Yahoo! News: Science NewsScience NewsHuman genome changes with age (AFP)- June 24, 2008 AFP - Individual human genomes change throughout a person's life influenced by environmental or nutritional factors which may explain why illnesses such as cancer come with age, a study said Tuesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080624/ts_alt_... Hurricane Center says improving forecasts costly (AP)- June 24, 2008 AP - The National Hurricane Center's director says it could take tens of millions of dollars for research and up to 10 years if officials want to substantially reduce errors in forecasting the intensity of hurricanes.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_re... Cosmetic Surgery Expected to Soar (LiveScience.com)- June 24, 2008 LiveScience.com - A new study published by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) predicts there will be more than 55 million cosmetic surgery procedures performed in 2015. That's nearly one procedure for every five Americans, including children, based on U.S. Census Bureau population projections. Of course, the bulk of procedures are done on adults, and some people might get more than one body part fixed in a year.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080624... Pandas evacuated from earthquake area (AP)- June 24, 2008 AP - Pandas living in earthquake-hit southwest China are facing a food shortage and some have been evacuated to temporary shelters because of the threat of landslides and other hazards, an official said Tuesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_re... Paulson says economy strong despite oil strains (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Tuesday that the global economy was being strained by costly energy but said U.S. economic fundamentals were sound.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/us_nm/ec... China's First Spacewalk: A Prelude of Things to Come (SPACE.com)- June 24, 2008 SPACE.com - GOLDEN, Colo. China is stepping up and out in the world of space exploration.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080624/sc_sp... NASA warming scientist: 'This is the last chance' (AP)- June 24, 2008 AP - Exactly 20 years after warning America about global warming, a top NASA scientist said the situation has gotten so bad that the world's only hope is drastic action.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_sc... Scholars set date for Odysseus' bloody homecoming (AP)- June 24, 2008 AP - Using clues from star and sun positions mentioned by the ancient Greek poet Homer, scholars think they have determined the date when King Odysseus returned from the Trojan War and slaughtered a group of suitors who had been pressing his wife to marry one of them.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_sc... Some searchers still expect to see rare woodpecker (AP)- June 23, 2008 AP - For the last three years, researchers in camouflage and waders have slogged through the east Arkansas woods hoping to spot a rare bird that so far seems unwilling to be seen.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_on_re... NASA estimates 3,000 to 4,000 shuttle job losses (AP)- June 23, 2008 AP - NASA told a Senate panel on Monday that it anticipates losing 3,000 to 4,000 jobs at its launching site once the space shuttles stop flying in two more years, about half the cutback initially reported.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_on_sc... |