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Outside science academies to review warming panel (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP - The beleaguered global warming panel has found an outside group to review how it writes its reports.

NASA: Money key to more space shuttle flights (AP)

March 10, 2010

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.

Pioneering Mass. robot lost at sea off Chile coast (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP - A pioneering deep-sea robot made by Massachusetts researchers has been lost off the coast of Chile.

Men Outlive Women Sexually (LiveScience.com)

March 10, 2010

LiveScience.com - Men have shorter life spans than women on average, but when it comes to sexual life expectancy, the guys have the advantage.

China tells US to do more on climate change (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP - China told the United States on Wednesday to make stronger commitments on climate change and provide environmental expertise and financing to developing nations.

Govt has no plans now to sell stake in ONGC, IOC - Oil secy (Reuters)

March 10, 2010

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.

SpaceX aborts rocket engine test (Reuters)

March 10, 2010

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.

Greens protest genetically modified potato go-ahead (AFP)

March 10, 2010

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.

As Chile shook, cities rolled to the west a bit (AP)

March 10, 2010

AP - The Earth really did move during the massive Chile quake: Researchers say cities and islands physically shifted west a bit.

Malaysian turtles face extinction: WWF (AFP)

March 10, 2010

AFP - Conservationists warned Wednesday that Malaysians' voracious appetite for turtle eggs could drive the marine creatures to extinction on its shores.