Science http://science.iblog365.com The Latest And Completest Science Update Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:59:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Tropical Storm Bertha speeding over Atlantic (AP) http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/05/tropical-storm-bertha-speeding-over-atlantic-ap/ http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/05/tropical-storm-bertha-speeding-over-atlantic-ap/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:59:45 +0000 Yahoo! News: Science News ap/20080705/tropical_weather This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 2:15 PM EDT shows a few areas of clouds in the Caribbean Sea, but no tropical development is noticed in the area. Clouds on the far right of the image are associated with Tropical Storm Bertha as it roars through the tropical Atlantic Ocean.(AP Photo/Weather Underground)AP - Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean.


]]> This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 2:15 PM EDT shows a few areas of clouds in the Caribbean Sea, but no tropical development is noticed in the area. Clouds on the far right of the image are associated with Tropical Storm Bertha as it roars through the tropical Atlantic Ocean.(AP Photo/Weather Underground)AP - Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean.


]]> http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/05/tropical-storm-bertha-speeding-over-atlantic-ap/feed/ Breakthrough: Artificial DNA Could Power Future Computers (LiveScience.com) http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/05/breakthrough-artificial-dna-could-power-future-computers-livesciencecom/ http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/05/breakthrough-artificial-dna-could-power-future-computers-livesciencecom/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:35:39 +0000 Yahoo! News: Science News livescience/20080705/breakthroughartificialdnacouldpowerfuturecomputers http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/05/breakthrough-artificial-dna-could-power-future-computers-livesciencecom/feed/ Spacecraft Woken for Asteroid Encounter (SPACE.com) http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/05/spacecraft-woken-for-asteroid-encounter-spacecom/ http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/05/spacecraft-woken-for-asteroid-encounter-spacecom/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:03:26 +0000 Yahoo! News: Science News space/20080705/spacecraftwokenforasteroidencounter http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/05/spacecraft-woken-for-asteroid-encounter-spacecom/feed/ Study: Orangutan populations declining sharply (AP) http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/05/study-orangutan-populations-declining-sharply-ap/ http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/05/study-orangutan-populations-declining-sharply-ap/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:05:35 +0000 Yahoo! News: Science News ap/20080705/asia_orangutans In this Nov. 8, 2007, file photo, Moni, a 17-year-old orangutan, carries her four-day-old baby at Gembira Loka zoo in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The numbers of orangutans in Indonesia and Malaysia had declined sharply mostly due to illegal logging and the rapid expansion of palm oil plantations, a researcher said. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi, FILE)AP - Orangutan numbers have declined sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild and they could become the first great ape species to go extinct if urgent action isn't taken, a new study says.


]]> In this Nov. 8, 2007, file photo, Moni, a 17-year-old orangutan, carries her four-day-old baby at Gembira Loka zoo in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The numbers of orangutans in Indonesia and Malaysia had declined sharply mostly due to illegal logging and the rapid expansion of palm oil plantations, a researcher said. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi, FILE)AP - Orangutan numbers have declined sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild and they could become the first great ape species to go extinct if urgent action isn't taken, a new study says.


]]> http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/05/study-orangutan-populations-declining-sharply-ap/feed/ UN chief to G8: climate change, food crisis linked (AP) http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/un-chief-to-g8-climate-change-food-crisis-linked-ap/ http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/un-chief-to-g8-climate-change-food-crisis-linked-ap/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:47:50 +0000 Yahoo! News: Science News ap/20080704/g8_climate_change A member from the international relief group Oxfam personates the likes of Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, center, as he leads other Oxfam members portraying other Group of Eight leaders to belt it out karaoke tunes at Sapporo, northern Japan, on Saturday, July 5, 2008. The G8 leaders, representing the U.S., Japan, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Italy and Canada, will descend in this northern Japanese island of Hokkaido for the summit meeting to discuss global warming and food crisis, among others. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - The global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the U.N. climate chief said Friday, urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon emissions within the next dozen years.


]]> A member from the international relief group Oxfam personates the likes of Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, center, as he leads other Oxfam members portraying other Group of Eight leaders to belt it out karaoke tunes at Sapporo, northern Japan, on Saturday, July 5, 2008. The G8 leaders, representing the U.S., Japan, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Italy and Canada, will descend in this northern Japanese island of Hokkaido for the summit meeting to discuss global warming and food crisis, among others. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - The global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the U.N. climate chief said Friday, urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon emissions within the next dozen years.


]]> http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/un-chief-to-g8-climate-change-food-crisis-linked-ap/feed/ Phoenix scientists soon will analyze Martian ice (AFP) http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/phoenix-scientists-soon-will-analyze-martian-ice-afp/ http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/phoenix-scientists-soon-will-analyze-martian-ice-afp/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:28:45 +0000 Yahoo! News: Science News afp/20080704/usspacemars This NASA handout image, released on June 13, 2008 shows the Robotic Arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander with a sample of martian soil as it prepares to move to the spacecraft's microscope station. Scientists with the US Phoenix lander will make their first analysis of Martian ice fragments in coming days but it could be the last done in one of the probe's small ovens, NASA said on Friday.(AFP/File/Ho)AFP - Scientists with the US Phoenix lander will make their first analysis of Martian ice fragments in coming days but it could be the last done in one of the probe's small ovens, NASA said on its website Friday.


]]> This NASA handout image, released on June 13, 2008 shows the Robotic Arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander with a sample of martian soil as it prepares to move to the spacecraft's microscope station. Scientists with the US Phoenix lander will make their first analysis of Martian ice fragments in coming days but it could be the last done in one of the probe's small ovens, NASA said on Friday.(AFP/File/Ho)AFP - Scientists with the US Phoenix lander will make their first analysis of Martian ice fragments in coming days but it could be the last done in one of the probe's small ovens, NASA said on its website Friday.


]]> http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/phoenix-scientists-soon-will-analyze-martian-ice-afp/feed/ No revamp of EU rules on GMO crops: ministerial meeting (AFP) http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/no-revamp-of-eu-rules-on-gmo-crops-ministerial-meeting-afp/ http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/no-revamp-of-eu-rules-on-gmo-crops-ministerial-meeting-afp/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:32:00 +0000 Yahoo! News: Science News afp/20080704/euenvironmentfoodgmobiotech This file picture shows a genetically modified corn crop near Paillet. A review of the European Union's procedures for vetting genetically modified crops does not imply the policy will undergo far-reaching change, a French environment minister said Friday.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)AFP - A review of the European Union's procedures for vetting genetically modified crops does not imply the policy will undergo far-reaching change, a French environment minister said Friday.


]]> This file picture shows a genetically modified corn crop near Paillet. A review of the European Union's procedures for vetting genetically modified crops does not imply the policy will undergo far-reaching change, a French environment minister said Friday.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)AFP - A review of the European Union's procedures for vetting genetically modified crops does not imply the policy will undergo far-reaching change, a French environment minister said Friday.


]]> http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/no-revamp-of-eu-rules-on-gmo-crops-ministerial-meeting-afp/feed/ Weather around the U.S.A. (AP) http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/weather-around-the-usa-ap-87/ http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/weather-around-the-usa-ap-87/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:14:07 +0000 Yahoo! News: Science News ap/20080704/us_temps http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/weather-around-the-usa-ap-87/feed/ The Nation’s Weather (AP) http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/the-nations-weather-ap-114/ http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/the-nations-weather-ap-114/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:26:49 +0000 Yahoo! News: Science News ap/20080704/weatherpage_weather The forecast for noon, Friday, July 4, 2008 shows a system will move from the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic, triggering showers and storms along its path. The Northeast can expect scattered storms as a cold front sweeps through. Showers continue in the Northwest and Northern Rockies. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)AP - A wet Independence Day was forecast for much of the nation, with showers and thunderstorms projected for the Pacific Northwest, the mid-Atlantic, the Ohio Valley and the Southeast. Clear skies were expected over the northern Plains, the Great Lakes and the Southwest.


]]> The forecast for noon, Friday, July 4, 2008 shows a system will move from the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic, triggering showers and storms along its path. The Northeast can expect scattered storms as a cold front sweeps through. Showers continue in the Northwest and Northern Rockies. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)AP - A wet Independence Day was forecast for much of the nation, with showers and thunderstorms projected for the Pacific Northwest, the mid-Atlantic, the Ohio Valley and the Southeast. Clear skies were expected over the northern Plains, the Great Lakes and the Southwest.


]]> http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/the-nations-weather-ap-114/feed/ NKorea says US, other parties slow on nuclear pact (AP) http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/nkorea-says-us-other-parties-slow-on-nuclear-pact-ap/ http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/nkorea-says-us-other-parties-slow-on-nuclear-pact-ap/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:38:25 +0000 Yahoo! News: Science News ap/20080704/koreas_nuclear Deputy US Secretary of State Christopher Hill speaks to reporters in a hotel in Beijing June 30. North Korea said Friday it could not discuss the next stage of denuclearisation until its negotiating partners fulfil their duties.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AP - North Korea said Friday it will not take further steps to dismantle its nuclear program until the U.S. and its other negotiating partners award fuel oil and political benefits promised under an aid-for-disarmament deal.


]]> Deputy US Secretary of State Christopher Hill speaks to reporters in a hotel in Beijing June 30. North Korea said Friday it could not discuss the next stage of denuclearisation until its negotiating partners fulfil their duties.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AP - North Korea said Friday it will not take further steps to dismantle its nuclear program until the U.S. and its other negotiating partners award fuel oil and political benefits promised under an aid-for-disarmament deal.


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