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    GLAST telescope launch scheduled for June 11: NASA (AFP)

    NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, receives final checks at Astrotech in Titusville, Florida, in May 2008. A NASA spokesman on Thursday said that the launch of its GLAST space telescope, which will allow scientists to look deep into the universe, has been delayed until Wednesday June 11 at the earliest.(AFP/File/Bruce Weaver)AFP - A NASA spokesman on Thursday said that the launch of its GLAST space telescope, which will allow scientists to look deep into the universe, has been delayed until Wednesday June 11 at the earliest.


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    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:15:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Weather around the U.S.A. (AP)
    AP - Weather around the U.S.A. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:58:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Bacteria May Unlock Mysteries of Human Body (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - Big ideas come in small packages. In the case of Shewanella bacteria, the parcel is microscopic. But this tiny microbe could hold the keys to alternative energy production, toxic waste cleanup and, most surprising of all, how human bodies work. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:04:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Astronauts in midst of spacewalk to outfit lab (AP)

    In this image from NASA TV Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, right, and astronaut Karen Nyberg are seen on the International Space Station, Wednesday, June 4, 2008. (AP Photo/NASA TV)AP - Two astronauts stepped outside the international space station Thursday for a spacewalk to spruce up the orbiting outpost's newest room — a $1 billion Japanese lab.


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    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:20:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Beyond gasoline: Prices surge for oil-based goods (The Christian Science Monitor)
    The Christian Science Monitor - Besides gasoline, the Department of Energy calculates, there are 57 major uses of petroleum – everything from cosmetics to ballpoint pens, nylons, and even the waxes in chewing gum. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Astronauts float into Japan's space lab (Reuters)

    Shuttle Discovery Commander Mark Kelly works on the flight deck of the orbiter as he makes preparations for docking with the International Space Station in this image from NASA TV June 2, 2008. (NASA TV/Reuters)Reuters - Japan's space lab is now open for business, science -- and art.


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    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:48:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Floods from storm Arthur kill five in Belize (Reuters)
    Reuters - Flash floods caused by tropical storm Arthur have killed at least five people in southeastern Belize, including a toddler, the government of the tiny Central American country said on Wednesday. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:08:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Humans Likely Making Chimps Sick (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - Humans are likely the source of a virus that is making chimps sick in Africa, new research suggests. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:41:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    GE, Pittsburgh hospital establish imaging business (AP)
    AP - General Electric Co., the international conglomerate with a stake in everything from jet engines to network television, is investing $20 million in technology that will allow doctors to share and transmit images of microscopic human tissue. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:44:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Study secretly tracks cell phone users outside US (AP)

    Chart shows results of a tracking study based on cell phone use ; 3c x 1 1/2 inches; 146 mm x 38.1 mmAP - Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home.


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    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:28:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Communications glitch delays Mars lander digging (AP)

    This image released Wednesday, June 4, 2008, acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm camera shows material from the Martian surface captured by the robotic arm scoop on Tuesday June 3, 2008. NASA's Phoenix lander begins long-awaited exploration of Mars' north pole region by clawing into the permafrost to search for evidence of the building blocks of life. (AP Photo/NASA/Caltech/JPL/Univ. of Arizona/Max Planck Institute)AP - The Phoenix lander's first dig into the Martian soil for scientific study was delayed Wednesday because of a communications glitch on a spacecraft that relays commands from Earth to the red planet.


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    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:10:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Astronauts open up new billion-dollar lab (AP)

    In this image from NASA TV Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, right, and astronaut Karen Nyberg are seen on the International Space Station, Wednesday, June 4, 2008. (AP Photo/NASA TV)AP - Astronauts opened up Japan's new billion-dollar space station lab, then got ready for another spacewalk, this time to spruce up the outside of the huge addition.


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    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:35:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    London shares close weaker, off lows (AFP)

    Traders outside the London stock exchange. United Kingdom blue chips closed weaker, albeit off lows as Wall Street turned higher with miners, oils and banks among the top fallers in London, offsetting gains in British Airways following traffic figures.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - United Kingdom blue chips closed weaker, albeit off lows as Wall Street turned higher with miners, oils and banks among the top fallers in London, offsetting gains in British Airways following traffic figures.


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    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:01:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Bats Eat Dirt to Stay Healthy (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - The strange act of eating dirt - known as "geophagy" - is actually common in the animal kingdom. Not only do our closest living relatives the chimpanzees do it - in order to help fight malaria - but so occasionally do humans all over the world. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:10:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Space station crew fix toilet, prepare Japanese lab (AFP)

    (AFP iactive)AFP - A cosmonaut-turned-space plumber repaired the only toilet at the International Space Station on Wednesday, bringing relief while his colleagues worked on opening a new Japanese laboratory.


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    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:07:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
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