http://science.iblog365.com The Latest And Completest Science Update Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:59:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ LiveScience.com - Chemists claim to have created the world's first DNA molecule made almost entirely of artificial parts. http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/05/breakthrough-artificial-dna-could-power-future-computers-livesciencecom/ SPACE.com - A comet-chasing spacecraft has been awoken during its years-long journey so it can study an asteroid it will fly past this September. http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/05/spacecraft-woken-for-asteroid-encounter-spacecom/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/ AP - Weather around the U.S.A. http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/weather-around-the-usa-ap-87/ 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/ 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. http://science.iblog365.com/2008/07/04/nkorea-says-us-other-parties-slow-on-nuclear-pact-ap/