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Saving the bison: Polish bison off to help Spanish herd growWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Seven young female bison from Poland are being shipped off to help boost a herd in Spain and expand the population of Europe's largest animal, which is on the endangered species list….http://hosted.ap.org/lineups/SCIENCEHEADS-rss_2.0.xml?SITE=OHLIM&SECTION=HOMEAP Top Science News at 5:12 p.m. EDTAP Top Science […]

NASA Tess spacecraft to prowl for planets as galactic scoutCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Look up at the sky tonight. Every star you see – plus hundreds of thousands, even millions more – will come under the intense stare of NASA's newest planet hunter….http://hosted.ap.org/lineups/SCIENCEHEADS-rss_2.0.xml?SITE=OHLIM&SECTION=HOMEAP Top Science News at 7:43 p.m. EDTAP Top Science News at

$1 million federal grant will help study of transgender kidsThe first large-scale, national study of transgender children, including some as young as 3, is poised to expand thanks to a five-year, $1 million grant awarded Thursday by the National Science Foundation to the professor leading the project….http://hosted.ap.org/lineups/SCIENCEHEADS-rss_2.0.xml?SITE=OHLIM&SECTION=HOMEAP Top Science News at 7:43 p.m. EDTAP Top

Radioactive sludge barrel ruptures at Idaho nuclear siteBOISE, Idaho (AP) — A barrel containing radioactive sludge ruptured at an Idaho nuclear facility, federal officials said Thursday, resulting in no injuries and no risk to the public but possibly slowing progress in shipping waste out of the state….http://hosted.ap.org/lineups/SCIENCEHEADS-rss_2.0.xml?SITE=OHLIM&SECTION=HOMEAP Top Science News at 7:43 p.m. EDTAP Top

Workers’ radiation exposure halts nuke plant demolitionSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Seven decades after making key portions of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are being exposed to radiation as they tear down buildings that helped create the nation's nuclear arsenal….http://hosted.ap.org/lineups/SCIENCEHEADS-rss_2.0.xml?SITE=OHLIM&SECTION=HOMEAP Top Science News at 1:21 p.m. EDTAP Top

Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas facing tornado and wildfire threatsOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Emergency officials in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas are bracing for two types of disasters as spring gets into full swing: The start of what's historically the most active time of year for tornadoes plus wildfire threats brought on by severe drought….http://hosted.ap.org/lineups/SCIENCEHEADS-rss_2.0.xml?SITE=OHLIM&SECTION=HOMEAP Top Science News

Earthquakes in northwest Oklahoma include magnitude 4.6COVINNGTON, Okla. (AP) — A magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook Oklahoma on Saturday and was also felt in neighboring Kansas and Missouri, according to the U.S. Geological Survey….http://hosted.ap.org/lineups/SCIENCEHEADS-rss_2.0.xml?SITE=OHLIM&SECTION=HOMEAP Top Science News at 2:43 p.m. EDTAP Top Science News at 2:43 p.m. EDTTechnology124 Powered by WPeMatico

SpaceX capsule reaches space station with food, experimentsA SpaceX capsule carrying food, experiments and other goods for NASA has arrived at the International Space Station after a two-day journey….http://hosted.ap.org/lineups/SCIENCEHEADS-rss_2.0.xml?SITE=OHLIM&SECTION=HOMEAP Top Science News at 2:06 p.m. EDTAP Top Science News at 2:06 p.m. EDTTechnology124By The Associated Press Powered by WPeMatico

Magnitude 5.3 quake strikes off Southern California coastLOS ANGELES (AP) — A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Thursday under the ocean off Southern California and was felt widely along the mainland coast, but there were no reports of damage except to a chimney on one of the Channel Islands….http://hosted.ap.org/lineups/SCIENCEHEADS-rss_2.0.xml?SITE=OHLIM&SECTION=HOMEAP Top Science News at 1:33 p.m. EDTAP