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Al-Qaida suspect from NJ worked at 6 nuke plants 12 Mar 10, 22:26 ET AP - An American seized in Yemen in a sweep of suspected al-Qaida members had been a laborer at six U.S. nuclear power plants, and authorities are investigating whether he had access to sensitive information or materials that would be useful to terrorists. more Comet Makes Death Plunge Toward Sun 12 Mar 10, 19:33 ET SPACE.com - A newfound comet is heading for a brush with the sun, one which it will likely not survive. more Bouncing Back: Why Some People Get Over Spats Quickly 12 Mar 10, 19:30 ET LiveScience.com - Fighting with a spouse or significant other is generally a downer. But how easily a person bounces back after the conflict can be predicted by activity in a specific region of the brain, a new study finds. more Some Mars Channels Carved by Lava, Not Water 12 Mar 10, 17:45 ET SPACE.com - Did flowing water carve the well-known channels on the face of Mars? Or was molten lava perhaps the instigator? This debate has raged for years, and the answer is important, because if there was a lot of surface water, that increases the chances that life may once have existed. more Quest Aims to Create Bigger Atoms and New Kinds of Matter 12 Mar 10, 15:16 ET LiveScience.com - A quest is underway to create larger and larger atoms with more protons and neutrons than ever before. more NOAA director urges better explanations of climate 12 Mar 10, 15:05 ET AP - Climate change is here and scientists need to do a better job of explaining it to the public, the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday. more Weather taskforce to warn Haiti of hurricanes 12 Mar 10, 14:59 ET AFP - Caribbean weather experts launched a task force Friday to provide Haiti storm forecasts amid fears the 2010 hurricane season could devastate the country's already fragile infrastructure. more 'Killer Electrons' Get Super-Charged Above Earth 12 Mar 10, 13:17 ET SPACE.com - When a shock wave from a solar storm hits the Earth's protective magnetic bubble, it creates highly energetic particles dubbed "killer electrons" that can be dangerous to satellites. more Oil Production to Peak in 2014, Scientists Predict 12 Mar 10, 12:07 ET LiveScience.com - Predicting the end of oil has proven tricky and often controversial, but Kuwaiti scientists now say that global oil production will peak in 2014. more New Suborbital Spaceships Spark Scientific Frenzy 12 Mar 10, 11:18 ET SPACE.com - Anticipation is on the rise for a new crop of commercial suborbital spaceships that can serve the scientific and educational market. These reusable rocket-propelled vessels are expected to offer quick, routine and affordable access to the edge of space, along with the capability to carry research and educational crew members. more Ocean acidification: another path to EPA rules on carbon emissions? 12 Mar 10, 09:52 ET The Christian Science Monitor - Move over global warming. Ocean acidification is getting its day in court. more Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers 12 Mar 10, 09:09 ET AP - Eleven rare Siberian tigers, starving and kept in small cages, have died at a cash-strapped zoo in China, heightening concerns about conditions at wildlife facilities in the country, where activists say profiteering off the carcasses of endangered species sometimes drives over-breeding. more Life-Enabling Molecules Spotted in Orion Nebula 12 Mar 10, 07:47 ET SPACE.com - The chemical fingerprints of potentially life-building molecules have been detected in the Orion nebula by Europe's Herschel Space Observatory. more Ocean pollution contaminating China shellfish: report 12 Mar 10, 01:57 ET AFP - China's coastal waters are increasingly polluted by everything from oil to pesticides, contaminating the nation's marine life including the shellfish supply, state press reported Friday. more

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