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Today's Reuters Science News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Deadly 2011 earthquake linked to groundwater extraction Pesticides put bumblebee colonies at risk of failure A diamond bigger than Earth? Like girls, U.S. boys may be hitting puberty earlier

Deadly 2011 earthquake linked to groundwater extraction  Sunday, Oct 21, 2012 02:47 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An earthquake that killed nine people in Spain last year may have been triggered by decades of pumping water from a nearby natural underground reservoir, suggesting human activities played a role in moving Earth's crust, scientists reported on Sunday. The study published in the journal Nature Geoscience centered on the May 11, 2011, quake in the southern Spanish town of Lorca. In addition to the nine deaths, this relatively modest earthquake of magnitude 5.1 damaged numerous buildings in Lorca, an agricultural center. ... Full Story	Top
Pesticides put bumblebee colonies at risk of failure  Sunday, Oct 21, 2012 10:41 AM PDT OSLO (Reuters) - Pesticides used in farming are also killing worker bumblebees and damaging their ability to gather food, meaning colonies that are vital for plant pollination are more likely to fail when they are used, a study showed on Sunday. The United Nations has estimated that a third of all plant-based foods eaten by people depend on bee pollination and scientists have been baffled by plummeting numbers of bees, mainly in North America and Europe, in recent years. ... Full Story	Top
A diamond bigger than Earth?  Sunday, Oct 21, 2012 12:57 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Forget the diamond as big as the Ritz. This one's bigger than planet Earth. Orbiting a star that is visible to the naked eye, astronomers have discovered a planet twice the size of our own made largely out of diamond. The rocky planet, called '55 Cancri e', orbits a sun-like star in the constellation of Cancer and is moving so fast that a year there lasts a mere 18 hours. Discovered by a U.S.-Franco research team, its radius is twice that of Earth's and its mass is eight times greater. ... Full Story	Top
Like girls, U.S. boys may be hitting puberty earlier  Saturday, Oct 20, 2012 09:27 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boys in the United States may be entering puberty earlier than in generations past, a new study has found, suggesting it's not just girls who are developing at younger ages. In comparisons with decades-old data, boys who were seen for well-child visits between 2005 and 2010 were maturing six months to two years sooner, based on their genital development. The finding is significant for researchers seeking to understand why the age of puberty may be creeping down. ... Full Story	Top

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