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US-SCIENCE Summary (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News - Sep 26 2008 00:45
Reuters - Deal keeps U.S. on International Space Station




Lessons in Corporate Failure From a 5th-Grader (LiveScience.com)
Source: Yahoo! News - Sep 21 2008 08:45
LiveScience.com - There's no one more bitter than a disgruntled employee in a failing business. I heard all about the unfairness and stress of corporate life in our shaky economic times all this week from my fifth-grader. The class assignment was to form small companies that sold the various parts necessary for making paper airplanes, such as paper, glue and glitter. I first heard about this new assignment from a very unhappy 11-year-old who dragged herself off the school bus with the demeanor of someone with a pink slip in her hand. ...

Nigerian militants say Shell pipeline destroyed (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Sep 16 2008 08:12

Map of the Niger Delta showing oil fields and main operators. A Nigerian rebel group says it has blown up and destroyed a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline in the latest attack in its AFP - A Nigerian rebel group said Tuesday it had blown up and destroyed a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline in the latest attack in its "oil war" on western firms.



Fluorescent-Red Glowing Fish Found (LiveScience.com)
Source: Yahoo! News - Sep 15 2008 20:06
LiveScience.com - Dr. Seuss had it right with "One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish." Only put the emphasis on red.

Consumers Predict Inflation as Accurately as Economists (LiveScience.com)
Source: Yahoo! News - Aug 27 2008 08:48
LiveScience.com - Consumers are just as good as professional economists at predicting the rate of inflation, a new survey finds.

Face Recognition Varies by Culture (LiveScience.com)
Source: Yahoo! News - Aug 19 2008 20:46
LiveScience.com - The way people recognize faces might say a lot about what culture they come from, scientists now reveal.

Iran says rocket can carry low-orbit satellite (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Aug 18 2008 08:05

A picture taken on August 16 shows Iran's Safir Omid rocket before its launch at a space station at an undisclosed location in the Islamic republic. Iran has said that a home-built rocket sent into space in a move that triggered US concern will be able to take a satellite into low orbit around the earth.(AFP/File/Vahidreza Alai)AFP - Iran said on Monday that a home-built rocket sent into space in a move that triggered US concern will be able to take a satellite into low orbit around the earth.



Iran says it has put first dummy satellite in orbit
Source: Reuters - Aug 17 2008 16:10
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said it had put a dummy satellite into orbit on a home-grown rocket for the first time on Sunday -- a move likely to increase Western concerns about its nuclear ambitions.


Plant-Eating Dinos Grew Fast to Fend Off Tyrannosaurs (LiveScience.com)
Source: Yahoo! News - Aug 5 2008 20:56
LiveScience.com - What some dinosaurs lacked in body armor, they made up for in size. The duck-billed hadrosaur grew to adulthood much faster than its predators, such as tyrannosaurs, a new study suggests.

Congo gorilla bonanza doubles population estimates
Source: Reuters - Aug 5 2008 00:18
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A crowd of gorillas has survived in the northern part of the Republic of Congo -- so many that environmentalists can double population estimates, according to a report released on Tuesday.


Shell profits surge 33% in second quarter (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Jul 31 2008 04:39

The Shell logo is displayed in Kuala Lumpur, March 2008. Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell said its net profits jumped by a third to 11.556 billion dollars (7.409 billion euros) in the second quarter owing to record high oil prices.(AFP/File/Tengku Bahar)AFP - Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell said Thursday its net profits jumped by a third to 11.556 billion dollars (7.409 billion euros) in the second quarter owing to record high oil prices.



Scientists question dinosaur soft tissue find
Source: Reuters - Jul 29 2008 20:06
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Soft tissue taken from preserved dinosaur bones may not be dinosaur protein at all, but bacteria, paleontologists said on Tuesday.


Georgia's lab apes languish in post-Soviet limbo
Source: Reuters - Jul 28 2008 20:51
SUKHUMI, Georgia (Reuters) - In the capital of Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia, cracked steps lead up to a battered 1970s monument featuring a baboon.


Day care babies gain more weight: study
Source: Reuters - Jul 22 2008 16:54
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infants cared for by someone other than mom or dad are more apt to be exposed to "unfavorable" feeding practices and to gain more weight during their first year of life, a new study shows, which could contribute to childhood weight problems.


Companies use menthol to hook young smokers: study
Source: Reuters - Jul 16 2008 16:07
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tobacco companies manipulate the amount of menthol in cigarettes to make those first few puffs more palatable to young smokers, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday in a finding that could fuel support for more tobacco regulation.


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