Copyright (c) 2005 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/753 Science News en-us Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:50:59 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/ http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050725/ap_on_sc/space_shuttle ap/20050725/space_shuttle Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:50:59 GMT AP - With the countdown entering its final hours and a fuel gauge problem still unexplained, NASA said it is prepared to bend its long-standing safety rules to launch the shuttle Tuesday on the first flight since Columbia's doomed mission 2 1/2 years ago. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050725/ap_on_sc/microbes_to_mars ap/20050725/microbes_to_mars Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:01:05 GMT AP - While Earth germs may not kill attacking Martians as they did in "War of the Worlds," a new study is calling on NASA to prevent contamination of Mars with microbes from our planet. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050725/ap_on_sc/bulgaria_ancient_treasure ap/20050725/bulgaria_ancient_treasure Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:08:44 GMT AP - Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,400-year old golden treasure in an ancient Thracian tomb in eastern Bulgaria, the director of the country's History Museum said Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050725/ap_on_sc/feline_sweet_gene ap/20050725/feline_sweet_gene Mon, 25 Jul 2005 05:39:37 GMT AP - Cats are notoriously finicky eaters, as millions of pet owners can attest. Now, there's a scientific theory explaining, at least in part, why cats have such snobby eating habits: genetics. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050724/ap_on_sc/fossil_poaching ap/20050724/fossil_poaching Sun, 24 Jul 2005 13:34:15 GMT AP - Barbara Beasley was the first person called to investigate when three suspicious men were stopped on federal land in remote northwest Nebraska. It didn't take the U.S. Forest Service official long to find what they had been doing: digging an 18-by-10-foot hole more than 2 feet deep that left the fossilized bones of a prehistoric rhinoceros called a brontothere exposed. Plaster used to take casts of the bones and excavating tools also were found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050725/us_nm/weather_franklin_dc nm/20050725/weather_franklin_dc Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:00:09 GMT Reuters - A feeble Tropical Storm Franklin churned through the Atlantic Ocean toward Bermuda on Monday but posed no immediate threat to land. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050725/us_nm/space_shuttle_dc nm/20050725/space_shuttle_dc Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:12:36 GMT Reuters - NASA is prepared to waive a flight safety rule to launch space shuttle Discovery on the first mission since the 2003 Columbia accident if a fuel sensor glitch reoccurs, managers said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050725/ap_on_fe_st/pet_pigs ap/20050725/pet_pigs Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:22:25 GMT AP - The owner of pet pigs has been convicted of violating the city's nuisance ordinance following complaints from neighbors about the obnoxious odor of the animals. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050723/ap_on_sc/dinosaur_find ap/20050723/dinosaur_find Sat, 23 Jul 2005 01:17:13 GMT AP - Volunteers in Montana are working this week to uncover what is believed to be a never-before-seen species of sauropod dinosaur, perhaps about twice as old as most dinosaur fossils found in the state. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050725/wl_canada_nm/canada_energy_tnkbp_norex_col nm/20050725/canada_energy_tnkbp_norex_col Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:28:42 GMT Reuters - A U.S. federal appeals court has said Canada's Norex Petroleum can sue the Russian shareholders of oil firm TNK-BP, reinstating a $1.5 billion case against some of Russia's richest men, Norex said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/latimests/20050725/ts_latimes/personalizedapproachtocancer latimests/20050725/personalizedapproachtocancer Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:55:48 GMT Los Angeles Times - A small biotechnology company focused on cancer vaccines is awaiting the results of a crucial test that could hasten an era of personalized medicine.