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Astronauts in Space Safe from Huge Solar Radiation Storm

Space.com - 
An intense solar flare unleashed the biggest radiation storm in years today (Jan. 23), but astronauts aboard the International Space Station are not in any danger, NASA officials say.

Stranded whales refloated

Sydney Morning Herald - 
A pod of pilot whales stranded on New Zealand's South Island has been refloated and volunteers are waiting to see if they will head out into deep water.

Design and Illusion, to Impress the Ladies

New York Times - 
Great bowerbirds, which live in Australia, get their name from the elaborate grass structures, or bowers, that the males build to woo prospective mates.

Tiny footprints in ancient nests show dinosaurs weren't so big after all ...

NEWS.com.au - 
What an artist thinks the family life of Massospondylus would have been like in the olden days. Picture: AFP Source: AFP Embryonic skeleton of a Massospondylus at Golden Gate Highlands National Park.

Govt 'did its best' with Newport Quays

ABC Online - 
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill says part of the reason the Government approved the now defunct Newport Quays development at Port Adelaide was to woo potential investors.

Goshawk flight could inspire next-gen agile UAVs

Gizmag - 
By James Holloway Research into goshawk flight could inform the design of next generation UAVS. Where prior research into bird flight has focused on steady flight, new research from MIT examines the patterns of birds adept at flying in "cluttered ...

Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol

Scientific American - 
By David Biello | January 19, 2012 | 7 SEAWEED TO BIOFUEL: Brown seaweed grows fast, is chock full of sugars to turn into biofuel and doesn't compete for land with food crops.

After Hardship and Homelessness, National Science Fair Honors

New York Times - 
Samantha Garvey, an 18-year-old senior at Brentwood High School on Long Island, flew cross-country last week to appear on Ellen DeGeneres's daytime talk show.

NASA Discovers A Star Wars-Like Planet That Has Two Suns

DrJays.com Live - 
Like a scene right out of the Twilight Zone—or, more specifically, right out of Star Wars—scientists have now discovered a planet with two suns 200 light years away from Earth.

Laser used to cool semiconductor

Register - 
By Richard Chirgwin • Get more from this author Lasers heat things up, right? - unless you happen to hit upon the right resonance, in which case it seems you can use lasers to cool things down.

Quantum dots: A big boost to solar tech?

msnbc.com - 
Solar panels at a 2-megawatt photovoltaic array in Albuquerque, NM are shown. Charged quantum dots could increase the efficiency of solar cells by 45 percent, according to researchers.

Leap second granted extra time

Nature.com - 
Clocks around the world are routinely adjusted to keep them ticking in synchrony with the rising and setting of the Sun - but is that effort just a waste of time?

Environmentalists see reason for alarm in GOP race

The Associated Press - 
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Four years after the GOP's rallying cry became "drill, baby, drill," environmental issues have barely registered a blip in this Republican presidential primary.

Environmental groups demand fracking ban at Albany rally

Corning Leader - 
Gillie Waddington of Enfield, NY, raises a fist during a rally against hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, NY, on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.

Russia and NASA plan to COLONISE the Moon

Register - 
By Anna Leach • Get more from this author Russian, American and European space agencies are in talks to create a human colony on the Moon, according to Russian news source Rianovosti.

Gene breakthrough to help Japanese farmers hit by tsunami

AFP - 
PARIS - Scientists in Britain and Japan have unveiled a fast-track way towards breeding crops with higher yields or resistance to climate change.

UH Mānoa Researchers Find Unprecedented, Man-made Trends in Oceans Acidity

Hawaii Reporter - 
Nearly one-third of CO2 emissions due to human activities enters the world's oceans. By reacting with seawater, CO2 increases the water's acidity, which may significantly reduce the calcification rate of such marine organisms as corals and mollusks, ...

Global warming: Is CO2 driving fish crazy?

Summit County Citizens Voice - 
By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY - Rising concentrations of carbon dioxide in the ocean may cause neural damage in fish, interfering with their ability to smell and participate in synchronized schooling maneuvers that make them less vulnerable to ...

UK scientists find 'lost' Darwin fossils

Newsday - 
World Newsday > News > World UK scientists find 'lost' Darwin fossils Originally published: January 17, 2012 2:02 PM Updated: January 17, 2012 2:05 PM By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON - British scientists have found scores of fossils the great ...

Studying the science of space junk

Los Angeles Times - 
Researchers at an El Segundo firm that contracts with NASA and the military don't concern themselves with space junk's artistic or monetary value.