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Mars Science Lab launch delayed two years
July 30, 2010NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns -- has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington.
Shuttle lands at California air base
July 30, 2010NASA officials Sunday waved off the first opportunity for space shuttle Endeavour to return to Earth, citing poor weather conditions.
iReporters watch planets, moon align
July 30, 2010Inspiration for 'Contact' still listening
July 30, 2010From a remote valley in Northern California, Jill Tarter is listening to the universe.
Indian lunar orbiter hit by heat rise
July 30, 2010Scientists have switched off several on-board instruments to halt rising temperatures inside India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft.
Judge: FWS plan excluded possible lynx habitat (AP)
July 30, 2010AP - A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service arbitrarily excluded "critical habitat" that could be occupied by the elusive Canada lynx.
Scientists say global warming is continuing (AP)
July 30, 2010
AP - Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming, one day after President Barack Obama renewed his call for climate legislation.
Plankton, base of ocean food web, in big decline (AP)
July 30, 2010AP - Despite their tiny size, plant plankton found in the world's oceans are crucial to much of life on Earth. They are the foundation of the bountiful marine food web, produce half the world's oxygen and suck up harmful carbon dioxide.
Donkey's Wild Ass Ancestor Confirmed (LiveScience.com)
July 30, 2010LiveScience.com - Five thousand years ago, in North Africa, humans formed an alliance with the wild ancestors of the donkey, twice.
BP Oil Spill: Has Environmental Damage Been Exaggerated? (Time.com)
July 30, 2010
Time.com - So far, predictions of ecological catastrophe on the Gulf Coast following the BP oil spill seem overblown
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