Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/753 science Science News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:30:48 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/753 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sc/us_space_elevator ap/20091107/us_space_elevator AP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:53:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sc/us_space_elevator"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.056a5dc778b142d89afc27b20523ed5a.space_elevator_cars201.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=LxPjtp5wxkhqT5cL77t3Zg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space &mdash; an idea spurred by science fiction novels.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sc/us_space_elevator"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.056a5dc778b142d89afc27b20523ed5a.space_elevator_cars201.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=LxPjtp5wxkhqT5cL77t3Zg--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sc/as_china_mushrooms_repatriated ap/20091107/as_china_mushrooms_repatriated AP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:26:30 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_sea_lions_salmon ap/20091107/us_sea_lions_salmon AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:50:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_sea_lions_salmon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.72360948e6bb4f72a4eb368ed1d47635.sea_lions_salmon_grp101.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=5N1tLnQZzBD0uofUvc7kGA--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_sea_lions_salmon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.72360948e6bb4f72a4eb368ed1d47635.sea_lions_salmon_grp101.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=5N1tLnQZzBD0uofUvc7kGA--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091107/sc_livescience/themanymysteriesofneanderthals livescience/20091107/themanymysteriesofneanderthals LiveScience.com science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:51:50 GMT LiveScience.com - Editor's Note: This is Part 6 in a 10-part LiveScience series on the origin, evolution and future of the human species and the mysteries that remain to be solved. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_afp/financeeconomyg20britain afp/20091107/financeeconomyg20britain AFP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:30:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_afp/financeeconomyg20britain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257589186577-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=61&q=85&sig=tMnMcQSzhI.M5TaZii.s7w--" align="left" height="61" width="130" alt="General view of the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland, where the G20 Finance Ministers and Bank Governors Meeting is being hosted. The G20 is committed to an "ambitious outcome" at December's UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, it has said in a communique after talks, but has not agreed a figure for climate finance.(AFP/Derek Blair)" border="0" /></a>AFP - G20 countries committed to work towards an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting on Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on climate funding.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_afp/financeeconomyg20britain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257589186577-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=61&q=85&sig=tMnMcQSzhI.M5TaZii.s7w--" align="left" height="61" width="130" alt="photo" title="General view of the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland, where the G20 Finance Ministers and Bank Governors Meeting is being hosted. The G20 is committed to an "ambitious outcome" at December's UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, it has said in a communique after talks, but has not agreed a figure for climate finance.(AFP/Derek Blair)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_mideast_afp/yemenenergygas afp/20091107/yemenenergygas AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:44:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_mideast_afp/yemenenergygas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257612139555-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=I0uX02i7p9ZXd2rXgpytRg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Yemeni soldiers guard the Balhaf plant on the Gulf of Aden. Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, has joined the international club of gas exporters as pumping started at the newly-built liquefied natural gas plant in the Gulf of Aden.(AFP/Marwan Naamani)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, joined the international club of gas exporters Saturday with pumping starting at a newly built liquefied natural gas plant in the Gulf of Aden.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_mideast_afp/yemenenergygas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257612139555-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=I0uX02i7p9ZXd2rXgpytRg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Yemeni soldiers guard the Balhaf plant on the Gulf of Aden. Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, has joined the international club of gas exporters as pumping started at the newly-built liquefied natural gas plant in the Gulf of Aden.(AFP/Marwan Naamani)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091107/sc_space/spacejunkbuzzesstationasastronautssleep space/20091107/spacejunkbuzzesstationasastronautssleep SPACE.com science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:02:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091107/sc_space/spacejunkbuzzesstationasastronautssleep"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/net/20091106/capt.7a732acaa9d71d9da1f1038691481253.jpeg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=jqA20.Iv3RRA3lJ2EIeQQg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="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." border="0" /></a>SPACE.com - A small chunk of space trash made an uncomfortably close pass by the International Space Station late Friday, but not close enough to force the astronauts aboard to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091107/sc_space/spacejunkbuzzesstationasastronautssleep"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/net/20091106/capt.7a732acaa9d71d9da1f1038691481253.jpeg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=jqA20.Iv3RRA3lJ2EIeQQg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="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." border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (SPACE.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091106/hl_hsn/genetherapyforfatalbraindisorderjustthebeginning hsn/20091106/genetherapyforfatalbraindisorderjustthebeginning HealthDay health 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_britain_genetic_testing ap/20091105/eu_med_britain_genetic_testing AP health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:13:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_britain_genetic_testing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.db0e9eff24bf49538227453f9d081e37.britain_asylum_gfx872.jpg?x=75&y=130&q=85&sig=nJRI9rblQ0MM5z03EVW3KA--" align="left" height="130" width="75" alt="Graphic shows asylum applications received by the British government" border="0" /></a>AP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_britain_genetic_testing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.db0e9eff24bf49538227453f9d081e37.britain_asylum_gfx872.jpg?x=75&y=130&q=85&sig=nJRI9rblQ0MM5z03EVW3KA--" align="left" height="130" width="75" alt="photo" title="Graphic shows asylum applications received by the British government" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_swine_flu_alaska_village ap/20091107/us_swine_flu_alaska_village AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:05:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_swine_flu_alaska_village"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a5187d0129704f5596b7cde38c6deabd.swine_flu_alaska_village_akrd101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=44qOsqxplqM4cPAyM.3f5Q--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AP - Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island &mdash; prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_swine_flu_alaska_village"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a5187d0129704f5596b7cde38c6deabd.swine_flu_alaska_village_akrd101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=44qOsqxplqM4cPAyM.3f5Q--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/sciencepaleontologydinosaurnzealand afp/20091107/sciencepaleontologydinosaurnzealand AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:58:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/sciencepaleontologydinosaurnzealand"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257573350191-1-0.jpg?x=111&y=130&q=85&sig=oznPvypfn8ajnKYfszvm_Q--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/sciencepaleontologydinosaurnzealand"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257573350191-1-0.jpg?x=111&y=130&q=85&sig=oznPvypfn8ajnKYfszvm_Q--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_uk_afp/financeeconomyg20britainclimatecommunique afp/20091107/financeeconomyg20britainclimatecommunique AFP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:22:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_uk_afp/financeeconomyg20britainclimatecommunique"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257589186577-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=61&q=85&sig=tMnMcQSzhI.M5TaZii.s7w--" align="left" height="61" width="130" alt="General view of the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland, where the G20 Finance Ministers and Bank Governors Meeting is being hosted. The G20 is committed to an "ambitious outcome" at December's UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, it has said in a communique after talks, but has not agreed a figure for climate finance.(AFP/Derek Blair)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The G20 is committed to an "ambitious outcome" at December's UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, it said in a communique after talks Saturday, but did not agree a figure for climate finance.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_uk_afp/financeeconomyg20britainclimatecommunique"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257589186577-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=61&q=85&sig=tMnMcQSzhI.M5TaZii.s7w--" align="left" height="61" width="130" alt="photo" title="General view of the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland, where the G20 Finance Ministers and Bank Governors Meeting is being hosted. The G20 is committed to an "ambitious outcome" at December's UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, it has said in a communique after talks, but has not agreed a figure for climate finance.(AFP/Derek Blair)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_weatherpage_weather ap/20091104/us_weatherpage_weather AP science 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091107/sc_space/seattleteamwins900000inspaceelevatorcontest space/20091107/seattleteamwins900000inspaceelevatorcontest SPACE.com science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:02:07 GMT SPACE.com - A Seattle-based team has won $900,000 in this year's Space Elevator Games, a NASA-sponsored contest to build machines powered by laser beams that can climb a cable in the sky. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091106/hl_hsn/geneslinkedtopotbelly hsn/20091106/geneslinkedtopotbelly HealthDay health 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20091106/wl_oneworld/world3679051257529959 oneworld/20091106/world3679051257529959 OneWorld.net world 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_floods ap/20091107/lt_mexico_floods AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:06:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_floods"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.706c2f2cd5e04a1baef7931f5f0abc25.mexico_floods_mxgb105.jpg?x=130&y=69&q=85&sig=thi_zgywemtswijW3cIAGw--" align="left" height="69" width="130" alt="A man moves a boat in front of a flooded home near Huimanguillo, Mexico, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. According to local reports, nearly 200,000 people in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco have been affected by this week's flooding, as more rain fell on the region today. (AP Photo/America Rocio)" border="0" /></a>AP - A week of torrential rain has flooded the homes of more than 200,000 people along Mexico's Gulf coast, officials said Friday. Residents in some towns complained that no help had arrived.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_floods"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.706c2f2cd5e04a1baef7931f5f0abc25.mexico_floods_mxgb105.jpg?x=130&y=69&q=85&sig=thi_zgywemtswijW3cIAGw--" align="left" height="69" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man moves a boat in front of a flooded home near Huimanguillo, Mexico, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. According to local reports, nearly 200,000 people in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco have been affected by this week's flooding, as more rain fell on the region today. (AP Photo/America Rocio)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)