetic-100000053<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/report-global-warming-didnt-cause-big-us-drought-211545586.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KU2jWdVMJVttP.7CvqTR_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9fd17545352ec40c2e0f6a706700b8d1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, drought-damaged corn is seen in a field near Nickerson, Neb. A new federal science report looking at last year&#039;s Midwestern drought says it was a freak of nature that wasn&#039;t caused by man-made global warming. The 50-page drought task force report written by dozens of scientists from five different federal agencies looked into why forecasters didn&#039;t see the more than $12 billion drought coming. The researchers concluded that it was so unusual and unpredictable that it couldn&#039;t have been forecast. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, drought-damaged corn is seen in a field near Nickerson, Neb. A new federal science report looking at last year&#039;s Midwestern drought says it was a freak of nature that wasn&#039;t caused by man-made global warming. The 50-page drought task force report written by dozens of scientists from five different federal agencies looked into why forecasters didn&#039;t see the more than $12 billion drought coming. The researchers concluded that it was so unusual and unpredictable that it couldn&#039;t have been forecast. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Last year&#039;s huge drought was a freak of nature that wasn&#039;t caused by man-made global warming, a new federal science study finds.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/report-global-warming-didnt-cause-big-us-drought-211545586.htmlThu, 11 Apr 2013 18:26:22 -0400Associated Pressreport-global-warming-didnt-cause-big-us-drought-211545586<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/report-global-warming-didnt-cause-big-us-drought-211545586.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KU2jWdVMJVttP.7CvqTR_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9fd17545352ec40c2e0f6a706700b8d1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, drought-damaged corn is seen in a field near Nickerson, Neb. A new federal science report looking at last year&#039;s Midwestern drought says it was a freak of nature that wasn&#039;t caused by man-made global warming. The 50-page drought task force report written by dozens of scientists from five different federal agencies looked into why forecasters didn&#039;t see the more than $12 billion drought coming. The researchers concluded that it was so unusual and unpredictable that it couldn&#039;t have been forecast. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, drought-damaged corn is seen in a field near Nickerson, Neb. A new federal science report looking at last year&#039;s Midwestern drought says it was a freak of nature that wasn&#039;t caused by man-made global warming. The 50-page drought task force report written by dozens of scientists from five different federal agencies looked into why forecasters didn&#039;t see the more than $12 billion drought coming. The researchers concluded that it was so unusual and unpredictable that it couldn&#039;t have been forecast. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Last year&#039;s huge drought was a freak of nature that wasn&#039;t caused by man-made global warming, a new federal science study finds.</p><br clear="all"/>By Robert Evans GENEVA (Reuters) - As two yellow-helmeted electricians rise slowly on a hoist from the cavern floor to check cabling on a huge red magnet, CERN scientist Marc Goulette makes clear he sees cosmic significance in their task. "When this refit is completed," he says, gesturing across the gigantic Large Hadron Collider (LHC), "we shall be ready to explore an entirely new realm of physics. ...http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-await-worlds-cern-collider-refitted-175251000.htmlThu, 11 Apr 2013 13:52:51 -0400Reutersscientists-await-worlds-cern-collider-refitted-175251000The proposed 2014 budget released by the White House Wednesday (April 10) brings good news for science: Under the budget, civilian research spending would swell by 9 percent from 2012 levels.http://news.yahoo.com/5-ways-obamas-budget-supports-science-121015787.htmlThu, 11 Apr 2013 08:10:15 -0400LiveScience.com5-ways-obamas-budget-supports-science-121015787The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screenshttp://news.yahoo.com/reading-brain-digital-age-science-paper-versus-screens-113000205.htmlThu, 11 Apr 2013 07:30:00 -0400Scientific Americanreading-brain-digital-age-science-paper-versus-screens-113000205<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-more-worried-global-warming-135324641.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5zdXvGdA23GAfPlUwVKSOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/blue-marble-arctic-120618.jpg1342614324" width="130" height="86" alt="Republicans Get More Worried About Global Warming" align="left" title="Republicans Get More Worried About Global Warming" border="0" /></a>Republicans have become more concerned about climate change in the past couple of years, according to a new Gallup Poll.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-more-worried-global-warming-135324641.htmlWed, 10 Apr 2013 09:53:24 -0400LiveScience.comrepublicans-more-worried-global-warming-135324641<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-more-worried-global-warming-135324641.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5zdXvGdA23GAfPlUwVKSOg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/blue-marble-arctic-120618.jpg1342614324" width="130" height="86" alt="Republicans Get More Worried About Global Warming" align="left" title="Republicans Get More Worried About Global Warming" border="0" /></a>Republicans have become more concerned about climate change in the past couple of years, according to a new Gallup Poll.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sciences-cult-calculation-230800651.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Qiw06tZkkPbmvAIccfDbCQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/E.O.Wilson.jpg.CROP_.rectangle3-large.O.Wilson.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Science&#039;s Cult of Calculation" align="left" title="Science&#039;s Cult of Calculation" border="0" /></a>Science&#039;s Cult of Calculation</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/sciences-cult-calculation-230800651.htmlTue, 09 Apr 2013 19:08:00 -0400Scientific Americansciences-cult-calculation-230800651<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sciences-cult-calculation-230800651.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Qiw06tZkkPbmvAIccfDbCQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/E.O.Wilson.jpg.CROP_.rectangle3-large.O.Wilson.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Science&#039;s Cult of Calculation" align="left" title="Science&#039;s Cult of Calculation" border="0" /></a>Science&#039;s Cult of Calculation</p><br clear="all"/>The wine-producing regions of the world are under threat from global warming, suggests a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).http://news.yahoo.com/global-warming-crush-wine-industry-230430507.htmlTue, 09 Apr 2013 19:04:30 -0400LiveScience.comglobal-warming-crush-wine-industry-230430507<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-meteor-fallout-boosting-asteroid-search-may-not-182600221.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Wm3ca6DJRyIDvMzjugNo6A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Russian_Meteor_Fallout_Boosting_Asteroid-a7cf83af63aac67c623bede4629a6474" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian Meteor Fallout: Boosting Asteroid Search May Not Help, Scientist Says" align="left" title="Russian Meteor Fallout: Boosting Asteroid Search May Not Help, Scientist Says" border="0" /></a>Spending more money on asteroid and meteor detection techniques won&#039;t necessarily make the planet safer, according to a planetary scientist.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russian-meteor-fallout-boosting-asteroid-search-may-not-182600221.htmlTue, 09 Apr 2013 14:26:00 -0400SPACE.comrussian-meteor-fallout-boosting-asteroid-search-may-not-182600221<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-meteor-fallout-boosting-asteroid-search-may-not-182600221.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Wm3ca6DJRyIDvMzjugNo6A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Russian_Meteor_Fallout_Boosting_Asteroid-a7cf83af63aac67c623bede4629a6474" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian Meteor Fallout: Boosting Asteroid Search May Not Help, Scientist Says" align="left" title="Russian Meteor Fallout: Boosting Asteroid Search May Not Help, Scientist Says" border="0" /></a>Spending more money on asteroid and meteor detection techniques won&#039;t necessarily make the planet safer, according to a planetary scientist.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/americans-grow-more-worried-global-warming-poll-finds-152340056.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_w_j9kwvPI3aU7AjX6IQ0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/earth-from-space.jpg1360167313" width="130" height="86" alt="Americans Grow More Worried About Global Warming, Poll Finds" align="left" title="Americans Grow More Worried About Global Warming, Poll Finds" border="0" /></a>Americans are becoming more concerned about the reality of global warming, according to a new Gallup poll, though they&#039;re still not as worried about climate change as they have been in earlier years. ?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/americans-grow-more-worried-global-warming-poll-finds-152340056.htmlMon, 08 Apr 2013 11:23:40 -0400LiveScience.comamericans-grow-more-worried-global-warming-poll-finds-152340056<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/americans-grow-more-worried-global-warming-poll-finds-152340056.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_w_j9kwvPI3aU7AjX6IQ0Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/earth-from-space.jpg1360167313" width="130" height="86" alt="Americans Grow More Worried About Global Warming, Poll Finds" align="left" title="Americans Grow More Worried About Global Warming, Poll Finds" border="0" /></a>Americans are becoming more concerned about the reality of global warming, according to a new Gallup poll, though they&#039;re still not as worried about climate change as they have been in earlier years. ?</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/science-art-diagramming-culturing-life-chemical-sciences-part-115600918.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gUS.nLK493tkI1jj6zykkw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/cameronhighlands.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Science and Art of Diagramming: Culturing Life and Chemical Sciences, Part 2" align="left" title="The Science and Art of Diagramming: Culturing Life and Chemical Sciences, Part 2" border="0" /></a>The Science and Art of Diagramming: Culturing Life and Chemical Sciences, Part II</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/science-art-diagramming-culturing-life-chemical-sciences-part-115600918.htmlFri, 05 Apr 2013 07:56:00 -0400Scientific Americanscience-art-diagramming-culturing-life-chemical-sciences-part-115600918<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/science-art-diagramming-culturing-life-chemical-sciences-part-115600918.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gUS.nLK493tkI1jj6zykkw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/cameronhighlands.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Science and Art of Diagramming: Culturing Life and Chemical Sciences, Part 2" align="left" title="The Science and Art of Diagramming: Culturing Life and Chemical Sciences, Part 2" border="0" /></a>The Science and Art of Diagramming: Culturing Life and Chemical Sciences, Part II</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/science-art-diagramming-culturing-life-chemical-sciences-part-115600539.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gUS.nLK493tkI1jj6zykkw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/cameronhighlands.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Science and Art of Diagramming: Culturing Life and Chemical Sciences, Part 2" align="left" title="The Science and Art of Diagramming: Culturing Life and Chemical Sciences, Part 2" border="0" /></a>The Science and Art of Diagramming: Culturing Life and Chemical Sciences, Part 2</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/science-art-diagramming-culturing-life-chemical-sciences-part-115600539.htmlFri, 05 Apr 2013 07:56:00 -0400Scientific Americanscience-art-diagramming-culturing-life-chemical-sciences-part-115600539<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/science-art-diagramming-culturing-life-chemical-sciences-part-115600539.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gUS.nLK493tkI1jj6zykkw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ScientificAmerican/cameronhighlands.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Science and Art of Diagramming: Culturing Life and Chemical Sciences, Part 2" align="left" title="The Science and Art of Diagramming: Culturing Life and Chemical Sciences, Part 2" border="0" /></a>The Science and Art of Diagramming: Culturing Life and Chemical Sciences, Part 2</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hints-dark-matter-nasa-scientists-over-moon-133508801.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/StRJw6FA9pm5Sllrp2.NSg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Hints_of_Dark_Matter_Have-9cf477b30b301401aae2a54ddc462997" width="130" height="86" alt="Hints of Dark Matter Have NASA Scientists Over the Moon" align="left" title="Hints of Dark Matter Have NASA Scientists Over the Moon" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON ? Patience and meticulous science were cause for celebration?when an international team of scientists announced new results pointing to the possible detection of dark matter Wednesday (April 3).</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/hints-dark-matter-nasa-scientists-over-moon-133508801.htmlThu, 04 Apr 2013 09:35:08 -0400SPACE.comhints-dark-matter-nasa-scientists-over-moon-133508801<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hints-dark-matter-nasa-scientists-over-moon-133508801.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/StRJw6FA9pm5Sllrp2.NSg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Hints_of_Dark_Matter_Have-9cf477b30b301401aae2a54ddc462997" width="130" height="86" alt="Hints of Dark Matter Have NASA Scientists Over the Moon" align="left" title="Hints of Dark Matter Have NASA Scientists Over the Moon" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON ? Patience and meticulous science were cause for celebration?when an international team of scientists announced new results pointing to the possible detection of dark matter Wednesday (April 3).</p><br clear="all"/>The Palisades cliffs west of New York City rear up from the Hudson River like the spine of some ancient beast?and that impression is not far off. Their basalt backbone is a remnant of an immense lava flow that engulfed what is now New Jersey, Nova Scotia, West Africa, and Brazil, among other places, 200 million years ago when they were neighbors on the great super-continent of Pangaea.http://news.yahoo.com/mega-eruption-scientists-connect-mass-extinction-major-lava-115053486.htmlThu, 04 Apr 2013 07:50:53 -0400Time.commega-eruption-scientists-connect-mass-extinction-major-lava-115053486<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/potential-dark-matter-discovery-win-space-station-science-225142363.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/49vwz0cDEvguf6qUha8mvA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Potential_Dark_Matter_Discovery_a-cfff5a760f3a72279035af898d15f42c" width="130" height="86" alt="Potential Dark Matter Discovery a Win for Space Station Science" align="left" title="Potential Dark Matter Discovery a Win for Space Station Science" border="0" /></a>If nature is kind, the first detection of dark matter might be credited to the International Space Station soon.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/potential-dark-matter-discovery-win-space-station-science-225142363.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 18:51:42 -0400SPACE.compotential-dark-matter-discovery-win-space-station-science-225142363<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/potential-dark-matter-discovery-win-space-station-science-225142363.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/49vwz0cDEvguf6qUha8mvA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/SPACE.com/Potential_Dark_Matter_Discovery_a-cfff5a760f3a72279035af898d15f42c" width="130" height="86" alt="Potential Dark Matter Discovery a Win for Space Station Science" align="left" title="Potential Dark Matter Discovery a Win for Space Station Science" border="0" /></a>If nature is kind, the first detection of dark matter might be credited to the International Space Station soon.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-home-mysterious-dark-matter-215553327.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nUhvxscf1qMqcwkUknYeTg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T215553Z_1_CDEE9321OXF00_RTROPTP_2_SCIENCE-DARKMATTER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>By Robert Evans GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists said on Wednesday they may be close to tracking down the mysterious &quot;dark matter&quot; which makes up more than a quarter of the universe but has never been seen. A final identification of what makes up the enigmatic material would solve one of the biggest mysteries in physics and open up new investigations into the possibility of multiple universes and other areas, said researchers. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-home-mysterious-dark-matter-215553327.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 17:55:53 -0400Reutersscientists-home-mysterious-dark-matter-215553327<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-home-mysterious-dark-matter-215553327.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nUhvxscf1qMqcwkUknYeTg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T215553Z_1_CDEE9321OXF00_RTROPTP_2_SCIENCE-DARKMATTER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>By Robert Evans GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists said on Wednesday they may be close to tracking down the mysterious &quot;dark matter&quot; which makes up more than a quarter of the universe but has never been seen. A final identification of what makes up the enigmatic material would solve one of the biggest mysteries in physics and open up new investigations into the possibility of multiple universes and other areas, said researchers. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-possible-hint-dark-matter-205206362.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xjO9uPK83eFDe2x62Xz8QA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/beb26cd23d8a020b2e0f6a70670003fa.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated file image provided by the European Space Agency ESA on Wednesday April 3, 2013 shows the International Space Station in the sunlight. A $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station has found the footprint of something that could be dark matter, the mysterious substance that is believed to hold the cosmos together but has never been directly observed, scientists say. But the first results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, known by its acronym AMS, are almost as enigmatic as dark matter itself. They show evidence of new physics phenomena that could be the strange and unknown dark matter or could be energy that originates from pulsars, scientists at the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva announced Wednesday April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA/European Space Agency ESA. Keystone)" align="left" title="This undated file image provided by the European Space Agency ESA on Wednesday April 3, 2013 shows the International Space Station in the sunlight. A $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station has found the footprint of something that could be dark matter, the mysterious substance that is believed to hold the cosmos together but has never been directly observed, scientists say. But the first results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, known by its acronym AMS, are almost as enigmatic as dark matter itself. They show evidence of new physics phenomena that could be the strange and unknown dark matter or could be energy that originates from pulsars, scientists at the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva announced Wednesday April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA/European Space Agency ESA. Keystone)" border="0" /></a>GENEVA (AP) ? It is one of the cosmos&#039; most mysterious unsolved cases: dark matter. It is supposedly what holds the universe together. We can&#039;t see it, but scientists are pretty sure it&#039;s out there.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-possible-hint-dark-matter-205206362.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 16:54:23 -0400Associated Pressscientists-possible-hint-dark-matter-205206362<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-possible-hint-dark-matter-205206362.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xjO9uPK83eFDe2x62Xz8QA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/beb26cd23d8a020b2e0f6a70670003fa.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated file image provided by the European Space Agency ESA on Wednesday April 3, 2013 shows the International Space Station in the sunlight. A $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station has found the footprint of something that could be dark matter, the mysterious substance that is believed to hold the cosmos together but has never been directly observed, scientists say. But the first results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, known by its acronym AMS, are almost as enigmatic as dark matter itself. They show evidence of new physics phenomena that could be the strange and unknown dark matter or could be energy that originates from pulsars, scientists at the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva announced Wednesday April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA/European Space Agency ESA. Keystone)" align="left" title="This undated file image provided by the European Space Agency ESA on Wednesday April 3, 2013 shows the International Space Station in the sunlight. A $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station has found the footprint of something that could be dark matter, the mysterious substance that is believed to hold the cosmos together but has never been directly observed, scientists say. But the first results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, known by its acronym AMS, are almost as enigmatic as dark matter itself. They show evidence of new physics phenomena that could be the strange and unknown dark matter or could be energy that originates from pulsars, scientists at the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva announced Wednesday April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA/European Space Agency ESA. Keystone)" border="0" /></a>GENEVA (AP) ? It is one of the cosmos&#039; most mysterious unsolved cases: dark matter. It is supposedly what holds the universe together. We can&#039;t see it, but scientists are pretty sure it&#039;s out there.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-china-bird-virus-likely-silent-threat-095703617.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OTyQgAyRuwQqgCRrZdGtvQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f9ba491b3bcbfa0b2d0f6a706700ecd3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman and her daughter are frightened while ducks approach closely for food at an amusement park in Beijing, China, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of the bird flu strain that recently killed two men in China said Wednesday the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin H5N1 because it might be able to spread silently among poultry without notice. The bird virus also seems to have adapted to be able to be able to sicken mammals like pigs. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)" align="left" title="A woman and her daughter are frightened while ducks approach closely for food at an amusement park in Beijing, China, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of the bird flu strain that recently killed two men in China said Wednesday the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin H5N1 because it might be able to spread silently among poultry without notice. The bird virus also seems to have adapted to be able to be able to sicken mammals like pigs. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) ? Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of a bird flu strain that has killed three people in China said Wednesday that the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin H5N1 because it might be able to spread among poultry without showing any signs.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-china-bird-virus-likely-silent-threat-095703617.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 14:16:00 -0400Associated Pressscientists-china-bird-virus-likely-silent-threat-095703617<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-china-bird-virus-likely-silent-threat-095703617.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OTyQgAyRuwQqgCRrZdGtvQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f9ba491b3bcbfa0b2d0f6a706700ecd3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman and her daughter are frightened while ducks approach closely for food at an amusement park in Beijing, China, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of the bird flu strain that recently killed two men in China said Wednesday the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin H5N1 because it might be able to spread silently among poultry without notice. The bird virus also seems to have adapted to be able to be able to sicken mammals like pigs. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)" align="left" title="A woman and her daughter are frightened while ducks approach closely for food at an amusement park in Beijing, China, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of the bird flu strain that recently killed two men in China said Wednesday the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin H5N1 because it might be able to spread silently among poultry without notice. The bird virus also seems to have adapted to be able to be able to sicken mammals like pigs. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) ? Scientists taking a first look at the genetics of a bird flu strain that has killed three people in China said Wednesday that the virus could be harder to track than its better-known cousin H5N1 because it might be able to spread among poultry without showing any signs.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-confirm-dark-matter-discovery-181224231.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pEJk..WRpXh1kw5rOCl0ZA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/gran-sasso.jpg1365009096" width="130" height="86" alt="How Will Scientists Confirm Dark Matter Discovery?" align="left" title="How Will Scientists Confirm Dark Matter Discovery?" border="0" /></a>Physicists announced today (April 3) that a particle detector on the International Space Station has possibly detected signals of dark matter.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-confirm-dark-matter-discovery-181224231.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 14:12:24 -0400LiveScience.comscientists-confirm-dark-matter-discovery-181224231<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-confirm-dark-matter-discovery-181224231.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pEJk..WRpXh1kw5rOCl0ZA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/gran-sasso.jpg1365009096" width="130" height="86" alt="How Will Scientists Confirm Dark Matter Discovery?" align="left" title="How Will Scientists Confirm Dark Matter Discovery?" border="0" /></a>Physicists announced today (April 3) that a particle detector on the International Space Station has possibly detected signals of dark matter.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-hint-dark-matter-cosmos-150157072.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SikX2DsmnOfnn2NnKBPS8g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2013/04/03/dark-jpg_151611.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Dark matter" align="left" title="Dark matter" border="0" /></a>GENEVA (AP) ? A $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station has found the footprint of something that could be dark matter, the mysterious substance that is believed to hold the cosmos together but has never been directly observed, scientists say.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-hint-dark-matter-cosmos-150157072.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 13:41:58 -0400Associated Pressscientists-hint-dark-matter-cosmos-150157072<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-hint-dark-matter-cosmos-150157072.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SikX2DsmnOfnn2NnKBPS8g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2013/04/03/dark-jpg_151611.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Dark matter" align="left" title="Dark matter" border="0" /></a>GENEVA (AP) ? A $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station has found the footprint of something that could be dark matter, the mysterious substance that is believed to hold the cosmos together but has never been directly observed, scientists say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spike-sick-sea-lions-along-calif-coast-puzzles-172610491.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tvwAEkRLGdzgK1pTUcnqKQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/sea-lion-rehab.jpg1364999287" width="130" height="86" alt="Spike in Sick Sea Lions Along Calif. Coast Puzzles Scientists" align="left" title="Spike in Sick Sea Lions Along Calif. Coast Puzzles Scientists" border="0" /></a>Sickly, emaciated sea lion pups have been turning up on California&#039;s coastline in unusually high numbers since January ? with live strandings nearly three times higher than the historical average.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/spike-sick-sea-lions-along-calif-coast-puzzles-1726104

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