Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1768 Most Recommended Science en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:49:47 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1768 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_climate_hacked_e_mails ap/20091121/eu_climate_hacked_e_mails AP science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:34:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_climate_hacked_e_mails"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258558115361-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=xKO1Nl3f8OiDtu7fEhnpCw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Smoke billows from factories in Moscow. Braking the rise in Earth's population would be a major help in the fight against global warming, according to an unprecedented UN report that draws a link between demographic pressure and climate change.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)" border="0" /></a>AP - Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online &mdash; stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_climate_hacked_e_mails"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258558115361-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=xKO1Nl3f8OiDtu7fEhnpCw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Smoke billows from factories in Moscow. Braking the rise in Earth's population would be a major help in the fight against global warming, according to an unprecedented UN report that draws a link between demographic pressure and climate change.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/climateenvironmentcentamwarming afp/20091121/climateenvironmentcentamwarming AFP science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:41:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/climateenvironmentcentamwarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258832404623-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=Kq.ZnDRhjenWgD8fdXoIyg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="View of a damaged national road in the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in 2008. Central American nations will demand 105 billion dollars from industrialized countries for damages caused by global warming, the region's representatives said on Friday.(AFP/File/Orlando Sierra)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Central American nations will demand 105 billion dollars from industrialized countries for damages caused by global warming, the region's representatives said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/climateenvironmentcentamwarming"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258832404623-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=Kq.ZnDRhjenWgD8fdXoIyg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="View of a damaged national road in the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in 2008. Central American nations will demand 105 billion dollars from industrialized countries for damages caused by global warming, the region's representatives said on Friday.(AFP/File/Orlando Sierra)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_space_shuttle ap/20091122/us_space_shuttle AP science Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:44:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.9f022a99fb774240ab87f178c18704a9.space_shuttle_baby_ny119.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=vBMAuOeI0wnj8pj_BOyNOw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="This image provided by NASA shows Astronaut Randolph Bresnik is pictured near a beverage container floating freely on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009. Bresnik announced early Sunday Nov. 22, 2009 his wife Rebecca gave birth to their second child at 11:04 .p.m. CST Saturday a daughter named Abigail in Houston while he was aboard the International Space Station. Bresnik says both mama and baby are doing very well. (AP Photo/NASA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Astronaut Randolph Bresnik is a new dad again, after launching into space and taking a spacewalk, all for the first time.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.9f022a99fb774240ab87f178c18704a9.space_shuttle_baby_ny119.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=vBMAuOeI0wnj8pj_BOyNOw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="This image provided by NASA shows Astronaut Randolph Bresnik is pictured near a beverage container floating freely on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009. Bresnik announced early Sunday Nov. 22, 2009 his wife Rebecca gave birth to their second child at 11:04 .p.m. CST Saturday a daughter named Abigail in Houston while he was aboard the International Space Station. Bresnik says both mama and baby are doing very well. (AP Photo/NASA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/climate ap/20091122/climate AP science Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:49:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/climate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.616bbd4757584d799ffa846f53eaba03.climate_nyol101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=k0irEnphk8wi.4vowoQjIg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A Danish official says 65 world leaders so far will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December and several more have responded positively to invitations. (AP Graphic)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sixty-five world leaders have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December, and several more have responded positively to invitations, Danish officials said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/climate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.616bbd4757584d799ffa846f53eaba03.climate_nyol101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=k0irEnphk8wi.4vowoQjIg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Danish official says 65 world leaders so far will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December and several more have responded positively to invitations. (AP Graphic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_three_mile_island_radiation ap/20091122/us_three_mile_island_radiation AP science Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:08:19 GMT AP - A small amount of radiation has been detected in a reactor building at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in central Pennsylvania. Officials say there is no public health risk. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/thousandsofstrangeseacreaturesdiscovered livescience/20091122/thousandsofstrangeseacreaturesdiscovered LiveScience.com science Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:11:33 GMT LiveScience.com - The deep sea is teeming with thousands of species that have never known sunlight, explorers now say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/unclimatewarmingchinaenergywind afp/20091122/unclimatewarmingchinaenergywind AFP science Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:25:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/unclimatewarmingchinaenergywind"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091122/capt.photo_1258874254441-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=sNuAD6oge_XTqs9aIzzh5w--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Cars and people are seen passing near wind power turbines in Dali, in the China's southwestern Yunnan province. In energy-hungry Yunnan, power is being produced at wind farms, dams and garbage dumps as the Asian giant adopts more "green" technology thanks to carbon trading.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - In the mountains above the southwestern Chinese town of Dali, dozens of new wind turbines dot the landscape -- a symbol of the country's sky-high ambitions for clean, green energy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/unclimatewarmingchinaenergywind"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091122/capt.photo_1258874254441-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=sNuAD6oge_XTqs9aIzzh5w--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Cars and people are seen passing near wind power turbines in Dali, in the China's southwestern Yunnan province. In energy-hungry Yunnan, power is being produced at wind farms, dams and garbage dumps as the Asian giant adopts more "green" technology thanks to carbon trading.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/astronautsspeedthroughsecondspacewalk space/20091121/astronautsspeedthroughsecondspacewalk SPACE.com science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:46:09 GMT SPACE.com - Two astronauts raced through the second spacewalk of their docked shuttle mission at the International Space Station Saturday, getting so far ahead of schedule they took on jobs scheduled for future excursions. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091120issues01 ibd/20091120/20091120issues01 Investor's Business Daily science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:40:01 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Climate Change: As scientists confirm the earth has not warmed at all in the past decade, others wonder how this could be and what it means for Copenhagen. Maybe Al Gore can Photoshop something before December. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_sci_big_bang_machine ap/20091121/eu_sci_big_bang_machine AP science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:06:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_sci_big_bang_machine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.8c254aefcbea474a95021d1a39cfda12.switzerland_big_bang_machine_gen801.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=oFV6ZpKsH.yhfHWTOrIRhg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo released by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, scientists react in the CERN Control Center after successfully restarting the Large Hadron Collider, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world's largest atom smasher for exploring the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs. (AP Photo/Keystone, Brice, CERN)" border="0" /></a>AP - Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_sci_big_bang_machine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.8c254aefcbea474a95021d1a39cfda12.switzerland_big_bang_machine_gen801.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=oFV6ZpKsH.yhfHWTOrIRhg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, scientists react in the CERN Control Center after successfully restarting the Large Hadron Collider, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world's largest atom smasher for exploring the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs. (AP Photo/Keystone, Brice, CERN)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/nasabirthofastronautsdaughterdelayed space/20091120/nasabirthofastronautsdaughterdelayed SPACE.com science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:46:09 GMT SPACE.com - NASA has joined astronaut Randy Bresnik, who is in orbit now, in the waiting game for the birth his daughter, just one day before the spaceflyer is poised to make his first spacewalk. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/environmentmexicocanadainsectnature afp/20091121/environmentmexicocanadainsectnature AFP science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:47:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/environmentmexicocanadainsectnature"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258822019895-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=umWwnpp6wwmWGtYv.BuV8w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Monarch butterflies in the Mexican state of Michoacan. The mysterious Monarch butterfly, which migrates en masse annually between Canada and Mexico, is now facing a new peril: another insect thriving in Western Mexican forests.(AFP/File/Mario Vazquez)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The mysterious Monarch butterfly, which migrates en masse annually between Canada and Mexico, is now facing a new peril: another insect thriving in Western Mexican forests.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/environmentmexicocanadainsectnature"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258822019895-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=umWwnpp6wwmWGtYv.BuV8w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Monarch butterflies in the Mexican state of Michoacan. The mysterious Monarch butterfly, which migrates en masse annually between Canada and Mexico, is now facing a new peril: another insect thriving in Western Mexican forests.(AFP/File/Mario Vazquez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/climate_09_hot_air ap/20091122/climate_09_hot_air AP us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:15:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/climate_09_hot_air"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.d156a0a84d5846ac8118546827988858.climate_09_hot_air_ny392.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=KuAcIMFKKkexDKauYqCtVg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows water pouring from rusted cooling pipes in Konstantinovka, Ukraine. In an era of climate change and carbon trading, Ukraine, ironically, is profiting from the smokeless smokestacks of its industrial shutdown. (AP Photo/John McConnico)" border="0" /></a>AP - Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/climate_09_hot_air"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.d156a0a84d5846ac8118546827988858.climate_09_hot_air_ny392.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=KuAcIMFKKkexDKauYqCtVg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows water pouring from rusted cooling pipes in Konstantinovka, Ukraine. In an era of climate change and carbon trading, Ukraine, ironically, is profiting from the smokeless smokestacks of its industrial shutdown. (AP Photo/John McConnico)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_uranium_mystery ap/20091121/us_uranium_mystery AP science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:31:10 GMT AP - Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/reallyrarerhinosfoundbydungsniffingdogs livescience/20091121/reallyrarerhinosfoundbydungsniffingdogs LiveScience.com science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:05:41 GMT LiveScience.com - We all know dogs like to smell just about everything, including other animals' poo. Now scientists have figured out how to put the canines' odd pastimes to work to help sniff out the dung of endangered rhinos in Vietnam.