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Today's Science News: NASA: Good night moon, hello new rocket technology UN climate chief plays down scandals Grape growing, fish protection clash in California 3-D, Interactive Board Games Will Come to Life UK comedy goes "Beyond The Pole" to save planet Nigerian militants promise strike on Shell line Obama cuts moon travel, links NASA to private firms Stem Cell, Bone Marrow Transplants Both Benefit Leukemia Patients 13 countries agree plan to save wild tigers No-kill researchers sail to study Antarctic whales Experts unveil dino, oldest known ancestor of birds Siemens to invest 346 million dollars in India The nation's weather Slam! Two Asteroids Suspected in Space Collision Mutating Genes May Lead to Premature Births Oil giant BP swings into profit Sioux reservation struggling after winter storms NASA: Good night moon, hello new rocket technology Mon, 1 Feb 2010 02:50 pm PST AP - President Barack Obama is redirecting America's space program, killing NASA's $100 billion plans to return astronauts to the moon and using much of that money for new rocket technology research. Full Story Top UN climate chief plays down scandals Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:19 am PST AP - U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer says recent scandals over climate data are unfortunate but don't discredit the view that the earth is warming and humans must act. Full Story Top Grape growing, fish protection clash in California Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:46 am PST AP - Grape growers in Northern California's cool, fertile Sonoma County wine region are stomping mad at a new plan to limit the amount of water vineyards can pump from local rivers and streams to protect crops from frost — a proposed regulation meant to safeguard coho salmon, a species on the brink of local extinction. Full Story Top 3-D, Interactive Board Games Will Come to Life Tue, 2 Feb 2010 09:46 am PST LiveScience.com - Get ready to give the gaming console or computer a break, because the future of board games may transform static 2-D cardboard into interactive tile-based displays that mimic the action of video games. Full Story Top UK comedy goes "Beyond The Pole" to save planet Tue, 2 Feb 2010 02:48 am PST Reuters - Amid the doom and gloom that has followed the lackluster outcome to last December's U.N. summit to save the planet from global warming, it takes a brave man to make a comedy about climate change. Full Story Top Nigerian militants promise strike on Shell line Tue, 2 Feb 2010 09:33 am PST AP - The main militant group in the restive Niger Delta says they will attack a Royal Dutch Shell PLC pipeline already hit in recent days by saboteurs. Full Story Top Obama cuts moon travel, links NASA to private firms Tue, 2 Feb 2010 06:40 am PST AFP - President Barack Obama has ditched US plans to return to the moon and hitched NASA's future to private industry in a budget calling for the space agency to stay close to Earth and research. Full Story Top Stem Cell, Bone Marrow Transplants Both Benefit Leukemia Patients Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term survival rates are similar for leukemia patients who've had either peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) or bone marrow transplants, a new European study says. Full Story Top 13 countries agree plan to save wild tigers Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:03 am PST AP - A dozen Asian nations and Russia vowed Friday to double the number of wild tigers by 2022, crack down on poaching that has devastated the big cats and prohibit the building of roads and bridges that could harm their habitats. Full Story Top No-kill researchers sail to study Antarctic whales Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:17 pm PST AP - Researchers set sail from New Zealand on Tuesday to study whales off Antarctica without killing them — an open challenge to Japan's killing of up to 1,000 whales a year in the name of science. Full Story Top Experts unveil dino, oldest known ancestor of birds Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:37 am PST Reuters - China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage that includes birds. Full Story Top Siemens to invest 346 million dollars in India Tue, 2 Feb 2010 02:04 am PST AFP - German industrial group Siemens said Tuesday it would spend 16 billion rupees (346 million dollars) in India, mainly in renewable energy, as part of a drive to step up investment in the country. Full Story Top The nation's weather Tue, 2 Feb 2010 02:40 am PST AP - Winter weather was expected to move through the Midwest on Tuesday, while the Pacific Northwest could see another rainy day. Full Story Top Slam! Two Asteroids Suspected in Space Collision Tue, 2 Feb 2010 09:16 am PST SPACE.com - A mysterious trail of debris spotted in space suggests two asteroids recently slammed into each other. Full Story Top Mutating Genes May Lead to Premature Births Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:48 pm PST HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are reporting that a gene mutation in a pregnant mouse leads to changes inside the uterus that cause premature birth and, in some cases, death of the fetus. Full Story Top Oil giant BP swings into profit Tue, 2 Feb 2010 05:14 am PST AFP - Europe's biggest energy group BP swung into profit during the fourth quarter of 2009, with net earnings of almost 4.3 billion dollars after raising output and slashing costs, it said Tuesday. Full Story Top Sioux reservation struggling after winter storms Tue, 2 Feb 2010 01:36 am PST AP - Sonny Brave Eagle and his family spent six days in the dark without a phone or working radio before law officers found them in their home after a fierce winter storm cut power across South Dakota's impoverished Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. Full Story Top