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(AP) -- A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:32:17 GMT By MARCIA DUNN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SPACE_SHUTTLE?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CLIMATE_09_HOT_AIR?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html KONSTANTINOVKA, Ukraine (AP) -- Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:37:55 GMT By ARTHUR MAX http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CLIMATE_09_HOT_AIR?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_SHROUD_OF_TURIN?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html ROME (AP) -- A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:24:16 GMT By ARIEL DAVID http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_SHROUD_OF_TURIN?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_CLIMATE_HACKED_E_MAILS?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html LONDON (AP) -- Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:34:53 GMT By DAVID STRINGER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_CLIMATE_HACKED_E_MAILS?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_STEM_CELLS_NEBRASKA?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were expanded after President Barack Obama took office.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:07:55 GMT By MARGERY A. BECK http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_STEM_CELLS_NEBRASKA?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_GALILEOS_FINGERS?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html ROME (AP) -- Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:53:24 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_GALILEOS_FINGERS?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LANDSLIDE_FISH?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html NILE, Wash. (AP) -- A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:41:44 GMT By SHANNON DININNY http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LANDSLIDE_FISH?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_ODD_CROCS?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- A 20-foot-long crocodile with three sets of fangs - like wild boar tusks - roamed parts of northern Africa millions of years ago, researchers reported Thursday. While this fearsome creature hunted meat, not far away another newly found type of croc with a wide, flat snout like a pancake was fishing for food.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:26:01 GMT By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_ODD_CROCS?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FARM_SCENE_PITIFUL_POULTRY?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Are cramped chickens crazy chickens?... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:11:31 GMT By MICHAEL J. CRUMB http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FARM_SCENE_PITIFUL_POULTRY?SITE=CALOD&SECTION=SCIENCE&TEMPLATE=science.html