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    Whaling conference ends with decisions delayed (AP)
    AP - The International Whaling Commission ended its annual conference on Friday, leaving all the tough work on expanding or restricting whale hunting still ahead of it. -- read full article
    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:50:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Will NASA Ever Find Life on Mars? (SPACE.com)
    SPACE.com - The discovery last week of water ice just under the surface of Mars has researchers buzzing, given that water is a key ingredient for life. The finding, by the Phoenix Mars Lander, is the most recent hint that the Red Planet might be habitable to microbes. -- read full article
    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:01:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Flood threatens 100 homes in Mo. after levee loss (AP)

    Residents Henry James, left, and Herb Crosby sit on top of a house as they wait for the floodwaters to arrive after a levee break Friday, June 27, 2008, in Winfield, Mo. A section of an earthen levee broke Friday morning, releasing Mississippi River waters that officials predicted will 'ultimately inundate' part of the small town. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - Defiant residents of this eastern Missouri community lost one struggle against the relentless Mississippi River Friday, but quickly prepared for another.


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    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:15:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Sing it Baby! Almost Everyone Can Carry a Tune (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - Despite the hilarity of early-season "American Idol" episodes, nearly everyone can carry a tune, new research shows. -- read full article
    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:32:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Navy approves plan for sonar training off Hawaii (AP)

    This image and provided by the US Navy shows Sonar Technician 1st Class Mark Osborne supervising Sonar Technician 2nd Class Randy Loewen, left, and Sonar Technician 3rd Class Roland Stout, right, as they monitor contacts on a Surface Anti Submarine Combat System, aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Momsen off the coast of Southern California in Jan. 2008. The Navy is challenging Hawaii's authority to protect whales by restricting the use of sonar during training exercises, environmentalists and military representatives say.(AP Photo/US Navy - James R. Evan)AP - The Navy has adopted a new plan for training in Hawaii waters that it says will allow it to accelerate some exercises and hold them more frequently while continuing to limit the effects of its sonar on marine mammals.


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    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:34:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    New bird family tree reveals some odd ducks (Reuters)

    A hummingbird is seen in a handout photo courtesy of the Field Museum. (Field Museum/Stephanie Ware/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - The largest study ever of bird genetics has uncovered some surprising facts about the avian evolutionary tree, U.S. researchers said on Thursday, including many that are bound to ruffle some feathers.


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    Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:54:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    House approves financial help for mass transit (AP)
    AP - The House approved financial help Thursday to mass transit systems facing a surge in riders because of high gas prices. But Republicans blocked Democrats from requiring oil and gas companies to drill on the millions of acres of government land and water on which they already own federal leases. -- read full article
    Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:44:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Museum confirms discovery of rare fossil (AP)
    AP - Scientists with the Virginia Museum of Natural History have confirmed the discovery of a 500 million-year-old fossil called a stromatolite. -- read full article
    Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:55:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Greenland denied humpback whaling permit (AP)

    In this Feb. 2007 photo released by the International Fund For Animals Welfare (IFAW), a humpback whale swims in the Silver Bank whale sanctuary, a breeding zone of humpback whales just north of the Dominican Republic in the North Atlantic Ocean.  The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is holding its 60th annual meeting in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, June 24, 2008, where Chile's President Michelle Bachelet pushed to permanently ban whaling along Chile's sprawling coast and create a whale sanctuary.  (AP Photo/IFAW)AP - The International Whaling Commission voted down Thursday a request by indigenous Greenland fishermen to kill 10 humpback whales a year.


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    Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:19:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Martian soil good enough for asparagus: NASA (AFP)

    An image from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the trench dubbed AFP - Martian dirt is apparently good enough for asparagus to grow in, NASA scientists said Thursday, as they announced the results of a soil analysis collected by the US Phoenix Mars lander.


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    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:02:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    More rains hit flooded Midwest (Reuters)

    Corn plants stand in a field that was flooded by overflowing waters of the Cedar River in Mount Vernon, Iowa June 16, 2008. More storms dumped crop-drowning rains on parts of the U.S. Midwest on Thursday, threatening strained levees and slowing recovery from a multibillion-dollar flood disaster in the heart of the world's biggest grain and food exporter. (Frank Polich/Reuters)Reuters - More storms dumped crop-drowning rains on parts of the U.S. Midwest on Thursday, threatening strained levees and slowing recovery from a multibillion-dollar flood disaster in the heart of the world's biggest grain and food exporter.


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    Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:08:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    North Pole Could be Ice-Free This Summer (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - Arctic sea ice could break apart completely at the North Pole this year, allowing ships to sail over the normally frozen top of the world. -- read full article
    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:55:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Navy disputes restrictions to protect whales (AP)

    In this 1992 photo released by the International Fund For Animals Welfare (IFAW), a minke whale's head breaks the surface of the water as it swims in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary for whales.  The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is holding its 60th annual meeting in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, June 24, 2008, where Chile's President Michelle Bachelet pushed to permanently ban whaling along Chile's sprawling coast and create a whale sanctuary.  (AP Photo/IFAW)AP - The Navy is challenging Hawaii's authority to protect whales by restricting the use of sonar during training exercises, environmentalists and military representatives say.


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    Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:56:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Study: Global warming chases plants uphill (AP)

    This undated handout photo provided by the journal Science shows the Bure summit located in the Dévoluy range of the French Alps.  Faced with global warming, plants are heading for the hills. A study of 171 forest species in Western Europe shows that most of them are shifting their favored locations into higher, cooler locations. (AP Photo/Science)AP - Faced with global warming, plants are heading for the hills. A study of 171 forest species in Western Europe shows that most of them are shifting their favored locations to higher, cooler spots.


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    Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:02:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Mars lander finds salty environment in taste test (AP)

    This photo released by NASA shows four Wet Chemistry Laboratory units, part of the microscopy, electrochemistry and conductivity analyzer, instrument on board the Phoenix Mars Lander on Aug. 4, 2007, before the Phoenix was launched into space. The Phoenix lander's first taste test of soil near Mars' north pole reveals a briny environment similar to what can be found in backyards on Earth, scientists said Thursday.  (AP Photo/NASA/JPL/CalTECH/University of Arizona)AP - The Phoenix lander's first taste test of soil near Mars' north pole reveals a briny environment similar to what can be found in backyards on Earth, scientists said Thursday.


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    Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:21:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
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