Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1713 Most Viewed - Science en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:15:03 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1713 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_sc/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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_sc/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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_sc/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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_sc/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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_sc/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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_sc/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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle ap/20091122/us_space_shuttle AP science Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:58:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.a6e79e45f2e8487ca6960428474e0348.space_shuttle_ny131.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=_SfXBt1LipTEO5CWI3a8Aw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="In this video frame grab taken from NASA television, space shuttle Atlantis Mission Specialist Randy Bresnik works during the the second spacewalk of the STS-129 mission at the International Space Staion, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/NASA)" border="0" /></a>AP - A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.a6e79e45f2e8487ca6960428474e0348.space_shuttle_ny131.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=_SfXBt1LipTEO5CWI3a8Aw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this video frame grab taken from NASA television, space shuttle Atlantis Mission Specialist Randy Bresnik works during the the second spacewalk of the STS-129 mission at the International Space Staion, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/NASA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/sc_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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/sc_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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/sc_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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091119/sc_livescience/sushioftennotwhatyouthink livescience/20091119/sushioftennotwhatyouthink LiveScience.com science Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:41:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091119/sc_livescience/sushioftennotwhatyouthink"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091115/capt.photo_1258324066403-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=QtAXtSpmLsFd8cHQNFPuxw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A fishermen hauls out tuna in Spain. Environmentalists on Sunday warned bluefin tuna was on its way to extinction after a international meeting of fishery ministry officials trimmed catch quotas but upheld continued hauls of the fish, prized in sushi dishes.(AFP/File/Jose Luis Roca)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - That tuna in your sushi might be an endangered species, a new study finds.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091119/sc_livescience/sushioftennotwhatyouthink"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091115/capt.photo_1258324066403-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=QtAXtSpmLsFd8cHQNFPuxw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="A fishermen hauls out tuna in Spain. Environmentalists on Sunday warned bluefin tuna was on its way to extinction after a international meeting of fishery ministry officials trimmed catch quotas but upheld continued hauls of the fish, prized in sushi dishes.(AFP/File/Jose Luis Roca)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_us/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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_us/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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_us/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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091120/bs_ibd_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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/ts_nm/us_cern nm/20091121/us_cern Reuters topstories Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:39:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/ts_nm/us_cern"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091122/i/ra1354629092.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=vfh_lp9ffU_K3oiAvsy1Eg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="The Linac 2 (Linear Accelerator 2) is pictured at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Meyrin near Geneva October 16, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - After a year's delay, scientists at the world's biggest accelerator have restarted an experiment to recreate "Big Bang" conditions that had sparked suggestions the earth would be sucked in by millions of black holes.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/ts_nm/us_cern"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091122/i/ra1354629092.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=vfh_lp9ffU_K3oiAvsy1Eg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Linac 2 (Linear Accelerator 2) is pictured at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Meyrin near Geneva October 16, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/sc_afp/russiaclimatewarmingoilgasenergy afp/20091120/russiaclimatewarmingoilgasenergy AFP science Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:03:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/sc_afp/russiaclimatewarmingoilgasenergy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258743755456-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2J4ULf1Ea5XtPwJdZ6U8fA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A gas pipeline is seen at the Russian gas compressor station in Sudzha near the Russian-Ukrainian border in January 2009. Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.(AFP/File/Sergei Supinsky)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/sc_afp/russiaclimatewarmingoilgasenergy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258743755456-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2J4ULf1Ea5XtPwJdZ6U8fA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A gas pipeline is seen at the Russian gas compressor station in Sudzha near the Russian-Ukrainian border in January 2009. Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.(AFP/File/Sergei Supinsky)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091121/sc_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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/sc_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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/sc_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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/sc_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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_bi_ge/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/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_sc/as_bangladesh_conjoined_twins ap/20091121/as_bangladesh_conjoined_twins AP science Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:04:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_sc/as_bangladesh_conjoined_twins"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.977be0dbc1f74bf9a7ce3ead7adac924.australia_conjoined_twins_mel102.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=idsD7DGmSRzBVPs4jOcf1A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this August 2009, image provided by the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, 2-year-old Bangladeshi orphan, Trishna, is seen at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne in Australia. A team of Australian surgeons were working Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, on a delicate and complicated surgery to separate Trishna from her conjoined twin sister, Krishna, who are joined at the top of the head. (AP Photo/Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne) Editorial Use Only" border="0" /></a>AP - The mother who gave up conjoined Bangladeshi newborn twins for adoption said Saturday she is overjoyed the toddlers have been successfully separated and wants them to grow up in Australia.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedsc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_sc/as_bangladesh_conjoined_twins"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.977be0dbc1f74bf9a7ce3ead7adac924.australia_conjoined_twins_mel102.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=idsD7DGmSRzBVPs4jOcf1A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this August 2009, image provided by the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, 2-year-old Bangladeshi orphan, Trishna, is seen at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne in Australia. A team of Australian surgeons were working Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, on a delicate and complicated surgery to separate Trishna from her conjoined twin sister, Krishna, who are joined at the top of the head. (AP Photo/Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne) Editorial Use Only" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)