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ESA spacecraft completes flyby of Steins asteroid
(AP)
AP - A deep space probe launched by the European Space Agency has successfully completed a flyby of an asteroid millions of miles from earth.
Oldest gorilla in captivity dies in Dallas at 55
(AP)
AP - The oldest gorilla in captivity, a 55-year-old female named Jenny, has died at the Dallas Zoo — her home for more than half a century, a spokesman said Friday.
Feds warn climate change could harm giant sequoias
(AP)
AP - Federal researchers are warning that warming temperatures could soon cause California's giant sequoia trees to die off more quickly unless forest managers plan with an eye toward climate change and the impact of a longer, harsher wildfire season.
Asian soot, smog may boost global warming in US
(AP)
AP - Smog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing add to global warming and may raise summer temperatures in the American heartland by three degrees in about 50 years, says a new federal science report released Thursday.
Extinction Circles Giant Vultures
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - A
shadow has fallen over endangered giant vultures whose captive populations are
too small to save the species.
Speedy Tropical Storm Hanna charges for Carolinas
(AP)
AP - Tropical Storm Hanna picked up speed Friday as it cruised toward the Carolinas, promising to deliver gusty winds and heavy rain during a dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could wash out the weekend for millions of people.
European probe heads towards asteroid encounter
(AFP)
AFP - A European spacecraft was on course to skim past a rock in the asteroid belt on Friday, carrying out its first scientific work on a 10-year trek into deep space, mission controllers said.
Environmentalists can't corral Palin
(AP)
AP - At the National Governors Association conference where she first met John McCain, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had other business: making her case to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne against classifying the polar bear as a threatened species.
Finder of key hominid fossil disputes 7-million-year dating
(AFP)
AFP - A fresh storm has broken out over an ancient fossil presented by its defenders as a forebear of humanity and dismissed by its critics as the remains of a vulgar chimp.
Solar energy can meet all the world's energy demands: expert
(AFP)
AFP - The world must speed up the deployment of solar power as it has the potential to meet all the world's energy needs, the chairman of an industry gathering which wrapped up Friday in Spain said.
FDA lists drugs under safety probes
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. health officials have disclosed
safety probes into over 20 medicines by companies such as Eli
Lilly and Co and Biogen Idec, a step required by Congress to
address concerns the agency had been slow to warn of risks.