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Study: Flamboyant male dancing attracts women best (AP)

AP - John Travolta was onto something. Women are most attracted to male dancers who have big, flamboyant moves similar to the actor's trademark style, British scientists say in a new study.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:25:27 GMT
Would you like 1 hump or 2 with your dinosaur? (AP)

This undated handout image provided by the journal Nature shows a hypothetical reconstruction of the flesh-eating dinosaur. The weird world of dinosaurs has just gotten a tad more bizarre. Scientists found a nearly complete fossil of a new dinosaur that sports a noticeable hump, maybe as advertising. (AP Photo/Nature)AP - The weird world of dinosaurs has just gotten a tad more bizarre. Scientists found a nearly complete fossil of a new dinosaur that sports a noticeable hump, maybe as possible advertising.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:26:58 GMT
Turtle egg rescue at space center billed success (AP)

FILE - In this July 10, 2010 file photo released by NASA, the first group of hatchlings from endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle eggs brought from beaches along the Gulf Coast are released into the Atlantic Ocean off NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The turtle rescue effort at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is winding down. Nearly 300 sea turtle nests were trucked to the space center from the Gulf Coast in July and August. Wildlife officials organized the relocation because of fears the oil spill might endanger the hatchlings. (AP Photo/NASA, Kim Shiflett, File)  EDS NOTE: PHOTOS TAKEN WITH A RED FILTER ON LIGHT AND CAMERA TO PROTECT THE HATCHLINGS; EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - The unprecedented turtle rescue effort at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is winding down.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:03:00 GMT
How the Term 'Hipster' Lost Its Swing (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Hipsters once seemed to be a marketing staple. Whether rocking out as iPod silhouettes, acting the cool Mac counterpart to the dorky PC in Apple ads, or modeling for Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, hipsters were ubiquitous.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:00:36 GMT
Questions, worries, arguments preceded Gulf blast (AP)

FILE - This April 21, 2010, file photo show the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burning after an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, off the southeast tip of Louisiana. The cause of the April 20 explosion that killed 11 people and caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history remains a mystery. But as more information trickles out, the image of a high-stages, high seas venture collapsing in disarray is sharpening.   (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Something was wrong.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:57:15 GMT
Chevron to explore for oil in Liberia (AFP)

US energy giant Chevron will explore for oil in three deepwater oil wells off Liberia in West Africa, a region which has yielded massive oil finds in recent years.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - US energy giant Chevron will explore for oil in three deepwater oil wells off Liberia in West Africa, a region which has yielded massive oil finds in recent years.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:55:19 GMT
To Find Alien Volcanic Eruptions, Look for Foul Gas (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Astronomers may be able to detect volcanic eruptions on Earth-like alien planets, a new study suggests.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:01:50 GMT
Immune System Genes Show Links to Type 1 Diabetes (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The exact cause of type 1 diabetes is still unknown, but international researchers have found a link between the blood sugar disorder and a network of immune system genes.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:48:25 GMT
Water main break at space center stalls shuttle (AP)

Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield checks out equipment on the space shuttle Endeavour in 2001. Hadfield in 2013 will become the first Canadian to command the International Space Station (ISS), the Canadian Space Agency announced Thursday.(AFP/NASA-HO/FILE)AP - A water main break at NASA's spaceport put launch preparations on temporary hold Wednesday for the next-to-last shuttle flight.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:17:22 GMT
Spotted owl to get revised recovery plan (AP)

AP - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will use the best scientific data to revise a 2008 Bush administration recovery plan for the northern spotted owl.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:10:32 GMT
Quasimodo dino leaves experts grappling for a hunch (AFP)

Handout photo released by Nature magazine and the Universidad Nacional de Educacion shows the reconstitution of a new species of dinosaur, Concavenator corcovatus, with an unusual hump-like structure of the vertebrae and a series of small bumps on the ulna, discovered in Spain according to a study published today by Nature Magazine.(AFP/Nature/Raul Martin)AFP - Palaeontologists in Spain have discovered the remains of a strange dinosaur with a hump that they believe is the forerunner of flesh-eating leviathans which once ruled the planet.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:24:01 GMT
British MPs to grill BP CEO Hayward (Reuters)

Reuters - British Members of Parliament (MPs) will next week grill outgoing BP Plc Chief Executive Tony Hayward, as part of an investigation into risks around deepwater drilling in the North Sea.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:46:17 GMT
The nation's weather (AP)

The forecast for noon, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010 shows the remnants of Hermine will support moderate to heavy rain in parts of Central Plains and mid-Mississippi Valley. Meanwhile, showers and thunderstorms over the Intermountain West will continue and spread eastward into the Plains. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)AP - Tropical Depression Hermine was expected to continue producing significant rainfall as it lifted northward into southern Kansas on Thursday.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:08:42 GMT
Weird Celestial Spiral Photo Explained (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A photograph of a weird cosmic spiral in deep space taken by the Hubble Space Telescope is no trick of light it's astrophysics in action, scientists say.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:00:41 GMT
2 Genes Have Possible Link to Deadly Ovarian Cancer (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Mutations in two genes may be associated with one of the most deadly types of ovarian cancer, U.S. researchers have found.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:48:20 GMT
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