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PM urged to cut wind farm subsidy

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:15:53 GMT

More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.

Bluetooth Ski Goggles Record and Play Video

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:00:36 GMT

First 'Vampire' Bat Fly Fossil Discovered (LiveScience.com)

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:55:00 GMT

LiveScience.com - A one-of-a-kind fossil shows that so-called bat flies — tiny vampire insects that survive on the blood of bats — have been parasitizing the winged mammals and spreading bat malaria for at least 20 million years, scientists report in a pair of studies Friday (Feb. 3).

Blue Marble Mojo

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:26:00 GMT

Social Media More Addictive Than Booze and Cigs

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:53:24 GMT

Super Bowl Science Blitz: Watch Out!

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:20:01 GMT

Oil spurs Canadian PM China visit

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:03:01 GMT

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit China next week to discuss Canada's oil products, after the US blocked a key pipeline.

Prince optimistic for fisheries

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:44:01 GMT

Prince Charles says there are reasons to be optimistic about the state of the world's oceans, but it is "critically urgent" to tackle overfishing.

Is This Russian Landscape the Birthplace of Native Americans?

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:28:48 GMT

<p>The genetic homeland of Native Americans is a small mountainous region in southern Siberia, a new study suggests.</p>

What Are These Mysterious Blue Balls?

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:06:08 GMT

Elephants Took 24 Million Generations to Evolve From Mouse-Size

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:32:02 GMT

<p>For mammals, evolving into bigger sizes takes a lot longer than shrinking, new evolution study shows.</p>

Space Pictures This Week: Hubble Galaxy, Poet Nebula, More

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:47:34 GMT

Hubble captures a Milky Way "twin," winds shape Mars lava fields, stars carve a nebula's face, and more in the week's best space pictures.

New map pinpoints Lyme disease risk areas (AP)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:22:46 GMT

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_sc/us_lyme_disease_map"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.0d8838a00789452f90474b34edf8887f-0d8838a00789452f90474b34edf8887f-0.jpg?x=121&y=130&q=85&sig=qzba4OwP.2at1_WyTGir1w--" align="left" height="130" width="121" alt="This map released by the Yale School of Public Health on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 shows a map which indicates areas of the eastern United States where people have the highest risk of contracting Lyme disease based on data from 2004-2007. Researchers dragged sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks for the survey. The map shows a clear risk across much of the Northeast, from Maine to northern Virginia. Researchers at Yale University also identified a high-risk region across most of Wisconsin, northern Minnesota and a sliver of northern Illinois. Areas highlighted as 'emerging risk' regions include the Illinois-Indiana border, the New York-Vermont border, southwestern Michigan and eastern North Dakota. (AP Graphic/Yale School of Public Health, Maria Diuk-Wasser)" border="0" /></a>AP - Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.</p><br clear="all"/>

Unlike Patriots, NFL slow to embrace 'Moneyball' (AP)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:20:50 GMT

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_analytics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120202/capt.0ce064ac689445b3a5865f08a502b01d-0ce064ac689445b3a5865f08a502b01d-0.jpg?x=114&y=130&q=85&sig=ODv_sD4YqqzzDa9RzUOpuw--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, left, talks with head coach Bill Belichick during practice on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Indianapolis. The Patriots are scheduled to face the New York Giants in NFL football Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's advice that sounds like heresy on the gridiron: Go for it on fourth down. Try more onside kicks. Running backs don't matter much.</p><br clear="all"/>

Largest optical telescope created

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:15:02 GMT

Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world's largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror.

Striking galaxy image from Hubble

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:35:10 GMT

The Hubble space telescope captures an image of a "barred spiral" galaxy that could help us better understand our own Milky Way.

NASA says Russian space woes no worry (AP)

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:36:29 GMT

AP - NASA says it still has confidence in the quality of Russia's manned rockets, despite an embarrassing series of glitches and failures in the Russian space program.

Giant Crack in Antarctica About to Spawn New York-Size Iceberg

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:53:44 GMT

<p>A vast iceberg is splitting from Antarctica, thanks to a giant crack in a glacier that's "really important" to sea level rise.</p>

New "Super Earth" Found at Right Distance for Life

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:02:58 GMT

<p>The likely rocky planet orbits squarely in its star's habitable zone, making it a prime candidate for life, astronomers report.</p>

Sandia Labs engineers create 'self-guided' bullet (AP)

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:41:02 GMT

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_hi_te/us_laser_guided_bullets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120201/capt.5a40c35021c945a8814b085d8dabab1b-5a40c35021c945a8814b085d8dabab1b-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OUgGY4znqWdFI2flrZszrQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this undated photo provided by Sandia National Laboratories, a time exposure, a light-emitting diode, or LED, attached to a self-guided bullet at Sandia National Laboratories shows a bright path during a nighttime field test. The New Mexico-based Sandia National Laboratories announced Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012 that its engineers have invented a bullet that directs itself to a target like a tiny guided missile and can hit a target more than a mile away. According to Sandia Labs engineers, the bullet twists and turns to guide itself toward a laser-directed point. Officials say it can make up to thirty corrections per second while in the air. (AP Photo/Sandia National Laboratories)" border="0" /></a>AP - Figuring out how to pack a processor and other electronics into a machine gun bullet has been a challenge for engineers at Sandia National Laboratories, so weapons experts say the miniature guidance system the lab has developed is a breakthrough.</p><br clear="all"/>

Mars Science Lab launch delayed two years

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:34:54 GMT

NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns -- has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=wrpyNIi7"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=zOJaxOZ3"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?d=50" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=21gZt79O"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=21gZt79O" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=6spYXtmd"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?d=52" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=2uc9wTpC"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=2uc9wTpC" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_space/~4/qjbc06OoCR0" height="1" width="1"/>

iReporters watch planets, moon align

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:52:24 GMT

Shuttle lands at California air base

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:17:51 GMT

NASA officials Sunday waved off the first opportunity for space shuttle Endeavour to return to Earth, citing poor weather conditions.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=kdGjAMgm"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=xQIK8k9G"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?d=50" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=9W8QJ2Ak"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=9W8QJ2Ak" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=ZQtkyUSI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?d=52" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=aVt99YI0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=aVt99YI0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_space/~4/uk6jpiELclk" height="1" width="1"/>

Inspiration for 'Contact' still listening

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:02:33 GMT

From a remote valley in Northern California, Jill Tarter is listening to the universe.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=ORnET7Mi"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=7RQ188aF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?d=50" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=fWiDIg5g"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=fWiDIg5g" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=GCR3OwO6"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?d=52" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=B4t7tzrU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=B4t7tzrU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_space/~4/RJGZWd5bhcw" height="1" width="1"/>