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Spotlight Stories Headlines
- Scientists find 10 new coral species in Hawaii- China closes factories as green deadline looms
- Solar System older than thought
- Protein made by breast cancer gene purified
- Gene scan finds link across array of childhood brain disorders
Space & Earth news
UN board could rein in $2.7 billion carbon market
(AP) -- An obscure U.N. board that oversees a $2.7 billion market intended to cut heat-trapping gases has agreed to take steps that could lead to it eventually reining in what European and U.S. environmentalists are calling a huge scam.
BP starts removing drill pipe from damaged wellhead
BP said Saturday it began removing drill pipe and other equipment from a damaged wellhead under the Gulf of Mexico, as it prepares to replace its giant blowout preventer valve with a new one.
China closes factories as green deadline looms
China, facing the risk of embarrassment if it misses a looming environmental deadline, has ordered thousands of companies to close high-polluting plants as its leadership vies to retool economic growth.
Solar System older than thought
The Solar System could be nearly two million years older than thought, according to a study published on Sunday by the journal Nature Geoscience.
Technology news
Sweden withdraws warrant for WikiLeaks founder
(AP) -- Swedish prosecutors withdrew an arrest warrant for the founder of WikiLeaks on Saturday, saying less than a day after the document was issued that it was based on an unfounded accusation of rape.
Swedish prosecutors defend WikiLeaks about-face
(AP) -- Swedish prosecutors defended their handling of a rape allegation against the founder of WikiLeaks, saying Sunday that they had made no mistakes in issuing an arrest warrant and withdrawing it less than a day later.
England cricketers face Twitter ban
England's cricketers are facing a ban from social networking websites Twitter and Facebook, according to the Mail on Sunday.
Could urine be a source of renewable energy?
A research team at Heriot-Watt University, UK, is investigating whether urine could be used to create energy via new, low-cost fuel cells.
Medicine & Health news
Protein made by breast cancer gene purified
A key step in understanding the origins of familial breast cancer has been made by two teams of scientists at the University of California, Davis. The researchers have purified, for the first time, the protein produced by the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2 and used it to study the oncogene's role in DNA repair.
Gene scan finds link across array of childhood brain disorders
Mutations in a single gene can cause several types of developmental brain abnormalities that experts have traditionally considered different disorders. With support from the National Institutes of Health, researchers found those mutations through whole exome sequencing - a new gene scanning technology that cuts the cost and time of searching for rare mutations.
Biology news
Stranded whales transported to survival in N.Zealand
Thirteen pilot whales that survived a mass stranding in the far north of New Zealand were transported nearly a kilometre to calm waters and refloated on Saturday, conservation officials said.
NZ rescuers save 9 whales stranded on beach
(AP) -- Crews with bulldozers buried 49 pilot whales in sand dunes on an isolated northern New Zealand beach Sunday after rescuers managed to save only nine from a group that was stranded on the beach for two days.
Watch out for Yellowstone bears -- they're hungry
(AP) -- Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous meetings with humans in a year that is already the area's deadliest on record.
Scientists find 10 new coral species in Hawaii
(AP) -- Scientists returning from a 30-day research expedition to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands found what they believe are 10 new species of coral.
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