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Today's Reuters Science News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Celebrity bad science: Dried placenta pills and oxygen shots After setbacks, Russia boosts space spending Britain suspends exploratory drilling of Antarctic lake

Celebrity bad science: Dried placenta pills and oxygen shots  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 04:03 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Pop guru Simon Cowell carries pocket-sized inhalable oxygen shots, America's "Mad Men" actress January Jones favors dried placenta pills, and British soap star Patsy Palmer rubs coffee granules into her skin. Celebrities rarely shy away from public peddling of dubious ideas about health and science, and 2012 was no exception. In its annual list of the year's worst abuses against science, the Sense About Science (SAS) campaign also named former U.S. ... Full Story	Top
After setbacks, Russia boosts space spending  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 11:43 AM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - The country that oversaw the launch of the world's first artificial satellite hopes to regain some of its former glory with a big boost in space spending announced by Russia on Thursday after a series of failures. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved a plan to spend 2.1 trillion roubles ($68.71 billion) on developing Russia's space industry from 2013 to 2020, state-run RIA news agency reported. ... Full Story	Top
Britain suspends exploratory drilling of Antarctic lake  Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 07:47 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - An ambitious British plan to search for minute forms of life in an ancient lake beneath Antarctica's ice has been suspended because of technical problems, the scientist leading the project said on Thursday. In a move that clears the way for U.S. and Russian teams to take the lead, Professor Martin Siegert said technical problems and a lack of fuel had forced the closure on Christmas Day of the 7-million-pound ($11 million) project, which was looking for life forms and climate change clues in the lake-bed sediment. ... Full Story	Top

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