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Embryonic stem cell funding allowed - for now (AP)
September 10, 2010
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.
Strengthening La Nina could mean more hurricanes (AP)
September 10, 2010
AP - The La Nina climate phenomenon is strengthening, increasing the likelihood an active hurricane season could get even busier.
Study: Flamboyant male dancing attracts women best (AP)
September 10, 2010
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.
Snoop Dogg and Norton Team Up to Smoke Cybercrime (LiveScience.com)
September 10, 2010LiveScience.com - Snoop Dogg may not be the first person you think of when contemplating cybersecurity, but a new ad campaign from Norton, the antivirus company, hopes to change that. Tha Boss Dogg is the face of Norton's "Hack is Wack" venture, an effort to spread the word about cybercrime to a demographic Norton feels does not take the issue seriously enough.
Alaska sues to lift Arctic drilling suspension (AP)
September 10, 2010
AP - The state claimed Thursday that the Interior Department illegally halted offshore drilling in Artic waters, even though the department said there's no such moratorium in place.
Gas explosion engulfs homes in San Francisco suburb (Reuters)
September 10, 2010Reuters - A natural gas pipeline explosion ripped through a neighborhood in a San Francisco suburb on Thursday, starting fires that burned more than 50 buildings and killing at least one person, officials said.
China aims for next moon orbit shot this year (Reuters)
September 10, 2010Reuters - China will launch its second lunar exploration probe by the end of 2010, boosting the country's effort to rise as a space power eventually capable of landing on the moon, official media said Friday.
USDA sued over genetically modified beet permits (Reuters)
September 10, 2010Reuters - Groups opposed to genetically modified foods announced a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday over the agency's recent decision to allow limited plantings of altered sugar beets.
Would you like 1 hump or 2 with your dinosaur? (AP)
September 10, 2010
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.
Activist: Beached whale in Brazil can't be saved (AP)
September 10, 2010
AP - An animal-rights activist says an endangered right whale stranded on a beach in southern Brazil for two days is too weak to be rescued and returned safely to the sea.
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