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AP - The beleaguered global warming panel has found an outside group to review how it writes its reports.
AP - With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month.
AP - A pioneering deep-sea robot made by Massachusetts researchers has been lost off the coast of Chile.
LiveScience.com - Men have shorter life spans than women on average, but when it comes to sexual life expectancy, the guys have the advantage.
AP - China told the United States on Wednesday to make stronger commitments on climate change and provide environmental expertise and financing to developing nations.
Reuters - The government has no immediate plans to sell stake in state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Oil Secretary S. Sundareshan told reporters on Wednesday.
Reuters - Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station.
AFP - Green members of the European parliament stood en masse and held up placards Tuesday in protest against the EU Commission approval of the cultivation of genetically modified potatoes.
AP - The Earth really did move during the massive Chile quake: Researchers say cities and islands physically shifted west a bit.
AFP - Conservationists warned Wednesday that Malaysians' voracious appetite for turtle eggs could drive the marine creatures to extinction on its shores.
AFP - In a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird.
AP - The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wanted to interview the driver as the besieged automaker dealt with a high-profile new headache that raised questions about the safety of its beloved hybrid.
AP - Mixed precipitation was expected in the Plains, while another system would bring more snow to the Rocky Mountains on Tuesday.
SPACE.com - After a decade of mystery, astronomers have now shown that a pair of white dwarf stars spin around each other in just 5.4 minutes, making them the fastest-orbiting and tightest binary star system ever found, the researchers claim.
LiveScience.com - Some moms might pass more than genetics to their newborns. Doctors found three babies born to women with hip implants had high levels of chromium and cobalt in their umbilical cord blood - metals that had worn off the implants.
The Christian Science Monitor - The fate of President Obama's plan to shift America toward renewable energy and away from fossil fuels may depend on the outcome of a crucial White House meeting Tuesday with 14 key senators, many from coal- and oil-producing states, who have long opposed curbs on carbon emissions.
AFP - The Red Cross on Tuesday doubled its aid appeal for Chileans made homeless by last month's massive earthquake, saying the costs of the disaster will be greater than anticipated.