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    Mars Lander Scrapes Icy Soil in Wonderland (SPACE.com)
    SPACE.com - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has scraped to icy soil in the "Wonderland" area on, NASA announced on Friday. -- read full article
    Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:45:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Omaha residents face up to a week without power (AP)

    Workers at a lemonade and funnel cake stand in downtown Omaha pick up the debris, after a severe storm with strong winds swept through Omaha on Friday, June 27, 2008, destroying the stand. The storm also forced swimmers practicing for U.S. Olympic trials to evacuate pools and knocked out power to large parts of the city.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Nebraska's largest city struggled Saturday to restore power to thousands of residents a day after a severe storm damaged homes, uprooted trees and killed two people in a neighboring community.


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    Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:54:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    What's Behind the Crazy Shapes of Fruits and Vegetables (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. -- read full article
    Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:16:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Scientists: Nothing to fear from atom-smasher (AP)

    In this Feb. 29, 2008 file photo, the last element, weighing 100 tons, of the ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) experiment is lowered into the cave at the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN (Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire) in Meyrin, near Geneva, Switzerland. ATLAS is part of five experiments which, from mid 2008 on, will study what happens when beams of particles collide in the 27 km (16.8 miles) long underground ring LHC (Large Hadron Collider). ATLAS is one of the largest collaborative efforts ever attempted in the physical sciences. There are 2100 physicists (including 450 students) participating from more than 167 universities and laboratories in 37 countries. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini, FILE)AP - The most powerful atom-smasher ever built could make some bizarre discoveries, such as invisible matter or extra dimensions in space, after it is switched on in August.


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    Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:08:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Genes affect voter participation: study (AFP)

    A voter drops off an absentee ballot at the Franklin County Election Board at the Franklin County Memorial Building in March 2008 in Columbus, Ohio. Genes can affect whether people tend to vote in elections or not, according to a US study released this week that suggested that the urge to cast a ballot is inherited.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Eric Thayer)AFP - Genes can affect whether people tend to vote in elections or not, according to a US study released this week that suggested that the urge to cast a ballot is inherited.


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    Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:18:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Persons of interest named in Calif. slayings of 4 (AP)
    AP - Homicide detectives investigating the slaying of a NASA engineer, a woman and two children stabbed before they were burned in a Mojave Desert house fire named two "persons of interest" in the case. -- read full article
    Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:04:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Powerful earthquake in Indian Ocean, no tsunami threat (AFP)

    A drum seismograph. A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off India's Andaman islands in the Indian Ocean(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off India's Andaman islands in the Indian Ocean on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said.


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    Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:44:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Mosquito Wars: Scientists Take a Swat (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - As storm clouds begin to lift over the flooded Midwest, experts are predicting an entirely different sort of deluge. Mosquitoes, which can breed out of control in the puddles and pools left behind as flood waters recede, may be poised to add insult to injury. -- read full article
    Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:46:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Wayward dolphins in N.J. river attract audience (AP)
    AP - Authorities in New Jersey are monitoring a group of wayward bottlenose dolphins isolated in the Shrewsbury River near the town of Sea Bright. -- read full article
    Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:29:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Scientists: Nothing to fear from atom-smasher (AP)

    In this Feb. 29, 2008 file photo, the last element, weighing 100 tons, of the ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) experiment is lowered into the cave at the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN (Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire) in Meyrin, near Geneva, Switzerland. ATLAS is part of five experiments which, from mid 2008 on, will study what happens when beams of particles collide in the 27 km (16.8 miles) long underground ring LHC (Large Hadron Collider). ATLAS is one of the largest collaborative efforts ever attempted in the physical sciences. There are 2100 physicists (including 450 students) participating from more than 167 universities and laboratories in 37 countries. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini, FILE)AP - The most powerful atom-smasher ever built could make some bizarre discoveries, such as invisible matter or extra dimensions in space, after it is switched on in August.


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    Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:13:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Hawaii requires solar water heaters for new homes (AP)
    AP - With a heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels, Hawaii has become the first state to require solar water heaters in new homes, pleasing environmentalists but leading opponents to note the island chain's already high home prices. -- read full article
    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:46:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Minute Defect Delays SpaceX's Falcon 1 Launch Again (SPACE.com)
    SPACE.com - WASHINGTON  - A tiny weld defect discovered in one of the Falcon 1's engine nozzles as the rocket was being readied for a late June launch contributed to Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) decision to postpone its third attempt to put the rocket into orbit by at least a month. -- read full article
    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:15:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Storms kill 2, halt Olympic hopefuls' practice (AP)

    Damage to the exterior of the Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb., is visible after a severe storm with strong winds swept through Omaha on Friday, June 27, 2008, forcing swimmers at the Qwest Center, who were practicing for the U.S. Olympic trials, to evacuate pools. The storm canceled an outdoor concert and knocking out power to large parts of the city. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Superstar swimmer Michael Phelps and his Club Wolverine teammates were headed for an afternoon practice for the U.S. Olympic trials when the tornado sirens sounded.


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    Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:46:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Thin Ice: The Arctic Meltdown Explained (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - If the North Pole becomes ice-free this summer - the odds for that are 50-50, one scientist says - that doesn't mean that the whole Arctic region will become an open ocean. Mark Serreze of the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado told The Independent, a London-based newspaper, "I'd say it's even-odds whether the North Pole melts out. ... -- read full article
    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:55:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    This summer may see first ice-free North Pole (AP)

    A picture taken 2007 shows a glacier seen from the Ice Fjord on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. There could be a brief time this summer when there is no ice on the North Pole, a US scientist said Friday, blaming global warming that has melted the Arctic ice sheet over decades.(AFP/File/Pierre-Henry Deshayes)AP - There's a 50-50 chance that the North Pole will be ice-free this summer, which would be a first in recorded history, a leading ice scientist says.


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    Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:02:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
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