Version: 3.3 (using KDE 3.3.0, (3.1)) Compiler: gcc version 3.3.4 (Debian 1:3.3.4-12) OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.5 - Loaded plugins: none that I know of - Backtraces: Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1". 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() from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 - How to reproduce: Save the following xml-file to disk, and open it with konqueror: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss xmlns:metaInfo="http://foobar" version="2.0" > <channel> <title>Yahoo! | Science</title> <link>http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=753</link> <description>http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=753</description> <item> <title>Elephant DNA Could Help Stem Ivory Trade (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040927/ap_on_sc/tracing_ivory</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Analyzing the DNA of elephants may help trace the origins of ivory being sold illegally, information researchers hope will help foil such trade.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040927/tracing_ivory</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:01:02 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Unfortunate Canadian Whale Speared by Cruise Ship (Reuters)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040927/sc_nm/life_canada_whale_dc</link> <description><![CDATA[Reuters - 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Airline mogul and adventurer Richard Branson announced plans Monday to boldly go where no private transport company has gone before — into space.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040927/britain_virgin_space_flights</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:04:17 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Gold Indian Coin Expected to Fetch &#36;27,000 (Reuters)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040927/sc_nm/britain_coin_dc</link> <description><![CDATA[Reuters - An Indian gold coin which is nearly<br />1,900 years old and shows one of the earliest depictions of<br />Buddha is to be sold at auction where it is expected to fetch<br />up to 15,000 pounds ($27,000).]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >nm/20040927/britain_coin_dc</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:08:34 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Huge Asteroid to Fly Past Earth Wednesday (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040927/sc_space/hugeasteroidtoflypastearthwednesday</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - The largest asteroid ever known to pass near Earth is making a close celestial brush with the planet this week in an event that professional and backyard astronomers are watching closely.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040927/hugeasteroidtoflypastearthwednesday</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:36:00 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>No Major Engine Changes for SpaceShipOne, Builder Says (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040927/sc_space/nomajorenginechangesforspaceshiponebuildersays</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - The rocket <br />engine behind the privately built, piloted spacecraft SpaceShipOne will carry <br />more propellant and burn longer during a Wednesday space shot, but has not <br />undergone any serious modifications since its historic June flight, according <br />to its developer.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040927/nomajorenginechangesforspaceshiponebuildersays</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:35:59 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Spy Imagery Agency Watching Inside U.S. (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040927/ap_on_sc/watching_the_homeland</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - In the name of homeland security, America's spy imagery agency is keeping a close eye, close to home. It's watching America. Since the Sept. 11 attacks, about 100 employees of a little-known branch of the Defense Department called the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency — and some of the country's most sophisticated aerial imaging equipment — have focused on observing what's going on in the United States.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040927/watching_the_homeland</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:22:05 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Engineers Use Hurricanes to Study Houses (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040927/ap_on_sc/hurricane_houses</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - When a hurricane makes landfall in the continental United States, Dave Prevatt and his colleagues in the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program are out evaluating which construction methods best protect homes from the tremendous wind forces the storms deliver.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040927/hurricane_houses</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:54:47 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Wind and Nuclear Power -- a Generation Gap? (Reuters)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040927/sc_nm/energy_germany_wind_dc</link> <description><![CDATA[Reuters - In this north German town<br />a huge crane is helping to build the world's largest wind power<br />plant, a prototype for offshore wind farms from 2006.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >nm/20040927/energy_germany_wind_dc</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:41:51 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Volcanic Unrest in Mount St. Helens Crater (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040927/ap_on_sc/st__helens_quakes</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Seismologists believe there's an increased likelihood of a hazardous event at Mount St. Helens due to a strengthening series of earthquakes at the volcano.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040927/st__helens_quakes</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:33:11 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>2 Ecologists Near End of West Coast Hike (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040927/ap_on_sc/west_coast_hikers</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Forget a Global Positioning System or even a map. The Earth's own original satellite is the most important guide for two hikers making the first known continuous trek of the nation's western coastline.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040927/west_coast_hikers</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:45:00 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Panel Studies Effects of Nuclear Tests (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040927/ap_on_sc/radiation_compensation</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Idaho residents who believe Cold War nuclear testing harmed their health will testify before a National Academy of Sciences panel to say they should be included in a federal compensation program.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040927/radiation_compensation</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:52:40 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Program Combines Archaeology, Oceanography (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040927/ap_on_sc/apn_deep_water_degree</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - The University of Rhode Island has designed a voyage to the bottom of the sea for students in an emerging field of scientific exploration — archaeological oceanography.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040927/apn_deep_water_degree</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:38:25 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Jeanne Damages NASA Shuttle Building (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040927/ap_on_sc/jeanne_space_center</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - The third hurricane to hit NASA's spaceport in just over a month blew out more panels and left more gaping holes in the massive shuttle assembly building, but overall damage was not as severe as feared, a space agency official said Sunday.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040927/jeanne_space_center</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:52:28 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Ape Learning Center Welcoming 'Students' (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040927/ap_on_sc/ape_education</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Azy and Indah are heading to school this week — a unique experience for two clever orangutans whose classroom will eventually encompass more than 200 acres of lowlands, river forest and lakes. On Tuesday, the inquisitive primates will become the first residents of the Great Ape Trust of Iowa.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040927/ape_education</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:10:51 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Organic Farming Studied As Demand Rises (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040926/ap_on_sc/researching_organic</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Organic farming sounds simple — no chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or genetically engineered plants. But succeeding at it can be complicated. A recent wave of research at universities around the country seeks to take some of the guesswork and financial uncertainty out of the practice.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040926/researching_organic</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2004 17:04:22 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Human Remains Used in Artificial Reefs (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040926/ap_on_sc/human_remains_reefs</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - As if shooting a loved one's ashes into space or pressing them into artificial diamonds were not sufficiently offbeat, relatives of the deceased now can have their ashes mixed into concrete to help form ocean habitats.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040926/human_remains_reefs</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2004 10:47:49 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Calif. OKs Toughest Auto Emissions Rules (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040925/ap_on_sc/greenhouse_emissions</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - California has adopted the world's first rules to reduce greenhouse emissions for autos, taking what supporters see as a dramatic step toward cleaning up the environment but also ensuring higher costs for drivers.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040925/greenhouse_emissions</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:14:40 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Sage Grouse Listing May Curb Natural Gas (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040925/ap_on_sc/sage_grouse</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Some wildlife experts want to make the greater sage grouse an endangered species icon. Its Western habitat, unfortunately, is atop some of the nation's largest untapped natural gas fields.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040925/sage_grouse</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2004 02:50:32 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Spotted Owl Seen Declining in Northwest (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040925/ap_on_sc/spotted_owl_review</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Fourteen years after coming under federal protection, the northern spotted owl continues on the decline in the Pacific Northwest, a study shows.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040925/spotted_owl_review</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2004 02:50:03 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>NASA: Space Station Running Low on Oxygen (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040925/ap_on_sc/space_station</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Oxygen and food will be worrisomely low on the international space station by Christmas, and it's crucial that a Russian supply ship get there by then, a top NASA official said Friday.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040925/space_station</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2004 02:15:23 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>NASA Genesis Space Sample Shipped to Calif. Lab (Reuters)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040924/sc_nm/space_genesis_dc</link> <description><![CDATA[Reuters - Scientists in California on Friday<br />began examining for the first time samples of solar wind<br />particles collected by the spacecraft Genesis, which crashed<br />earlier this month in the Utah desert when its parachutes<br />failed to open on landing.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >nm/20040924/space_genesis_dc</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2004 00:43:25 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Group: Illegal Ivory Easy to Get Online (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040924/ap_on_sc/ivory_online</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Online sales of illegal ivory are booming in the United States despite a longtime global trade ban, conservationists charge.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040924/ivory_online</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 21:21:52 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Great White Shark Gets Satellite Tracker (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040924/ap_on_sc/brf_shark_tagged</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Researchers put a satellite tracking device on a 15-foot shark that appeared to be lost in shallow water off Cape Cod, the first time a great white has been tagged that way in the Atlantic.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040924/brf_shark_tagged</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 17:38:29 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Hubble Lifts Fog on Early Universe (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040924/sc_space/hubbleliftsfogonearlyuniverse</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - Astronomers have found what they believe to be several of the earliest star-forming galaxies, in a detailed analysis of Hubble Space Telescope images released earlier this year.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040924/hubbleliftsfogonearlyuniverse</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 17:36:45 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>TV Review: NOVA - Origins (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040924/sc_space/tvreviewnovaorigins</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - Providing television viewers a solid primer on everything from the birth of the universe to the variety of life in New York City's Times Square may seem like a daunting prospect, but a new miniseries to appear on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) succeeds in its attempt.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040924/tvreviewnovaorigins</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 17:36:44 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Folded Ice Discovered Beneath Antarctica (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040924/ap_on_sc/antarctic_ice</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Glaciers in Antarctica are thinning faster than they did in the 1990s and researchers have discovered an unexpected folded section deep beneath the ice cap, findings that may indicate the ice is less stable than had been thought.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040924/antarctic_ice</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:43:18 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Dinosaur May Have Been Stealth Hunter (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040924/ap_on_sc/stealth_dinosaur</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - The strike would have come out of nowhere: One second the fish was swimming placidly, no danger in sight, a moment later it was lunch.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040924/stealth_dinosaur</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:43:04 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Samples From Genesis Craft Sent to Calif. (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040924/ap_on_sc/genesis_capsules</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - The first solar-wind samples recovered from the crashed Genesis space capsule have been sent to researchers in California.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040924/genesis_capsules</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 12:58:53 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Study: Dogs Are Able to Sniff Out Cancer (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040924/ap_on_sc/cancer_sniffing_dogs</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - It has long been suspected that man's best friend has a special ability to sense when something is wrong with us. Now the first experiment to verify that scientifically has demonstrated that dogs are able to smell cancer.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040924/cancer_sniffing_dogs</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 05:01:13 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Woman Gives Birth After Tissue Transplant (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040924/ap_on_sc/ovary_baby</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - The first baby conceived after an ovarian tissue transplant was born Thursday in Belgium in a procedure that could one day allow women to delay motherhood beyond menopause.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040924/ovary_baby</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 04:03:51 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>NASA Urged for Infrared Camera in Hubble (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040924/ap_on_sc/hubble_astronomers</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Scientists who have peered through space to a time when light first filled the universe urged NASA on Thursday to ensure a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission includes a next generation infrared camera.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040924/hubble_astronomers</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 03:06:51 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>U.S. to Support Limiting Shark Trade (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040923/ap_on_sc/great_white_sharks</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - The United States will join with Australia and Madagascar in arguing that great white sharks need to be protected through new global trade restrictions.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040923/great_white_sharks</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:46:15 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Groups Challenge Rules on Pesticides (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040923/ap_on_sc/endangered_species</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Environmental groups went to court Thursday against Bush administration rules that allow the use of new pesticides with fewer checks on how they affect endangered species.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040923/endangered_species</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2004 21:46:03 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Space Station Crew Plans New Missions (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040923/ap_on_sc/russia_space_station</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - The next crew for the international space station said Thursday it will conduct experiments to research new AIDS vaccines and plant growth and work on new space vehicles that will help future missions to the moon and Mars.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040923/russia_space_station</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:35:46 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Acid Rain Pollution Up 4 Percent in 2003 (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040923/ap_on_sc/acid_rain</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Emissions of sulfur dioxide, which causes acid rain, rose 4 percent in 2003, but probably will not compromise long-term air quality goals, the government reported Wednesday.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040923/acid_rain</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:25:51 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Life is a Gas: Methane Might Support Underground ET (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040923/sc_space/lifeisagasmethanemightsupportundergroundet</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - A new test that produced methane under conditions mimicking the deep interiors of Earth and Mars lends support to an idea that the gas could theoretically support unseen colonies of microbes on both worlds. And the study hints at the possibility of a potential vast supply of petroleum products.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040923/lifeisagasmethanemightsupportundergroundet</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:36:31 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Zero G Flights Could Bolster Space Tourism, Research Industries (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040923/sc_space/zerogflightscouldbolsterspacetourismresearchindustries</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - Floating free above Earth and carrying out an experiment in space has long been the preserve of orbiting travelers, but at taxpayer's expense.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040923/zerogflightscouldbolsterspacetourismresearchindustries</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:36:30 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Genesis Capsule to Be Sent to Colorado (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040923/ap_on_sc/genesis_lockheed_martin</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - NASA will soon send its damaged Genesis space capsule back to Colorado, where builders at Lockheed Martin will join other experts in trying to figure out why it crashed in Utah earlier this month.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040923/genesis_lockheed_martin</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:33:56 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Researchers Study Plastics From Feathers (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040923/ap_on_sc/plastics_feathers</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Researchers at Iowa State University are pecking away at ways of making environmentally friendly plastic. From golf tees to a biodegradable flower pot that can be planted directly in the ground, scientists are studying ways of making plastics from things such as chicken feathers and soy protein.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040923/plastics_feathers</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:33:21 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Warming May Be Less Severe in Central U.S. (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040923/ap_on_sc/global_warming</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Anticipated global warming by mid-century may be less severe in the central U.S. than elsewhere in the country, researchers said Tuesday.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040923/global_warming</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2004 02:15:52 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Agency to Designate Habitat for Dragonfly (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040922/ap_on_sc/endangered_dragonfly</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Prodded by a lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to designate critical habitat for an endangered dragonfly found in only a few Midwestern wetland areas.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040922/endangered_dragonfly</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:30:10 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>NASA Extends Mars Rover Mission 6 Months (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040922/ap_on_sc/mars_rovers</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - NASA thinks its Mars rovers just might keep going and going and going. The space agency has funded another extension of their mission, for an additional six months, if they last.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040922/mars_rovers</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:34:55 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Genetic Testing Challenges Medical Ethics (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040922/ap_on_sc/genetic_dilemmas</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - After one of Dr. Kenneth Offit's patients died from a genetic form of breast cancer, Offit felt obliged to warn the woman's college-age daughter that she, too, might be at risk.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040922/genetic_dilemmas</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:43:28 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Plan Would Turn Restore Wash. Estuary (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040922/ap_on_sc/estuary_revival</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - A 15-year plan would restore salt marshes and mudflats for migrating salmon at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, more than 100 years after the farmland was drained and diked.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040922/estuary_revival</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:40:49 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Co. Converts Buses Into Rolling Labs (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040922/ap_on_sc/science_bus</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - An Ohio company has found a niche by converting yellow school buses into hands-on laboratories as a highly mobile way to try to get students excited about science.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040922/science_bus</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2004 02:15:41 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>University to Build Zebra Fish Center (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040922/ap_on_sc/studying_zebra_fish</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are hoping that the thousands of zebra fish living in their Biomedical Science Tower South will one day help identify genes involved in human disease and development.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040922/studying_zebra_fish</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2004 02:08:30 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Tenn. Lab Develops Electron Microscope (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040922/ap_on_sc/electron_microscope</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are peering into the atomic world with record clarity, developing an electron microscope image that can distinguish the individual, dumbbell-shaped atoms of a silicon crystal.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040922/electron_microscope</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2004 02:07:36 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Biotech Grass Breeding Raises Concerns (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040921/ap_on_sc/gmo_grass</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Pollen from genetically engineered grass floated more than 12 miles from experimental plots and bred with conventional plants, raising concerns that the biotechnology industry can't control the "gene flow" of its creations.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040921/gmo_grass</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:07:05 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>The Balance Factor: Can You Handle Zero G? (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040921/sc_space/thebalancefactorcanyouhandlezerog</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - Floating around an airplane unhampered by gravity may sound like a blast, but only as long as you take precautions to keep your lunch in your stomach.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040921/thebalancefactorcanyouhandlezerog</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:34:46 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>The Sun's Travels and Why Fall is Nigh (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040921/sc_space/thesunstravelsandwhyfallisnigh</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - Wednesday, Sept. 22 marks what scientists call the fall equinox in the Northern <br /> Hemisphere, when night and day are of equal length and cooler weather is on <br /> the way -- if it hasn't already arrived.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040921/thesunstravelsandwhyfallisnigh</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:34:45 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Indonesia Questions U.S. Mine Chief (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040921/ap_on_sc/indonesia_mine_pollution</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Indonesian police on Tuesday summoned the American director and two other foreign staffers of a U.S.-based mining company for questioning over the alleged contamination of a bay in eastern Indonesia.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040921/indonesia_mine_pollution</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:25:56 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Governors Worry About Offshore Drilling (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040921/ap_on_sc/saving_oceans</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - A presidential commission has modified its proposal for a trust fund that would use up to $4 billion in annual offshore oil and gas royalties to safeguard oceans and coastal areas. The change was to answer governors' fears the idea might spur more drilling off their coasts.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040921/saving_oceans</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:25:28 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Only Great White Shark at Calif. Aquarium (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040921/ap_on_sc/great_white_shark</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - The Monterey Bay Aquarium has an unusual visitor that experts are hoping will be a permanent houseguest: a great white shark.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040921/great_white_shark</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:55:45 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Indian Rhino Born at Buffalo Zoo (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040921/ap_on_sc/rhino_birth</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - An Indian rhino was born at the Buffalo Zoo this week, one of less than a dozen births in North America in the last decade, zoo officials said.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040921/rhino_birth</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:55:23 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Group: Ivan Damaged Gulf Barrier Islands (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040921/ap_on_sc/ivan_barrier_islands</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Hurricane Ivan's storm surge and pounding waves swamped the barrier islands that stand guard along the central Gulf of Mexico coast, eroding their protective sand and causing millions of dollars in damage, coastal experts said.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040921/ivan_barrier_islands</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:54:45 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Democrat Emerges As Major Stem Cell Patron (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040921/ap_on_sc/stem_cell_s_biggest_backer</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Over three decades, Bob Klein amassed a fortune by building and financing low-income housing. After his 14-year-old son was diagnosed with diabetes in 2001, however, he redirected his considerable political clout and business savvy. The longtime Democrat has since become one of the biggest private patrons of human embryonic stem cell research — medical technology that many scientists believe can someday cure a wide range of ailments, including diabetes.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040921/stem_cell_s_biggest_backer</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:54:11 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Researchers Say Microscope Can See Atoms (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040921/ap_on_sc/resolution_record</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are peering into the atomic world with record clarity, developing an electron microscope image that can distinguish the individual, dumbbell-shaped atoms of silicon in a crystal.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040921/resolution_record</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2004 02:51:28 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Canyon Holds Ancient Civilization Secrets (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040921/ap_on_sc/ancient_find</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - The newly discovered ruins of an ancient civilization in this remote eastern Utah canyon could reveal secrets about the descendants of the continent's original Paleo-Indians who showed up before the time of Christ to settle much of present-day Utah.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040921/ancient_find</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2004 02:48:01 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Wash. Scientists Study Whale Watchers (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040921/ap_on_sc/orcas_whale_watchers</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Killer whales get the superstar treatment every summer off the Washington coast, where tourists fill up whale-watch boats to catch a glimpse of the majestic animals. Now, researchers are studying whether all the attention could be a bad thing.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040921/orcas_whale_watchers</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2004 02:47:27 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>How Safe Is a Roller Coaster in the Sky? (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040920/sc_space/howsafeisarollercoasterinthesky</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - Last week's announcement by the Zero <br />Gravity Corporation that it would be offering weightless flights to paying <br />customers was good news for thrill seekers. Those who sign up for the <br />experience will be treated to several stomach-rolling climbs and drops. <br />Although the planes used are slightly modified commercial planes, tests have <br />shown that they can manage the demanding maneuvers.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040920/howsafeisarollercoasterinthesky</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:35:01 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Newfound Comet Set for Winter Display (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040920/sc_space/newfoundcometsetforwinterdisplay</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - Donald Machholz of Colfax, <br /> California, an optician who has been interested in astronomy since age eight, <br /> discovered nine comets from 1978 through 1994. 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After his 14-year-old son was diagnosed with diabetes in 2001, however, he redirected his considerable political clout and business savvy. The longtime Democrat has since become one of the biggest private patrons of human embryonic stem cell research — medical technology that many scientists believe can someday cure a wide range of ailments, including diabetes.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040920/stem_cell_s_biggest_backer</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:31:20 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Wash. Scientists Study Whale Watchers (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040920/ap_on_sc/orcas_whale_watchers</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Killer whales get the superstar treatment every summer off the Washington coast, where tourists fill up whale-watch boats to catch a glimpse of the majestic animals. Now, researchers are studying whether all the attention could be a bad thing.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040920/orcas_whale_watchers</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:28:34 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Group: Ivan Damaged Gulf Barrier Islands (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040919/ap_on_sc/ivan_barrier_islands</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Hurricane Ivan's storm surge and pounding waves swamped the barrier islands that stand guard along the central Gulf of Mexico coast, eroding their protective sand and causing millions of dollars in damage, coastal experts said.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040919/ivan_barrier_islands</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2004 12:51:47 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Indian Rhino Born at Buffalo Zoo (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040919/ap_on_sc/rhino_birth</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - An Indian rhino was born at the Buffalo Zoo this week, one of less than a dozen births in North America in the last decade, zoo officials said.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040919/rhino_birth</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2004 04:29:11 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Minor Earthquake Felt in Kentucky (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040918/ap_on_sc/earthquake</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - A minor earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale was felt in several southeastern Kentucky counties early Friday afternoon, according to the National Geological Survey in Golden, Colo.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040918/earthquake</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2004 02:37:07 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Hurricanes May Have Upset NASA's Schedule (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040918/ap_on_go_ot/space_shuttle</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan have cost NASA a least a week's worth of work and upset its tight schedule for resuming shuttle flights, throwing into doubt the space agency's plans to launch Discovery in early spring.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040918/space_shuttle</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2004 02:33:53 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>U.S. Accuses U.N. of Dragging Feet Over Locusts (Reuters)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040917/sc_nm/environment_locusts_un_dc</link> <description><![CDATA[Reuters - The United States accused the U.N.<br />agriculture body Friday of mismanaging the locust crisis<br />afflicting vast swathes of West Africa.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >nm/20040917/environment_locusts_un_dc</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2004 20:22:19 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Only Great White Shark at Calif. Aquarium (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040917/ap_on_sc/great_white_shark</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - The Monterey Bay Aquarium has an unusual visitor that experts are hoping will be a permanent houseguest: a great white shark.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040917/great_white_shark</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2004 19:30:09 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Study Eyes Salmonella, Typhoid, Monkeypox (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040917/ap_on_sc/biodefense_ohsu</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Oregon researchers have started work on a new five-year, $10.3 million biodefense contract to find the proteins associated with bacteria that cause salmonella poisoning and typhoid fever, and the virus that causes monkeypox.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040917/biodefense_ohsu</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2004 19:29:18 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>&#36;1.3M Plan Aims to Save Calif. State Fish (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040917/ap_on_sc/golden_trout</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Federal and state officials plan to announce Friday an agreement to spend $1.3 million over the next five years to save California's state fish.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040917/golden_trout</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2004 17:51:23 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Newfound Comet Set for Winter Display (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040917/sc_space/newfoundcometsetforwinterdisplay</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - Donald Machholz of Colfax, <br /> California, an optician who has been interested in astronomy since age eight, <br /> discovered nine comet from 1978 through 1994. He has since spent 1,457 hours <br /> scanning the skies for other comets, without any luck.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040917/newfoundcometsetforwinterdisplay</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:34:55 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Return to Flight on Track Despite Setbacks (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040917/sc_space/returntoflightontrackdespitesetbacks</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - NASA is making progress in its return to flight efforts, despite suffering setbacks from a recent rash of hurricanes that have pummeled the nation's space coast, according to the task force overseeing the agency's work.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040917/returntoflightontrackdespitesetbacks</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:34:54 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Naturalists Struggle to Save Iran Cheetahs (Reuters)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040917/sc_nm/environment_iran_cheetahs_dc</link> <description><![CDATA[Reuters - Only 60 cheetahs are believed to remain<br />in Iran, their numbers bludgeoned by hunting, road-building and<br />drought, say environmentalists battling to save them from<br />extinction.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >nm/20040917/environment_iran_cheetahs_dc</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:21:52 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>U.S. Accuses Researchers of Animal Abuse (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040917/ap_on_sc/animal_mistreatment</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Federal regulators have accused University of California researchers of mistreating animals used in medical experiments over a three-year period, according to a complaint made public Tuesday by an animal-rights group.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040917/animal_mistreatment</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:51:39 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Australia Fights Biggest Locust Plague in Decades (Reuters)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040917/sc_nm/food_australia_locusts_dc</link> <description><![CDATA[Reuters - Australia has started<br />battling its biggest plague of locusts in decades as billions<br />of the insects hatch along a wide front covering much of the<br />country's central east region.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >nm/20040917/food_australia_locusts_dc</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:05:17 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Hurricanes May Have Upset NASA's Schedule (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040917/ap_on_sc/space_shuttle</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan have cost NASA a least a week's worth of work and upset its tight schedule for resuming shuttle flights, throwing into doubt the space agency's plans to launch Discovery in early spring.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040917/space_shuttle</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:21:34 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Japan Volcano Erupts for 4th Day But Seen Quieting (Reuters)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040917/sc_nm/japan_volcano_dc</link> <description><![CDATA[Reuters - A volcano in central Japan sent smoke and<br />ash high into the sky and spat out molten rock as it erupted<br />for a fourth straight day on Friday, but experts said the peak<br />appeared to be quieting slightly.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >nm/20040917/japan_volcano_dc</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:26:43 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>China's Energy Crisis Blankets Hong Kong in Smog (Reuters)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040917/sc_nm/environment_hongkong_dc</link> <description><![CDATA[Reuters - To gaze across Hong Kong's harbor at<br />the city's glittering skyscrapers and soaring peaks is to take<br />in one of the world's most spectacular urban vistas.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >nm/20040917/environment_hongkong_dc</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2004 03:49:11 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Supercomputers Aid Hurricane Forecasting (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040916/ap_on_sc/hurricane_supercomputers</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Thousands of miles from the rain and wind of Hurricane Ivan, a model of the storm swirls in the memory and processors of a supercomputer that can predict its likely course and strength.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040916/hurricane_supercomputers</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:20:11 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Glimpse at Swollen Stars Presages Earth's Demise (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040916/sc_space/glimpseatswollenstarspresagesearthsdemise</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - Today's global warming is nothing compared to what astronomers have just seen through the time machine of a telescope.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040916/glimpseatswollenstarspresagesearthsdemise</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2004 20:35:45 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Smithsonian Unveils Ocean Science Program (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040916/ap_on_sc/smithsonian_oceans</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - A new ocean science program dedicated to studying and explaining the world's oceans is the latest offering from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040916/smithsonian_oceans</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:18:02 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>U.N. Seeks Limits on Pesticide Harming Ozone Layer (Reuters)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040916/sc_nm/environment_ozone_dc</link> <description><![CDATA[Reuters - The world should crack down further on the<br />use of the pesticide methyl bromide which is damaging the ozone<br />layer, the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) said on Thursday.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >nm/20040916/environment_ozone_dc</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:09:58 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Officials: Tahoe Cleaner After Engine Ban (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040916/ap_on_sc/tahoe_engines</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Lake Tahoe has seen a dramatic reduction in levels of burned and unburned gasoline products in its water since two-stroke, carburetor engines were banned in 1999, water quality officials said.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040916/tahoe_engines</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:06:34 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Antarctic Living: A Space House for an Icy Land (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040915/sc_space/antarcticlivingaspacehouseforanicyland</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - A new research station at the bottom of the world may give future Antarctica researchers some special treats, like the ability to live above ground and look out a window.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040915/antarcticlivingaspacehouseforanicyland</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:35:42 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>NASA Transfers X-37 Project to DARPA (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040915/sc_space/nasatransfersx37projecttodarpa</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - WASHINGTON — NASA has transferred its X-37 technology demonstration program <br /> to the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which plans <br /> to go ahead with atmospheric drop tests of the prototype space plane next year.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040915/nasatransfersx37projecttodarpa</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:35:41 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Study: Starvation Caused Moose Decline (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040915/ap_on_sc/wolves_moose</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Malnutrition and starvation have drastically reduced moose numbers in northwest Wyoming, according to the author of a new study that debunks the belief among some that wolves are a leading cause of the decline.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040915/wolves_moose</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2004 20:22:45 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Flashlight Takes Batteries of Any Size (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040915/ap_on_sc/versatile_flashlight</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Anyone who has cursed when their flashlight goes dead may have something new to beam about — a flashlight that accepts batteries of different sizes.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040915/versatile_flashlight</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:53:36 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Scientists Say Mauna Loa May Soon Erupt (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040915/ap_on_sc/mauna_loa</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Earthquakes have been rumbling more frequently deep beneath Mauna Loa, suggesting that the world's largest volcano is getting ready to erupt for the first time in 20 years, scientists said.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040915/mauna_loa</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:16:25 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Colorado River Habitat Gains Protection (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040915/ap_on_sc/colorado_river_wildlife</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Interior Secretary Gale Norton has signed an agreement with representatives of Arizona, Nevada and California to protect wildlife habitat on the Colorado River and aid native species.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040915/colorado_river_wildlife</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:35:14 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Panel Says Pollution Plagues Great Lakes (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040915/ap_on_sc/great_lakes_quality</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Despite improvements in recent decades, the Great Lakes remain a dumping ground for pollution ranging from livestock waste to mercury emissions, a U.S.-Canadian panel said Monday.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040915/great_lakes_quality</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:33:14 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>U.N. Agency to Study Environment in Iraq (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040915/ap_on_sc/un_iraq_environment</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Scientists will begin investigating environmental "hot spots" in Iraq as part of a long-term strategy to clean up the country after ten years of war and instability, the U.N. Environment Program said Tuesday.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040915/un_iraq_environment</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:26:45 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Crews Fail to Find Tree-Killing Beetle (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040915/ap_on_sc/ash_pest</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Survey crews searching through woods and neighborhoods in northeast Indiana have not found any new signs of the beetle blamed for killing millions of ash trees in Michigan and Ohio, a state official said.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040915/ash_pest</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:14:27 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Lightning Strike Injures 40 on Texas Field (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040915/ap_on_sc/team_lightning_strike</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - About 40 players and coaches with the Grapeland High School football team in East Texas were injured, two of them critically, when lightning struck near their practice field Tuesday evening, authorities said.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040915/team_lightning_strike</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:02:56 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Now Boarding: Zero G Flights for the Public (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040914/sc_space/nowboardingzerogflightsforthepublic</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - The Zero Gravity Corporation <br /> has been given the thumbs up by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to <br /> conduct "weightless flights" for the general public, providing the <br /> sensation of floating in space.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040914/nowboardingzerogflightsforthepublic</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:32:54 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Report: Heat to Cause More Calif. Deaths (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040914/ap_on_sc/heat_deaths</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Longer and more intense heat waves throughout California in the decades ahead will lead to more heat-related deaths in several major cities, according to a new report.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040914/heat_deaths</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:49:11 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Group: Red Sea Pollution Hurts Coral Reef (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040914/ap_on_sc/israel_red_sea_pollution</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - A panel of experts from Israel and abroad on Sunday urged the government to immediately halt fish farming in Israel's Red Sea coastal waters, saying pollution from operation is killing a unique coral reef.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040914/israel_red_sea_pollution</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:57:27 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Company Making Fake Urine for Research (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040914/ap_on_sc/synthetic_urine</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Synthetic urine, which sounds like something more likely to generate snickers than sales, is turning into a small success for a Kansas company.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040914/synthetic_urine</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:04:18 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Dutch Professor Wins Swedish Science Prize (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040914/ap_on_sc/sweden_science_prize</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - A Dutch professor became the first recipient of a new Swedish science prize in the field of medical education research, the awarding body said Monday.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040914/sweden_science_prize</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:01:38 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Navy Ship to Become Scientific Explorer (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040914/ap_on_sc/ocean_explorer</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - It started out listening for enemy submarines, once plied the oceans searching for drug traffickers and recently ran aircraft surveillance for ships gearing up for duty in the Iraq war.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040914/ocean_explorer</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:54:18 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>FDA Approves Lens Implant to Sharpen Sight (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040914/ap_on_sc/implantable_lens</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - There's a new option for people who suffer from extreme nearsightedness, whose world loses its crisp edge just a few inches from their noses. The first implantable lens for nearsightedness was approved Monday by the Food and Drug Administration.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040914/implantable_lens</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:44:15 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Navy Surveillance Ship to Be Converted (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040913/ap_on_sc/ship_giveaway</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - A Navy surveillance ship that once listened for enemy submarines and hunted for drug traffickers was turned over to scientists Monday to begin a new mission of exploring the world's deepest oceans.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040913/ship_giveaway</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:42:06 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Noah's Cosmic Ark: Preserving DNA on the Moon (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040913/sc_space/noahscosmicarkpreservingdnaonthemoon</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - The complexity of life took <br /> billions of years to push and stretch and reshape the biological niche that <br /> is Earth. It would seem prudent if one had the means to save some portion <br /> of the blueprints of this majesty, so that the process would not have to start <br /> over from scratch in the event of a global cataclysm.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040913/noahscosmicarkpreservingdnaonthemoon</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:32:40 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Lots of Science Intact in Smashed-Up Genesis Capsule (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040913/sc_space/lotsofscienceintactinsmashedupgenesiscapsule</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - Scientists and engineers <br /> are optimistic after having peeked inside the Genesis space capsule, which brought <br /> back bits of the Sun but crashed into the Utah desert Wednesday.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040913/lotsofscienceintactinsmashedupgenesiscapsule</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:32:39 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Groups Work on Schemes to Stop Hurricanes (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040913/ap_on_sc/hurricane_cures</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Amateur hurricane-busters have come up with any number of crackpot ideas to spare Florida from ferocious storms. Among them: blowing hurricanes away with giant fans or blowing them up with nuclear warheads.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040913/hurricane_cures</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:25:34 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>NASA: Spaceport Should Withstand Ivan (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040912/ap_on_sc/hurricanes_space_center</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - NASA's hurricane-damaged spaceport should be able to withstand the wind and rain from Ivan if the storm stays well to the west, the Kennedy Space Center's director said Saturday.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040912/hurricanes_space_center</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2004 11:12:59 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Mild El Nino Developing in Pacific (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040912/ap_on_sc/el_nino</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - A mild El Nino is developing in the Pacific Ocean, climate experts said Friday. El Ninos can affect weather in other areas, sometimes worldwide.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040912/el_nino</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2004 04:35:02 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Space Station Oxygen Generator Analyzed (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040912/ap_on_sc/space_station</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - The astronauts aboard the international space station got their broken oxygen generator running after three tries Friday, but the machine shut down again after barely an hour of operation.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040912/space_station</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2004 04:29:12 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Scientists Recover Critical Genesis Parts (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040912/ap_on_sc/genesis_capsule</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - NASA scientists said they have recovered some critical pieces of the Genesis space capsule intact and are optimistic the wreckage will yield valuable information about the origins of the solar system.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040912/genesis_capsule</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2004 04:26:09 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>More Grizzlies With Cubs in Yellowstone (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040911/ap_on_sc/grizzly_numbers</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - The number of grizzly bears with cubs in the Yellowstone area appears to be rebounding, which could bolster efforts to remove the animals from the endangered species list, biologists said Friday.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040911/grizzly_numbers</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2004 05:23:03 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Engineer Builds Robot That Walks on Water (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040910/ap_on_sc/water_walking_robot</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - It could be called a mechanical miracle — a robot that walks on water.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040910/water_walking_robot</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2004 21:09:11 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Frances Destroys Sea Turtle Nests (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040910/ap_on_sc/frances_sea_turtles</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Hurricane Frances destroyed thousands of sea turtle nests as the storm tore through their most important beaches in the middle of the nesting season, biologists said.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040910/frances_sea_turtles</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:06:30 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Likely First Photo of Planet Beyond the Solar System (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040910/sc_space/likelyfirstphotoofplanetbeyondthesolarsystem</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - A group of European-led <br /> astronomers has made a photograph of what appears to be a planet orbiting another <br /> star. If so, it would be the first confirmed picture of a world beyond our solar <br /> system.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040910/likelyfirstphotoofplanetbeyondthesolarsystem</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:33:25 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Genesis Capsule a 'Mangled Mess' (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040910/sc_space/genesiscapsuleamangledmess</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - TOOELE, UTAH -- Its not <br /> the kind of "breaking news" that NASA wanted.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040910/genesiscapsuleamangledmess</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:33:24 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Panel Urges Sharing of Data on Germs (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040910/ap_on_sc/bioterrorism_openness</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - The value of freely sharing data on dangerous germs so vaccines and treatments can be developed outweighs the danger that bioterrorists may use the information to do harm, a scientific panel concluded Thursday.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040910/bioterrorism_openness</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:52:09 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Scientists Stumped by Dead Croakers (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040910/ap_on_sc/dead_croakers</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Thousands of croakers have washed ashore at beaches along the Atlantic coast in recent days, the latest mass deaths of the popular sport fish.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040910/dead_croakers</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2004 03:33:35 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Divers Find Ancient Skeleton in Mexico (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040910/ap_on_sc/mexico_first_americans</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Divers making dangerous probes through underwater caves near the Caribbean coast have discovered what appears to be one of oldest human skeletons in the Americas, archaeologists announced at a seminar that was ending on Friday.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040910/mexico_first_americans</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2004 03:30:31 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Germ Study Suggests Bloodletting May Work (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040910/ap_on_sc/iron_bacteria</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Could that ancient practice of bleeding patients really have done some good? A scientist says new research on how germs thrive in the body suggests it just may have — for some people.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040910/iron_bacteria</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2004 03:22:24 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Extinction May Have Trickle-Down Effect (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040909/ap_on_sc/extinction_warning</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Conservationists concerned about the extinction of plants and animals may be overlooking the danger to thousands of other species that depend on the threatened ones.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040909/extinction_warning</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2004 20:04:41 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Stem Cell Research Measure Contested (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040909/ap_on_sc/stem_cell_opposition</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - The Roman Catholic Church and the wealthy evangelical Christian Howard Ahmanson Jr. have emerged as the biggest financial backers of the campaign against a California ballot measure that would fund stem cell research and cloning projects.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040909/stem_cell_opposition</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2004 17:33:02 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Serbs in Dispute Over Darwin Vs. Divine (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040909/ap_on_sc/serbia_darwin_out</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Charles Darwin's evolution theory is out of Serb schools. The Bible is in.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040909/serbia_darwin_out</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2004 17:13:50 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Maine Slated to Get Advanced Microscope (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040909/ap_on_sc/mighty_microscope</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor is awaiting delivery next year of what may be the world's most advanced microscope, a $1 million machine it will share with other members of a Maine scientific consortium.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040909/mighty_microscope</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2004 17:11:04 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Scientists See Success Relocating Palila (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040909/ap_on_sc/endangered_birds</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - Scientists have found two separate breeding pairs of palila nearly a year after the endangered birds were reintroduced to the northern slopes of Mauna Kea.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040909/endangered_birds</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2004 17:04:52 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Md. Geologist Completes Sinkhole Study (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040909/ap_on_sc/sinkhole_study</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - A geologist who spent four years traipsing in and around Frederick has mapped areas most likely to develop sinkholes — depressions in the earth that appear suddenly, swallowing cars and homes.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040909/sinkhole_study</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2004 17:02:51 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Spaceport Mum on Frances Shuttle Delays (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040909/ap_on_sc/frances_space_center</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - The director of the hurricane-ravaged Kennedy Space Center refused to speculate Tuesday whether the damage will thwart plans to resume shuttle flights next spring, but his words offered little hope of an on-time launch.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040909/frances_space_center</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2004 14:29:17 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>NASA: Fixing Shuttle Fleet Could Top &#36;2B (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040909/ap_on_sc/nasa_shuttle_flight</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe said Wednesday the cost of fixing all the problems with the space shuttle fleet could top $2.2 billion — double the estimated price tag given to Congress a year ago.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040909/nasa_shuttle_flight</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2004 14:28:29 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>DNA Fingerprint Discoverer Has Concerns (AP)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040909/ap_on_sc/britain_dna_fingerprinting</link> <description><![CDATA[AP - One morning 20 years ago, Alec Jeffreys stumbled upon DNA fingerprinting, identifying the patterns of genetic material that are unique to almost every individual. The discovery revolutionized everything from criminal investigations to family law.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >ap/20040909/britain_dna_fingerprinting</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2004 03:32:45 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Space Probe Fails to Deploy Chute, Slams into Earth (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040908/sc_space/spaceprobefailstodeploychuteslamsintoearth</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, UTAH <br /> -- A NASA spacecraft spun out of control and crashed into the Utah desert this <br /> morning, putting a disastrous end to a years-long mission to bring back samples <br /> of the Sun.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040908/spaceprobefailstodeploychuteslamsintoearth</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2004 20:31:16 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Cubesats: Tiny Spacecraft, Huge Payoffs (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040908/sc_space/cubesatstinyspacecrafthugepayoffs</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - LOGAN, UTAH -- Experts say <br /> the big news in spacecraft building involves ultra-small CubeSats.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040908/cubesatstinyspacecrafthugepayoffs</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2004 20:31:15 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Silent Running: 'Black Triangle' Sightings on the Rise (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040902/sc_space/silentrunningblacktrianglesightingsontherise</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - They have become legendary in UFO circles. Huge, <br />silent-running Flying Triangles have been seen by ground observers creeping <br />through the sky low and slow near cities and quietly cruising over <br />highways.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040902/silentrunningblacktrianglesightingsontherise</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2004 22:30:51 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Tiny Space Rocks Help Settle Astronomical Debate (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040902/sc_space/tinyspacerockshelpsettleastronomicaldebate</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - A pair of miniscule meteorite grains has helped astronomers settle a long-running debate on the origins of space dust belched out by dying stars.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040902/tinyspacerockshelpsettleastronomicaldebate</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2004 22:30:50 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>(SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040901/sc_space/mysterycloudappearsovereasternusandcanada</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - Anyone who lives in the eastern part of the United States or Canada and gazing skyward on Tuesday evening may have noticed something strange in their west-northwest sky.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040901/mysterycloudappearsovereasternusandcanada</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2004 21:29:44 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Virtual Humans Proposed As Space Travelers (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040901/sc_space/virtualhumansproposedasspacetravelers</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - TELLURIDE, COLORADO -- Better make room for an extra crewmember aboard any spaceship heading outward. This person wont require food, oxygen or water, nor even need to buckle up for safety. The tag-along traveler could, however, be a lifesaver in terms of getting the expedition to and from a celestial destination.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040901/virtualhumansproposedasspacetravelers</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2004 21:29:43 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Two Neptune-Mass Planets Found, Earth-Size Worlds Next (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040831/sc_space/twoneptunemassplanetsfoundearthsizeworldsnext</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - Planet hunters have found two worlds roughly the mass of Neptune, each orbiting a star within 30 light-years of our solar system. The planets are likely gaseous or mixtures of ice and rock, but they might be barren rock worlds like Mercury.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040831/twoneptunemassplanetsfoundearthsizeworldsnext</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:42:29 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Getting a Grip on Antimatter (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040831/sc_space/gettingagriponantimatter</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - Research into what separates matter from antimatter is accelerating in particle physics experiments around the world. Scientists are hoping the difference will help explain why you, me and all the things around us are made of matter instead of its opposite.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040831/gettingagriponantimatter</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:42:28 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>The Genesis Payload: Just How Dangerous are its Contents? (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040830/sc_space/thegenesispayloadjusthowdangerousareitscontents</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - When NASAs Genesis solar-wind sample return capsule skyrockets from space next week and drops into the Utah Test and Training Range, that landmark in civilian space draws upon a once classified satellite snooping program.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040830/thegenesispayloadjusthowdangerousareitscontents</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:43:20 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> <item> <title>Expedition 9 Crew Prepares for Final Spacewalk (SPACE.com)</title> <link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/space/20040830/sc_space/expedition9crewpreparesforfinalspacewalk</link> <description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - The two astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will step outside their orbital home one more time next week during the fourth and final spacewalk of their mission.]]></description> <guid isPermaLink="false" >space/20040830/expedition9crewpreparesforfinalspacewalk</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:43:19 +0200</pubDate> <metaInfo:meta type="status" >1</metaInfo:meta> </item> </channel> </rss> - Expected behaviour: To not crash, and display the xml-file as a tree-structure.
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