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Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games (AP)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:42:27 GMT

This handout photo from NASA shows David Bashford, right, lead of the LaserMotive team, preparing their robotic climber entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.  In a the test of the concept, robotic machines powered by laser beams will try to climb a cable suspended from a helicopter, on a course 900 meters (2,953 feet) high. (AP Photo/NASA, Tom Tschida)AP - A Seattle teams has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space — an idea spurred by science fiction novels.



(AP)


Prized mushroom collection returns to China (AP)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:23:48 GMT
AP - A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later.



Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises (AP)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:50:21 GMT

FILE- In this April 24, 2008 file photo, a sea lion eats a salmon in the Columbia River near Bonneville Dam in North Bonneville, Wash. A report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers show no decrease in the numbers of salmon eaten by sea lions at the dam since 25 California sea lions have been removed or killed the past two years. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)AP - Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.



(AP)


Alps Grow and Shrink at Same Time (LiveScience.com)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:12:04 GMT
LiveScience.com - The European Alps are both growing and shrinking, with two dynamic processes acting against each other for a net effect of ... nothing.



Britain rallies G20 on climate change (AFP)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:13:37 GMT

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (left) arrives with Domonique Strauss-Khan of the International Monetary Fund pictured at the Fairmont Hotel in Saint Andrews. Hosts Britain have urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month.(AFP/Geoff Caddick)AFP - Hosts Britain urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding on Saturday despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month.



(AFP)


Obama Urged to Find Climate Money (OneWorld.net)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:52:06 GMT
OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (OneWorld.net) - Climate analysts are calling on the Obama administration to use an international finance meeting this week to press for a swift end to subsidies for coal, oil, and natural gas companies around the world.



Space Junk Buzzes Station as Astronauts Sleep (SPACE.com)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:02:08 GMT

In this image provided by NASA, the Russian segment of the international space station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 18 crewmember during a spacewalk Tuesday March 10, 2009.SPACE.com - A smallchunk of space trash made an uncomfortably close pass by theInternational Space Station late Friday, but not close enough to force theastronauts aboard to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats.



(SPACE.com)


Gene Therapy for Fatal Brain Disorder 'Just the Beginning' (HealthDay)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:48:51 GMT
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- The reported success of gene therapy in treating two children with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) brings hope to patients with the potentially crippling and fatal brain disorder and their families, says a nonprofit group that supports ALD research.



Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism (AP)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:13:55 GMT

Graphic shows asylum applications received by the British governmentAP - Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights groups.



(AP)


Island village hit by suspected swine flu (AP)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:02:16 GMT

This October 2002 picture provided by Dr. David Head of the Norton Sound Health Corporation shows the village of Diomede on Little Diomede Island in extreme western Alaska. So many of the 130 residents of the isolated community have been stricken with flu-like symptoms that the Alaska Army National Guard stepped in with a Black Hawk helicopter to transport a medical team there from Nome 135 miles away. The medics arrived Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 to administer doses of swine flu vaccine and deliver enough medicine to treat every resident if necessary. (AP Photo/Norton Sound Health Corporation, David Head)AP - Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island — prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.



(AP)


Dinosaur prints found on NZealand's South Island (AFP)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:58:16 GMT

Scientist Greg Browne sits next to one of six 70 million-year-old footprints found in various locations in the Nelson region. They are the first dinosaur footprints found in New Zealand although bones, mostly vertebrae, have been found in two North Island locations. Browne, a sedimentologist, believes the footprints belonged to sauropods -- plant-eating dinosaurs.(AFP/HO)AFP - Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations.



(AFP)


Britain urges steps to insure financial system (AP)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:13:00 GMT

British Treasury chief Alistair Darling, Left, walks with an unidentified official at the venue of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. Rifts among the world's top financial ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 rich and developing nations, are reported to be threatening attempts to secure future global growth and break a deadlock over the cost of fighting climate change. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)AP - Britain called for consideration of a global tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting Saturday in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change.



(AP)


The nation's weather (AP)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:29:16 GMT
AP - Mild weather was expected over the Central U.S. as light showers continued over the Great Lakes on Wednesday.



Seattle Team Wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Contest (SPACE.com)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:02:07 GMT
SPACE.com - ASeattle-based team has won $900,000 in this year's Space Elevator Games, a NASA-sponsoredcontest to build machines powered by laser beams that can climb a cable in thesky.



Genes Linked to 'Pot' Belly (HealthDay)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:48:46 GMT
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- New research sheds light on the possible link between the genes you inherit and the size of your belly.



Exxon follows China lead in clinching Iraq oil deal (AFP)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:37:02 GMT

Oil experts work on an Iraqi oilfield, north of Baghdad. Exxon Mobil became the first US company to win a contract since Iraq's oil industry was nationalised almost 40 years ago, further expanding the role of foreign nations in the industry.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - Exxon Mobil on Thursday became the first US company to win a contract since Iraq's oil industry was nationalised almost 40 years ago, further expanding the role of foreign nations in the industry.



(AFP)


Storm-triggered landslide kills 13 in Vietnam (AFP)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:15:58 GMT

People are seen negotiating a flooded railway in the central Vietnamese province of Binh Dinh, a few days ago, after the passage of tropical storm Mirinae. At least 13 people have been killed in a landslide in central Vietnam following storms and flooding that have now left almost 130 people dead, according to officials.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - At least 13 people have been killed in a landslide in central Vietnam following storms and flooding that have now left almost 130 people dead, according to officials.



(AFP)


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