Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1689 Most Emailed - Science en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:10:24 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1689 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sc/us_sci_shrinking_sheep ap/20090702/us_sci_shrinking_sheep AP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:14:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sc/us_sci_shrinking_sheep"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246561787308-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=9md6RMfZwpJTXcPB7XudFA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Soay sheep are seen in France in 2004. Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday. The wild Soay sheep live on Hirta, in the St. Kilda archipelago in the storm-battered Outer Hebrides, and have been closely studied for nearly a quarter of a century.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sc/us_sci_shrinking_sheep"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246561787308-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=9md6RMfZwpJTXcPB7XudFA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Soay sheep are seen in France in 2004. Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday. The wild Soay sheep live on Hirta, in the St. Kilda archipelago in the storm-battered Outer Hebrides, and have been closely studied for nearly a quarter of a century.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090703/sc_space/newmoonorbitersendsfirstlunarsnapshots space/20090703/newmoonorbitersendsfirstlunarsnapshots SPACE.com science Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:01:36 GMT SPACE.com - NASA's newest spacecraft in orbit around the moon has sent its first snapshots of the lunar surface. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sc/us_sci_new_el_nino ap/20090702/us_sci_new_el_nino AP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:03:43 GMT AP - El Nino may have a split personality. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090630/sc_livescience/whatsupersoniclookslike livescience/20090630/whatsupersoniclookslike LiveScience.com science Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:35:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090630/sc_livescience/whatsupersoniclookslike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090629/i/r3626269604.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=Iky6CZv1C7_0lZlz7vkxPA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor executes a supersonic flyby over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Gulf of Alaska, in this handout photo taken on June 22, 2009. The John C. Stennis is participating in Northern Edge 2009, a joint exercise focusing on detecting and tracking units at sea, in the air and on land. Picture taken on June 22, 2009. REUTERS/Ronald Dejarnett/U.S. Navy/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY SOCIETY TRANSPORT IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - The breaking of the sound barrier is not just an audible phenomenon. As a new picture from the U.S. military shows, Mach 1 can be quite visual.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090630/sc_livescience/whatsupersoniclookslike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090629/i/r3626269604.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=Iky6CZv1C7_0lZlz7vkxPA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="photo" title="A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor executes a supersonic flyby over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Gulf of Alaska, in this handout photo taken on June 22, 2009. The John C. Stennis is participating in Northern Edge 2009, a joint exercise focusing on detecting and tracking units at sea, in the air and on land. Picture taken on June 22, 2009. REUTERS/Ronald Dejarnett/U.S. Navy/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY SOCIETY TRANSPORT IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090702/sc_livescience/thestrangeingredientsinfireworks livescience/20090702/thestrangeingredientsinfireworks LiveScience.com science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:50:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090702/sc_livescience/thestrangeingredientsinfireworks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.b85669eccfdf469b8680df6a2cb5d10c.frugal_fourth_waet203.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=5YGnWDzm7T4hHgZTchehug--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="This June 30, 2009 photo shows Justin Yelle carrying fireworks for a customer at 'Boom City,' a collection of fireworks stands on the Tulalips Tribes' reservation near Marysville, Wash. The operators of thousands of fireworks stands on Indian reservations and in parking lots throughout the country are hoping patriotism, tradition and a strong need to party will translate to a billion dollars and more burning a collective hole in America's pockets. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - Fireworks for the 4th of July are all about light, color and sound. But inside, there are some bizarre ingredients, from aluminum to Vaseline and even the stuff of rat poison.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090702/sc_livescience/thestrangeingredientsinfireworks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.b85669eccfdf469b8680df6a2cb5d10c.frugal_fourth_waet203.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=5YGnWDzm7T4hHgZTchehug--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="photo" title="This June 30, 2009 photo shows Justin Yelle carrying fireworks for a customer at 'Boom City,' a collection of fireworks stands on the Tulalips Tribes' reservation near Marysville, Wash. The operators of thousands of fireworks stands on Indian reservations and in parking lots throughout the country are hoping patriotism, tradition and a strong need to party will translate to a billion dollars and more burning a collective hole in America's pockets. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090703/sc_livescience/howthedeclarationofindependencechangedtheworld livescience/20090703/howthedeclarationofindependencechangedtheworld LiveScience.com science Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:10:24 GMT LiveScience.com - In between mouthfuls of hot dogs and potato salad, Americans on this July Fourth might actually ponder those famous phrases scrawled near the top of the Declaration of Independence: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090702/sc_livescience/tinynewbatteryisprintable livescience/20090702/tinynewbatteryisprintable LiveScience.com science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:11:05 GMT LiveScience.com - A new battery, small and thin, weighs almost nothing and can be printed in a process similar to silk-screening shirts. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090703/sc_space/wildfireworksspottedinspace space/20090703/wildfireworksspottedinspace SPACE.com science Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:01:38 GMT SPACE.com - A new image of a gaseous space nebula reveals tens of thousands of giant comet-like knots raining down in a star-spangled cosmic fireworks display. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/sc_nm/us_pope_science nm/20090702/us_pope_science Reuters science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:11:27 GMT Reuters - The Catholic Church should not fear scientific progress and possibly repeat the mistake it made when it condemned astronomer Galileo in the 17th century, a Vatican official said on Thursday in a rare self-criticism. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/sc_nm/us_seagrass nm/20090702/us_seagrass Reuters science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:24:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/sc_nm/us_seagrass"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r2725851421.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=yjkCop5zUmecnKZAZoQMiw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A fishing boat is moored in waters near Nueva Valencia town, Guimaras Island, September 12, 2006. REUTERS/Leo Solinap" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The world's seagrass meadows, a critical habitat for marine life and profit-maker for the fishing industry, are in decline due to coastal development and the losses are accelerating, according to a new study.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/sc_nm/us_seagrass"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r2725851421.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=yjkCop5zUmecnKZAZoQMiw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A fishing boat is moored in waters near Nueva Valencia town, Guimaras Island, September 12, 2006. REUTERS/Leo Solinap" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090703/sc_livescience/whenwasthe4thofjulyfirstcelebrated livescience/20090703/whenwasthe4thofjulyfirstcelebrated LiveScience.com science Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:30:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090703/sc_livescience/whenwasthe4thofjulyfirstcelebrated"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.81113208751c4c9aa27867e7f6dcfd03.oldest_july_4_celebration_risr102.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Q3n5HzmMYPBdgViZcCBTPA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Michelle DaSilva ties decorations to the frame of a soccer-themed float while helping family members and friends prepare for the annual Independence Day parade in Bristol, R.I., Monday, June 30, 2009. Bristol residents have marked July 4th every year since 1785, allowing the town to lay claim to the nation's oldest Independence Day celebration. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - John Adams predicted in a letter to his wife Abigail that Americans would celebrate their Independence Day on July 2. Off by two days - not too bad for government work.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090703/sc_livescience/whenwasthe4thofjulyfirstcelebrated"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.81113208751c4c9aa27867e7f6dcfd03.oldest_july_4_celebration_risr102.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Q3n5HzmMYPBdgViZcCBTPA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Michelle DaSilva ties decorations to the frame of a soccer-themed float while helping family members and friends prepare for the annual Independence Day parade in Bristol, R.I., Monday, June 30, 2009. Bristol residents have marked July 4th every year since 1785, allowing the town to lay claim to the nation's oldest Independence Day celebration. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/sc_nm/us_australia_dinosaurs nm/20090703/us_australia_dinosaurs Reuters science Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:45:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/sc_nm/us_australia_dinosaurs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246609387228-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=43&q=85&sig=suSrZA5Be68oSp9Ns96ydg--" align="left" height="43" width="130" alt="A handout image released by the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History shows 'Banjo' Australovenator wintonensis. Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong.(AFP/Travis Tischler)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Fossils of three new species of dinosaurs have been discovered in Australia, including a meat-eater larger than Velociraptor from the Jurassic Park movies, suggesting Australia may have a more complex prehistoric past.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/sc_nm/us_australia_dinosaurs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246609387228-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=43&q=85&sig=suSrZA5Be68oSp9Ns96ydg--" align="left" height="43" width="130" alt="photo" title="A handout image released by the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History shows 'Banjo' Australovenator wintonensis. Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong.(AFP/Travis Tischler)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090703/sc_livescience/evencockroachesgetfatonbadfood livescience/20090703/evencockroachesgetfatonbadfood LiveScience.com science Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:25:56 GMT LiveScience.com - Cockroaches may be tiny enough to slip through the smallest of cracks, but just like humans, these eternal pests can get fat on an unhealthy diet. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sc/as_sci_myanmar_primate_fossil ap/20090702/as_sci_myanmar_primate_fossil AP science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:00:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sc/as_sci_myanmar_primate_fossil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.7fbe361f96c64488be6fb18bb5b9de7b.myanmar_primate_fossil_paks401.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=0uLkmvm0wEJ.A5Uj89w3_w--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="This image, provided by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, is an artist's conception what they call a life reconstruction of Ganlea megacanina by Mark A. Klingler. Fossils recently discovered in Myanmar could prove that the common ancestors of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from primates in Asia, rather than Africa, researchers contend in a study released Wednesday,July 1. 2009. Fossils - which the scientists dubbed Ganlea megacanina - came from 10 to 15 individuals of a new species that belonged to an extinct family of Asian anthropoid primates known as Amphipithecidae. (AP Photo/Carnegie Museum of Natural History/Mark A. Klingler)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fossils recently discovered in Myanmar could prove that the common ancestors of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from primates in Asia, rather than Africa, researchers contend in a study released Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_sc/as_sci_myanmar_primate_fossil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.7fbe361f96c64488be6fb18bb5b9de7b.myanmar_primate_fossil_paks401.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=0uLkmvm0wEJ.A5Uj89w3_w--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="This image, provided by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, is an artist's conception what they call a life reconstruction of Ganlea megacanina by Mark A. Klingler. Fossils recently discovered in Myanmar could prove that the common ancestors of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from primates in Asia, rather than Africa, researchers contend in a study released Wednesday,July 1. 2009. Fossils - which the scientists dubbed Ganlea megacanina - came from 10 to 15 individuals of a new species that belonged to an extinct family of Asian anthropoid primates known as Amphipithecidae. (AP Photo/Carnegie Museum of Natural History/Mark A. Klingler)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090703/sc_space/nofireworksinspaceonjuly4 space/20090703/nofireworksinspaceonjuly4 SPACE.com science Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:15:08 GMT SPACE.com - This Fourth of July weekend will be filled with dazzling fireworks displays for many Americans, but not for NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, who is flying high above Earth on the International Space Station. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090702/sc_space/drinkbeerwinatriptospace space/20090702/drinkbeerwinatriptospace SPACE.com science Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:45:10 GMT SPACE.com - The company behind the dark Irish beer Guinness will give loyal drinkers a taste of space along with their stout, but only if they win new contest. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_sc/as_australia_dinosaurs ap/20090703/as_australia_dinosaurs AP science Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:27:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_sc/as_australia_dinosaurs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.f1f69fc6510644f7a0168d8223750577.australia_dinosaurs_win101.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=bhsrO.y0iC4OPZMlIBIIww--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="In this undated photo supplied by Queensland Museum, paleontologist Scott Hocknull analyses the Diamantinasaurus fossils in Winton, in central Queensland, Australia. Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and has a name like something from an Arnold Schwazennegger movie. Meet the Australovenator. (AP Photo/Queensland Museum, HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_sc/as_australia_dinosaurs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.f1f69fc6510644f7a0168d8223750577.australia_dinosaurs_win101.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=bhsrO.y0iC4OPZMlIBIIww--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this undated photo supplied by Queensland Museum, paleontologist Scott Hocknull analyses the Diamantinasaurus fossils in Winton, in central Queensland, Australia. Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and has a name like something from an Arnold Schwazennegger movie. Meet the Australovenator. (AP Photo/Queensland Museum, HO)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/sc_afp/eufarmenvironmentbiotechgmofrance afp/20090703/eufarmenvironmentbiotechgmofrance AFP science Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/sc_afp/eufarmenvironmentbiotechgmofrance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246641619563-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=GZMO3R0AI4QsE0.eQ8m5pw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Activists fly a kite to protest against the cultivation of genetically modified maize. France on Friday rejected a report by the European Union's food safety watchdog that declared a genetically modified strain of maize, banned in six EU countries, to be safe for health and the environment.(AFP/DDP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - France on Friday rejected a report by the European Union's food safety watchdog that said a controversial strain of genetically-modified corn was safe.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/sc_afp/eufarmenvironmentbiotechgmofrance"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246641619563-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=GZMO3R0AI4QsE0.eQ8m5pw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Activists fly a kite to protest against the cultivation of genetically modified maize. France on Friday rejected a report by the European Union's food safety watchdog that declared a genetically modified strain of maize, banned in six EU countries, to be safe for health and the environment.(AFP/DDP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090617/sc_livescience/nutcrackingdinosaurlikeagiantparrot livescience/20090617/nutcrackingdinosaurlikeagiantparrot LiveScience.com health Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:23:56 GMT LiveScience.com - A newly described dinosaur hopefully suffered no nut allergies. Fossil remains suggest the parrot-beaked beast that lived 110 million years ago was a sophisticated nutcracker, researchers said this week.