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Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:42:57 EDT en-us 5 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/artificial-pancreas-just-years-away/n20080726102709990023 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/artificial-pancreas-just-years-away/n20080726102709990023 BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - Researchers working on an artificial pancreas believe they are just a few years away from a nearly carefree way for people with diabetes to monitor blood and inject insulin as needed. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/china-aims-for-bigger-slice-of-satellite/n20080725100609990018 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/china-aims-for-bigger-slice-of-satellite/n20080725100609990018 BEIJING (Reuters) - China aims to build a leading aerospace industry by 2015, when the country would command 10 percent of the world's commercial satellite market, and 15 percent of the space launch market, Xinhua said on Friday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/meditation-slows-aids-progression-study/n20080724194409990017 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/meditation-slows-aids-progression-study/n20080724194409990017 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Meditation may slow the worsening of AIDS in just a few weeks, perhaps by affecting the immune system, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/new-material-could-help-stretch-a-gallon/n20080724183609990073 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/new-material-could-help-stretch-a-gallon/n20080724183609990073 CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new, highly efficient material that converts heat into electricity may one day help cars get the most out of a gallon of gas, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/drugs-add-13-years-to-average-life-of/n20080724183309990044 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/drugs-add-13-years-to-average-life-of/n20080724183309990044 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cocktails of HIV drugs help patients live an average of 13 years longer -- if they are lucky enough to get them, researchers reported on Thursday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/scientists-learn-what-makes-northern/n20080724173809990026 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/scientists-learn-what-makes-northern/n20080724173809990026 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The multicolored aurora borealis and aurora australis -- the Northern Lights and Southern Lights -- represent some of Earth's most dazzling natural displays. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/safety-of-cloned-animal-products/n20080724124909990008 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/safety-of-cloned-animal-products/n20080724124909990008 BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's top food safety agency said on Thursday cloned animal products may not be safe and further study was needed, prompting another battle of conscience within the bloc over the merits of new technology. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/baby-bottle-chemical-levels-safe-eu/n20080723120509990083 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/baby-bottle-chemical-levels-safe-eu/n20080723120509990083 MILAN (Reuters) - The amount of a controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA) found in baby bottles is tiny and cannot harm human health, the European Union's top food safety body said on Wednesday reacting to recent health concerns. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/greenhouse-bees-spread-disease-to-wild/n20080723110609990002 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/greenhouse-bees-spread-disease-to-wild/n20080723110609990002 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disease spread to wild bees from commercially bred bees used for pollination in agriculture greenhouses may be playing a role in the mysterious decline in North American bee populations, researchers said on Tuesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/eu-agency-to-express-doubts-on-cloning/n20080723104909990013 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/eu-agency-to-express-doubts-on-cloning/n20080723104909990013 BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Meat and milk from cloned animals may not be safe to be sold in the European Union after all, the bloc's top food safety agency will say on Thursday after a rethink on the issue, EU sources said. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/parasitic-worms-may-help-fuel-aids/n20080722200409990023 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/parasitic-worms-may-help-fuel-aids/n20080722200409990023 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People infected with parasitic worms may be much more susceptible to the AIDS virus, according to a study published on Tuesday that may help explain why HIV has hit sub-Saharan Africa particularly hard. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/commercially-bred-bees-spread-disease-to/n20080722200409990022 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/commercially-bred-bees-spread-disease-to/n20080722200409990022 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disease spread to wild bees from commercially bred bees used for pollination in agriculture greenhouses may be playing a role in the mysterious decline in North American bee populations, researchers said on Tuesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/school-failure-harder-on-girls-than-boys/n20080722191009990021 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/school-failure-harder-on-girls-than-boys/n20080722191009990021 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Academic failure appears to trouble teen-age girls more deeply than boys, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/day-care-babies-gain-more-weight-study/n20080722181809990301 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/day-care-babies-gain-more-weight-study/n20080722181809990301 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infants cared for by someone other than mom or dad are more apt to be exposed to "unfavorable" feeding practices and to gain more weight during their first year of life, a new study shows, which could contribute to childhood weight problems. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/viagra-helps-depressed-women-get/n20080722145309990030 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/viagra-helps-depressed-women-get/n20080722145309990030 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Viagra, a popular anti-impotence pill, may help some women on antidepressants have better sex, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/germans-find-olympic-course-where-nero/n20080722131709990030 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/germans-find-olympic-course-where-nero/n20080722131709990030 ATHENS (Reuters) - German archaeologists using radar technology believe they may have discovered the ancient horse racing track at Olympia where Roman Emperor Nero bribed his way to Olympic laurels. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/busy-start-heralds-bruising-atlantic/n20080722104009990028 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/busy-start-heralds-bruising-atlantic/n20080722104009990028 MIAMI (Reuters) - The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season is already a month ahead of schedule, portending a rough year for tropical storms for the United States, Caribbean and Central America although most likely not a repeat of the devastating 2005 season. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/remains-of-vast-neolithic-site-found-in/n20080722045309990041 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/remains-of-vast-neolithic-site-found-in/n20080722045309990041 BEIJING (Reuters) - Thousands of ancient artifacts and wooden poles more than 3,000 years old have been unearthed in China's southern Yunnan province, possibly the world's largest site of a Neolithic community, local media reported on Tuesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/british-study-links-imf-loans-to/n20080721204909990005 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/british-study-links-imf-loans-to/n20080721204909990005 LONDON (Reuters) - Austerity measures attached to International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans may have contributed to a resurgence in tuberculosis in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, researchers said on Tuesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/florida-deal-may-sound-death-knell-for/n20080721203409990006 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/florida-deal-may-sound-death-knell-for/n20080721203409990006 OKEELANTA, Florida (Reuters) - A $1.75 billion land purchase deal Gov. Charlie Crist announced last month to save the Florida Everglades could also mark the beginning of the end for the state's powerful sugar barons. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/laser-resurfacing-fixes-wrinkles-study/n20080721171309990036 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/laser-resurfacing-fixes-wrinkles-study/n20080721171309990036 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Laser treatment can remove wrinkles better than some newer procedures, dermatologists reported on Monday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/web-pioneer-gross-revitalized-by-green/n20080721113309990027 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/web-pioneer-gross-revitalized-by-green/n20080721113309990027 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In 1973, when Bill Gross was 15 and cars were lined up at every gas station in Southern California, the aspiring engineer wanted to do something about spiking energy prices. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/drug-restores-speech-in-alzheimers/n20080721031109990019 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/drug-restores-speech-in-alzheimers/n20080721031109990019 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Alzheimer's patients given a popular rheumatoid arthritis drug showed seemingly dramatic improvements in a small study, but some doctors worried that the early findings will raise premature hopes in patients and their families. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/pakistani-court-upholds-curbs-on-nuclear/n20080721025309990004 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/pakistani-court-upholds-curbs-on-nuclear/n20080721025309990004 ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court upheld the detention of disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan on Monday and barred him from talking to the media about nuclear proliferation while he is under house arrest. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/drug-restores-speech-in-alzheimers/n20080720171009990009 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/drug-restores-speech-in-alzheimers/n20080720171009990009 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Alzheimer's patients given a popular rheumatoid arthritis drug showed seemingly dramatic improvements in a small study, but some doctors worried that the early findings will raise premature hopes in patients and their families. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/nasa-eyes-buying-japans-cargo-spacecraft/n20080720080009990016 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/nasa-eyes-buying-japans-cargo-spacecraft/n20080720080009990016 TOKYO (Reuters) - NASA has began unofficial negotiations with Japan's space agency on purchasing units of an unmanned cargo transfer spacecraft as the successor to its space shuttles, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Sunday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/nasa-eyes-buying-japans-cargo-spacecraft/n20080720001109990004 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/nasa-eyes-buying-japans-cargo-spacecraft/n20080720001109990004 TOKYO (Reuters) - NASA has began unofficial negotiations with Japan's space agency on purchasing units of an unmanned cargo transfer spacecraft as the successor to its space shuttles, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Sunday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/cells-from-humans-grow-blood-vessels-in/n20080719185609990002 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/cells-from-humans-grow-blood-vessels-in/n20080719185609990002 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cells taken from human bone marrow, blood and umbilical cords grew into functioning blood vessels in mice with just the right coaxing, U.S. researchers reported on Saturday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/dwarf-planet-near-pluto-named-for/n20080719184109990005 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/dwarf-planet-near-pluto-named-for/n20080719184109990005 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A dwarf planet orbiting beyond Neptune has been designated the third plutoid in the solar system and given the name Makemake, the International Astronomical Union said on Saturday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/college-accuses-fusion-scientist-of/n20080718181209990018 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/college-accuses-fusion-scientist-of/n20080718181209990018 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A scientist who claimed to have achieved nuclear fusion on a table top committed research misconduct, Purdue University said on Friday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/loud-bar-music-makes-customers-drink/n20080718174309990032 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/loud-bar-music-makes-customers-drink/n20080718174309990032 LONDON (Reuters) - Customers of bars that play loud music drink more quickly and in fewer gulps, French researchers said on Friday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/fausto-nears-hurricane-strength-off/n20080718062609990023 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/fausto-nears-hurricane-strength-off/n20080718062609990023 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fausto could strengthen to a hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast later on Friday but was moving farther from land, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/breast-feeding-triggers-pulses-of-feel/n20080717210609990005 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/breast-feeding-triggers-pulses-of-feel/n20080717210609990005 CHICAGO (Reuters) - When a baby breast-feeds, it triggers a flood of the hormone oxytocin that releases milk from the mammary gland and a feeling of love and trust in the mother that ensures the baby's needs are met. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/movie-shows-aliens-eye-view-of-earth-and/n20080717183409990071 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/movie-shows-aliens-eye-view-of-earth-and/n20080717183409990071 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A spacecraft sent on a mission to inspect comets has filmed the Earth and its moon from 31 million miles away, making an alien's-eye view of our world. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/canal-fossils-give-clue-to-formation-of/n20080717174409990039 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/canal-fossils-give-clue-to-formation-of/n20080717174409990039 PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Scientists in Panama have unearthed hundreds of animal fossils dating back 20 million years, which could shed more light on how and when the American continent became connected. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/brain-region-linked-to-obsessive/n20080717143509990047 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/brain-region-linked-to-obsessive/n20080717143509990047 LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have located an area in the brain that fails to "kick-in" for people with obsessive compulsive disorder and those at risk of developing the condition. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tropical-storm-bertha-continues-across/n20080717112109990029 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tropical-storm-bertha-continues-across/n20080717112109990029 MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Bertha continued to trek across the open waters of the Atlantic on Thursday on its way to possibly becoming one of the longest-lived tropical storms on record. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/menthol-is-used-to-hook-young-smokers/n20080716184009990014 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/menthol-is-used-to-hook-young-smokers/n20080716184009990014 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tobacco companies manipulate the amount of menthol in cigarettes to make those first few puffs more palatable to young smokers, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday in a finding that could fuel support for more tobacco regulation. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/companies-use-menthol-to-hook-young/n20080716173809990017 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/companies-use-menthol-to-hook-young/n20080716173809990017 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tobacco companies manipulate the amount of menthol in cigarettes to make those first few puffs more palatable to young smokers, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday in a finding that could fuel support for more tobacco regulation. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/apes-departing-hollywood-for-iowa/n20080716173609990025 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/apes-departing-hollywood-for-iowa/n20080716173609990025 DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Filmmakers looking for an ape may be left scratching their heads after Hollywood's sole supplier of orangutans decided to quit renting them out and send six of them to an Iowa sanctuary, the facility's owner said on Wednesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/companies-use-menthol-to-hook-young/n20080716171609990017 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/companies-use-menthol-to-hook-young/n20080716171609990017 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tobacco companies manipulate the amount of menthol in cigarettes to make those first few puffs more palatable to young smokers, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday in a finding that could fuel support for more tobacco regulation. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/gene-variant-common-in-africa-ups-hiv/n20080716142809990041 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/gene-variant-common-in-africa-ups-hiv/n20080716142809990041 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gene variant that emerged thousands of years ago to protect Africans from malaria may raise their vulnerability to HIV infection but help them live longer once infected, researchers said on Wednesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/russian-says-remains-of-last-tsars-son/n20080716134609990092 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/russian-says-remains-of-last-tsars-son/n20080716134609990092 YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday that charred remains found in a pit belonged to Tsar Nicholas II's only son and his daughter, exactly 90 years after the Bolsheviks shocked the world by murdering the last Tsar. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/more-evidence-shows-mars-once-was-wet/n20080716131409990024 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/more-evidence-shows-mars-once-was-wet/n20080716131409990024 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Minerals in the soil of Mars show it was covered once by lakes, rivers and other bodies of water that could have supported life, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tropical-storm-bertha-moves-east-across/n20080716114609990003 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tropical-storm-bertha-moves-east-across/n20080716114609990003 MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Bertha strengthened on Wednesday as it moved eastward across the Atlantic, away from the British colony of Bermuda and over open ocean, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/sick-bees-lose-their-buzz-study-finds/n20080716080109990018 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/sick-bees-lose-their-buzz-study-finds/n20080716080109990018 LONDON (Reuters) - Bumblebees lose a bit of their buzz when ill, and like humans, have a tougher time doing daily tasks until they recover, British researchers said on Wednesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/cosmonauts-upgrade-space-station-parking/n20080715194109990065 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/cosmonauts-upgrade-space-station-parking/n20080715194109990065 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The commander and lead engineer aboard the International Space Station completed a six-hour spacewalk on Tuesday to prepare another parking spot for when the outpost's crew doubles to six. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/cosmonauts-upgrade-parking-spot-on-space/n20080715150909990022 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/cosmonauts-upgrade-parking-spot-on-space/n20080715150909990022 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The commander and lead engineer aboard the International Space Station left the outpost on Tuesday for a 5-1/2-hour spacewalk to prepare another parking spot for when the crew size doubles to six. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/expectant-moms-who-eat-nuts-boost-child/n20080715132109990094 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/expectant-moms-who-eat-nuts-boost-child/n20080715132109990094 LONDON (Reuters) - Pregnant women who eat nuts or nut products like peanut butter daily raise the risk their children will develop asthma by 50 percent, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tropical-storm-bertha-speeds-away-from/n20080715113409990028 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tropical-storm-bertha-speeds-away-from/n20080715113409990028 HAMILTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Bertha sprinted away from Bermuda on Tuesday, after lashing the mid-Atlantic British colony with storm-force winds and heavy rains, cutting power to thousands and forcing airlines to cancel flights. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/diabetes-makes-people-more-vulnerable-to/n20080715092209990004 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/diabetes-makes-people-more-vulnerable-to/n20080715092209990004 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Diabetes makes a person about three times as likely to develop tuberculosis, and it may be to blame for more than 10 percent of TB cases in India and China, researchers said on Monday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ulcer-bacteria-may-protect-from-asthma/n20080715092209990002 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ulcer-bacteria-may-protect-from-asthma/n20080715092209990002 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bacteria only recently revealed as a major cause of ulcers and stomach cancer may help protect children from developing asthma, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/expectant-moms-who-go-nuts-boost-child/n20080715091509990179 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/expectant-moms-who-go-nuts-boost-child/n20080715091509990179 LONDON (Reuters) - Pregnant women who eat nuts or nut products like peanut butter daily raise the risk their children will develop asthma by 50 percent, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/expectant-moms-who-go-nuts-boost-child/n20080715091209990026 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/expectant-moms-who-go-nuts-boost-child/n20080715091209990026 LONDON (Reuters) - Pregnant women who eat nuts or nut products like peanut butter daily raise the risk their children will develop asthma by 50 percent, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tropical-depression-less-likely-in/n20080715082809990065 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tropical-depression-less-likely-in/n20080715082809990065 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday environmental conditions were becoming less favorable for the low-pressure system about 950 miles east of the Lesser Antilles to develop into a tropical depression. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tropical-depression-could-form-in/n20080715072209990045 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tropical-depression-could-form-in/n20080715072209990045 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The low-pressure system about 1,000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles may still develop into a tropical depression over the next day or two, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in a report Tuesday morning. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tropical-storm-bertha-heads-away-from/n20080715000609990034 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tropical-storm-bertha-heads-away-from/n20080715000609990034 HAMILTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Bertha buffeted the eastern shores of Bermuda with high winds and heavy rains on Monday, and forecasters said it was expected to become a hurricane again as it strengthened slowly off the British colony. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/lucky-the-koala-lives-after-horror-car/n20080714205809990033 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/lucky-the-koala-lives-after-horror-car/n20080714205809990033 CANBERRA (Reuters) - A koala that cheated death after being hit by a car at 100 kmh (about 60 mph) and dragged with his head jammed through the vehicle grill for 12 kms (about 7 miles) is being dubbed Australia's luckiest marsupial. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tropical-storm-bertha-gets-second-wind/n20080714174909990014 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tropical-storm-bertha-gets-second-wind/n20080714174909990014 HAMILTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Bertha buffeted the eastern shores of Bermuda with high winds and heavy rains on Monday, and forecasters said it was expected to become a hurricane again as it strengthened slowly off the British colony. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/experts-detail-how-rice-absorbs-so-much/n20080714171509990031 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/experts-detail-how-rice-absorbs-so-much/n20080714171509990031 HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in Japan may have discovered why rice absorbs so much arsenic from the soil, paving the way for fresh efforts to block the potentially harmful element from Asia's staple food. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tasmanian-devil-mating-earlier-to-beat/n20080714171009990050 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tasmanian-devil-mating-earlier-to-beat/n20080714171009990050 HONG KONG (Reuters) - Australia's endangered Tasmanian Devil, its numbers decimated by an infectious facial cancer, is mating earlier, scientists have found. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tropical-storm-bertha-scrapes-past/n20080714161509990150 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/tropical-storm-bertha-scrapes-past/n20080714161509990150 HAMILTON (Reuters) - A hurricane watch was issued for Bermuda on Monday as Tropical Storm Bertha scraped past the western shores of the British colony and lashed it with storm-force winds and heavy rains. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/drug-prevents-bone-loss-in-prostate/n20080714124409990104 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/drug-prevents-bone-loss-in-prostate/n20080714124409990104 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Amgen Inc on Monday said that a trial of its experimental drug denosumab showed that it can prevent osteoporosis in men being treated with prostate cancer drugs that can cause bone loss. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/babys-smile-gives-mom-a-natural-high/n20080714113509990012 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/babys-smile-gives-mom-a-natural-high/n20080714113509990012 warm a mother's heart -- it also lights up the reward centers of her brain, according to the results of a brain imaging study. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ancient-bones-could-help-combat-tb-say/n20080714102709990019 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ancient-bones-could-help-combat-tb-say/n20080714102709990019 JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A team of German, Israeli and Palestinian researchers is studying ancient bones found in the biblical city of Jericho for clues that could help scientists combat tuberculosis. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/bertha-weakens-to-tropical-storm-near/n20080713141709990001 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/bertha-weakens-to-tropical-storm-near/n20080713141709990001 HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters) - Hurricane Bertha weakened back into a less-menacing tropical storm on Sunday after stalling for a day near the British colony of Bermuda, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/residents-fret-in-shadow-of-chiles/n20080713090909990028 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/science/ap_news/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/residents-fret-in-shadow-of-chiles/n20080713090909990028 MELIPEUCO, Chile (Reuters) - Living in the shadow of Chile's sporadically erupting, snow-capped Llaima volcano, one of South America's most active, local residents like Eduardo Mendoza are paying a heavy price.