• NASA Experts on Extreme Environments on Scene in Chile (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:27:37 -0500)
  Four NASA experts arrived today in the Chilean town of Copiapó to use expertise...
  
• JAMA Editor Moves On (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:23:16 -0500)
  Catherine DeAngelis, the outspoken editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, is...
  
• Bloodstream's 'Band-Aids' Bad for Lupus (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:50:38 -0500)
  New study suggests that platelets amplify autoimmune disease
  
• Universities Support Obama Move to Loosen Export Controls (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:06:42 -0500)
  For many years, academic institutions and businesses in the United States have complained about...
  
• ScienceShot: Altruistic Bacteria (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:57:43 -0500)
  Some microbes give imperiled friends a helping hand
  
• Advisers Urge U.S. Lab to Continue Quest for God Particle (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:19:32 -0500)
  The only particle physics lab in the United States should get another chance to...
  
• Mama's Boys Get the Girls (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:35:31 -0500)
  Bonobo sons mate more when their moms are around
  
• ScienceShot: Gabby Pandas Are Manly Pandas (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:50:12 -0500)
  Males who bleat longer have higher levels of testosterone
  
• NIH Asks Judge to Suspend Stem Cell Research Injunction (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:35:04 -0500)
  Warning of a "devastating impact" on ongoing research, government lawyers this afternoon asked a...
  
• Japan's Government Aims High in Budget Plan (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:11:55 -0500)
  TOKYO—Funding to complete a controversial supercomputer, plan a second Hayabusa asteroid sample retrieval mission,...
  
• How Australia's 'Smart State' Lured Irish Science Guru (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:45:31 -0500)
  Last month, one of Australia’s leading biomedical centers, the Queensland Institute of Medical Research...
  
• Mammoth-Killer Impact Rejected (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:28:02 -0500)
  Experts refute what they say was the last potential piece of evidence linking an asteroid to mammoth extinction
  
• Judge Blocks Virginia's Request for Global Warming Records (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:02:14 -0500)
  A county circuit court judge today quashed a subpoena issued by Virginia Attorney General...
  
• Panel Calls for 'Fundamental Reform' of IPCC (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:10:05 -0500)
  A new review of the procedures of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
  
• The First Feast? (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:58:59 -0500)
  Researchers find evidence for earliest symbolic meal 12,000 years ago in Israel
  
• NIH Orders Immediate Shutdown of Intramural Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:53:55 -0500)
  Responding to a court order issued a week ago, the National Institutes of Health...
  
• Blogging Live: The IPCC Review (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:50:42 -0500)
  The InterAcademy Council, a coalition of world science academies, has released a 113-page review...
  
• Assailants Attack China's Science Watchdog (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:24:46 -0500)
  China's self-appointed science fraud buster was assaulted yesterday afternoon in Beijing. Fang Shimin, better...
  
• HIV/AIDS Drug Maker's Patents Under Attack (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:07:15 -0500)
  A New York City public interest group yesterday challenged eight patents on the widely...
  
• Quantum Physicists Dream Up Smallest Possible Refrigerator (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:16:10 -0500)
  One or two quantum particles are enough to approach absolute zero
  

• First looks at new iPod Nano, Touch, Apple TV, iTunes (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:34:51 GMT)
  Some quick thoughts about the new and freshened Apple products: iPod Touch, Nano, Apple TV and iTunes' Ping.http://www.usatoday.com/video/in ...

  
  

  
  
• New Kindles reinforce e-reader's best-seller status (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:20:50 GMT)
  New, smaller and lighter Kindles have better battery lives, superior glare-free displays and enough storage for up to 3,500 books.

  
  

  
  
• Nintendo rallies some old favorites for Wii this fall (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:26:45 GMT)
  Remember Samus of 'Metroid,' Kirby and Donkey Kong?

  
  

  
  
• Sony unveils revamped e-readers (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:06:00 GMT)
  Like the new Kindles, the latest Sony Readers are lighter, smaller, and offer sharper print contrast than did previous models.

  
  

  
  
• Target to sell Facebook Credits gift cards (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:01:42 GMT)
  Social-network giant Facebook is getting into the gift card business with Facebook Credits cards sold through Target.

  
  

  
  
• Should cars warn when there's a child inside on hot days? (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:55:14 GMT)
  Safety advocates want regulators to make carmakers install warning systems to stop parents from leaving kids in cars, preventing heat deaths. ...

  
  

  
  
• Google attempts to clean up Gmail inboxes (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:12:00 GMT)
  Google calls it Priority Inbox, a new system that lets Google computers decide what's really important, sorting the good e-mail on top and the ...

  
  

  
  
• Smartphone use grows among travelers (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:14:36 GMT)
  New survey data of American travelers show that nearly a third of all cellphones in the U.S. now are so-called smartphones Web-enabled devices ...

  
  

  
  
• India BlackBerry ban averted for 60 more days (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:44:32 GMT)
  India says it won't ban BlackBerry services for at least 60 days, easing up on the threat leveled over access to encrypted data.

  
  

  
  
• Foursquare, MTV to reward STD checkups with badge (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:53:17 GMT)
  You can "check in" to restaurants and bars, so how about health clinics while you get tested for sexually transmitted diseases?

  
  

  
  
• Apple's Game Center debuts next week (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:15:00 GMT)
  Apple will release the iPhone/iPod equivalent of Xbox Live, known as the Game Center, next week as part of the latest upgrade to the portable ...

  
  

  
  
• 'StarCraft II' tops 3 million mark (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:00:00 GMT)
  StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the latest game from World of Warcraft publisher Blizzard Entertainment, has had a successful liftoff, selling ...

  
  

  
  
• Telltale Games times 'Back to the Future' project (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:30:00 GMT)
  It's about time, McFly. A video game based on the Back to the Future movies is in the works.

  
  

  
  
• Review: 'Metroid: Other M' a satisfying new chapter for series (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:19:00 GMT)
  Although the return of bounty hunter Samus Aran proves entertaining, it's doubtful Other M will have as powerful an impact as the lauded Prime ...

  
  

  
  
• Microsoft redesigns Xbox 360 controller with 'transforming D-pad' (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:33:00 GMT)
  Microsoft will release a redesigned wireless controller for its Xbox 360 console which will feature a transforming directional pad.

  
  

  
  

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• Exhibit imagines utopian, green cities in 2030 (Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:28:12 GMT)
  Imagine no cars or fewer, anyway.

  
  

  
  
• Stem cells reverse blindness caused by chemical burns (Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:01:57 GMT)
  Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells, Italian researchers reported Wednesday.

  
  

  
  
• Group seeks endangered listing for Franklin's bumblebee (Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:45:55 GMT)
  A conservation group filed a petition Wednesday to add a bumblebee from Southern Oregon and Northern California to the endangered species list.

  
  

  
  
• Ask USA TODAY Weather (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:32:09 GMT)
  Which direction do storms usually travel? Could global warming cause more thunderstorms? Why does humidity decrease as temperature increases? What's the difference between a wind storm and a winter storm? What will the weather be like in Pennsylvania on the 4th of July weekend? Is it safe during a thunderstorm to sleep in your bed if there is a window in your room? These and other weather questions are answered in our online weather Q and A column.

  
  

  
  
• Nations fail to agree on curbing Japan whale hunt (Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:31:24 GMT)
  Japanese officials and environmentalists traded blame Wednesday as nations failed to reach a deal to curb whale hunts by Japan, Norway and Icelandcountries that kill hundreds of whales every year.

  
  

  
  
• Not just oil: Methane gas may cause 'dead zones' in Gulf (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:36:48 GMT)
  Oceanographers say methane 10,000 to 100,000 times higher than normal near the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are depleting oxygen in the water.

  
  

  
  
• Jimmy Buffett's Gulf rescue mission: Saving marine life (Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:29:33 GMT)
  Singer is bringing specially designed boats to the Gulf of Mexico to rescue animals from the oil spill.

  
  

  
  
• Battle against lice may be aided by new genome study (Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:01:00 GMT)
  Sometimes scientific research can be a lousy job.

  
  

  
  
• Radar reveals extent of buried ancient Egyptian city (Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:52:36 GMT)
  An Austrian archaeological team has used radar imaging to determine the extent of the ruins of the one time 3,500-year-old capital of Egypt's foreign occupiers, said the antiquities department Sunday.

  
  

  
  
• Roundup resistant weeds pose environmental threat (Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:43:44 GMT)
  When the weed killer Roundup was introduced in the 1970s, it proved it could kill nearly any plant while still being safer than many other herbicides, and it allowed farmers to give up harsher chemicals and reduce tilling that can contribute to erosion.

  
  

  
  
• John Glenn: Keep U.S. space shuttles flying (Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:51:12 GMT)
  Mercury astronaut John Glenn wants NASA's space shuttles to keep flying until their replacement is ready.

  
  

  
  
• Obama plan to land on asteroid may be unrealistic for 2025 (Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:39:44 GMT)
  Millions of miles from Earth, two astronauts hover weightlessly next to a giant space rock, selecting pebbles for scientific research. The spaceship where they'll sleep floats just overhead. Beyond it, barely visible in the sky, is a glittering speck. It's Earth.

  
  

  
  
• Ancient legends once walked among early humans? (Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:33:20 GMT)
  At least one scholar has an intriguing answer: "The discovery of material evidence of a distinct hominin (human) lineage in Central Asia as recently as 30,000 years ago does not come as a surprise to those who have looked at the historical and anecdotal evidence of 'wild people' inhabiting the region," wrote folklore scholar Michael Heaney of the United Kingdom's Bodleian Library Oxford, in a letter to The Times of London.

  
  

  
  
• Nationwide project lends new details on earthquakes (Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:31:49 GMT)
  When it comes to studying earthquakes, Oregon State University geology professor Bob Lillie has a simple theory: The more that is known, the better people can prepare and protect themselves.

  
  

  
  
• U.S.-Russian crew blasts off to space station (Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:42:27 GMT)
  Two U.S. astronauts and a Russian crewmate blasted off successfully Wednesday on a mission to the International Space Station that will see the last ever shuttle visit to the orbiting lab.

  
  

  
  

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