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Clams befouling Tahoe invade Adirondack lake in NY
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_sc/us_invasive_clams"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100903/capt.a6a07f2037554800a2d8bdd9ecaa25bc-a6a07f2037554800a2d8bdd9ecaa25bc-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8iALYJ_jI5gZ7LRhh1tMdg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this Aug. 30, 2010 photo, Dan Marelli, of Tallahassee, Fla., a biologist and scuba diver specializing in mollusks, holds Asian clams found in Lake George, in Bolton Landing, N.Y. Scientists consider the clams arrival a stroke of bad luck that could cause ecological and economic harm. They hope to smother the rapidly reproducing mollusks before they spread. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)" border="0" /></a>AP - A thumbnail-sized clam blamed for clouding the azure bays of Lake Tahoe high in the Sierra Nevada has now turned up in a mountain-ringed Adirondack lake renowned for its limpid, spring-fed waters.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Earl's path along northeast is not well-worn
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_on_sc/us_sci_earl_path"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100902/capt.53537f35a8a94cafbec64ca934007b7d-53537f35a8a94cafbec64ca934007b7d-1.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=ZUHGKn5IQDeDuorPRfl1dw--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Graphic shows the location and projected path of Hurricane Earl as of 2 p.m. EDT, Thursday" border="0" /></a>AP - Pushed by an ill-timed trough of low pressure, Hurricane Earl is heading uncomfortably close to an area relatively few hurricanes tend to go: the Northeast coastline.</p><br clear="all"/>
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UN: Climate funds shouldn't divert poverty aid
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| AP - The U.N.'s climate chief says poor countries are right to expect that any funding they receive to combat global warming be kept separate from development aid or poverty relief.
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Monkeys Caught Monkeying Around During Full Moon
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| LiveScience.com - Monkeys that prowl the forests of Argentina after dark prefer the light of the full moon, according to a new study. The findings suggest that for some nocturnal monkeys, moonlight trumps their internal biological clock for setting sleep schedules.
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What now for Gulf? Fire complicates drill debate
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill_what_now"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100902/capt.fa5d01ace88d457faa150800ab5562fe-fa5d01ace88d457faa150800ab5562fe-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=KGHhzJVmwASX66KkGpFmQQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0" /></a>AP - What now for the Gulf?</p><br clear="all"/>
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Government probes Mariner platform fire
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100903/ts_nm/us_oil_platform_mariner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100904/i/r313910597.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Xidd5DN5FV0PgmwOjscs6g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Boats spray water to extinguish a fire on an oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy off the Louisiana coast September 2, 2010. REUTERS/Lee Celano" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. government on Friday launched an investigation into Mariner Energy Inc's Gulf of Mexico platform fire, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Chinese Satellites Bump During Secret Maneuvers
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| SPACE.com - A Chinese satellite may have intentionally nudged another spacecraftduring secretive space maneuvers in near-Earth orbit, according to analysts.
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Biotech salmon safe for eating: FDA
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| Reuters - A biotechnology company's genetically engineered salmon are as safe to eat as other Atlantic salmon, U.S. regulators said as they weighed approval of the first DNA-altered animal for Americans' dinner plates.
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Famed Tasmanian devil euthanized after tumor found
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_sc/as_australia_tasmanian_devils"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100901/capt.6db4b27a342f4855bfbc4afa856f4deb-6db4b27a342f4855bfbc4afa856f4deb-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=UuDqzBZLEkoGD49LgwNBCw--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="FILE - In this Wednesday, May 21, 2008 file photo, a Tasmanian devil searches for food in his enclosure at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. The Tasmanian devil population has plummeted by 70 percent since Devil Facial Tumor Disease was first discovered in 1996. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Tasmanian devil named Cedric, once thought to be immune to a contagious facial cancer threatening the iconic creatures with extinction, has been euthanized after succumbing to the disease, researchers said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Japan whale meat case echoes apartheid: Greenpeace chief
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100903/wl_asia_afp/japanjusticeenvironmentwhalinggreenpeace"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100903/capt.photo_1283499669073-1-0.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=.9Oi3Uxg5B4J44yH.rO1vA--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo speaks to the press with Greenpeace Japan member Junichi Sato beside him, in Tokyo, on September 3. Two japanese activists, includung Sato, are to face possible jail terms for stealing a box of whale meat in a trial the environmental group says will test the country's limits on political activism.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Greenpeace chief Kumi Naidoo on Friday likened Japan's treatment of two of its anti-whaling activists to the tactics of the former apartheid regime he once campaigned against in his native South Africa.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button?
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| LiveScience.com - Mass extinctions have served as huge reset buttons that dramaticallychanged the diversity of species found in oceans all over the world, accordingto a comprehensive study of fossil records. The findings suggest humans willlive in a very different future if they drive animals to extinction, becausethe loss of each species can alter entire ecosystems.
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BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100904/capt.bd749ee716b24675b431573f486271e6-08ef50c10fa4474ea52b706b61068e25-0.jpg?x=130&y=57&q=85&sig=mjQ75XUGLqs2dXbvKSUsIw--" align="left" height="57" width="130" alt="FILE - In this July 14, 2010 combination of two file photos made from images taken from video provided by BP PLC oil flows from two of three valves on the new 75-ton cap atop the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at 17:04 CDT, left, and the top of the cap at 14:27 CDT on July 15, minutes after the flow of oil was choked off. BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company's well, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. The process of raising it to the surface was to be painstaking because engineers want to make sure not to damage or drop the contraption. The blowout preventer wasn't expected to reach the surface until Saturday, at which point government investigators will take possession of it. (AP Photo/BP PLC, File) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company's well on Friday afternoon.</p><br clear="all"/>
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The nation's weather
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_weatherpage_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100903/capt.5c605feaa7b64f7aa07f4c423fca7f5b-5c605feaa7b64f7aa07f4c423fca7f5b-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=FIbfnFJT3L0Gx_ydIPWkiA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Earl taken at 3:15 a.m. EDT Friday Sept. 3, 2010. National Weather Service meterologist Jeremy Schulz said early Friday morning that rain bands stretched about 140 miles inland in North Carolina and up to the southern tip of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. Sustained winds of about 30 mph were whipping the North Carolina coast. (AP Photo/NOAA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hurricane Earl had lost some of its strength and was at category 2 strength with winds up to 105 mph early Friday off North Carolina's coast.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Top 10 Summer Sky Objects to See Before Fall
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| SPACE.com - As the summer night sky draws nearits close, there are still some cosmic objects that may beckon skywatchersequipped with a small telescope, binoculars or their own two eyes.
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Exercise Can Counteract Obesity Genes, Says Study
(Time.com)
| Time.com - A new study finds people who are genetically predisposed to obesity may benefit most from physical activity
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BP says failed blowout preventer off Gulf well
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| Reuters - BP Plc removed a failed blowout preventer from atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well on Friday afternoon, a company spokesman said.
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Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_re_as/as_new_zealand_earthquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100903/capt.8a737a83035440f48fdc4f8430c342c0-8a737a83035440f48fdc4f8430c342c0-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=SREd9.dc7pLOqmSeMqL4Ng--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="A police officer is seen on a street blocked by rubble from a damaged building following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in central Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of injuries, but looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Alexander) ** NEW ZEALAND OUT **" border="0" /></a>AP - A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday and caused widespread damage, but there were just two reports of serious injuries. Looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said.</p><br clear="all"/>
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