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- Keep space shuttle flying past 2010, U.S. urged
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-17-2007 04:07 PM -0800
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The United States should keep flying the space shuttles past their 2010 retirement date to avoid depending on Russia to fly astronauts to the International Space...[more]
- "Bully" black hole blasts nearby galaxy: NASA
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-17-2007 12:31 PM -0800
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A "death star" galaxy is sending out a powerful jet of particles and magnetic radiation that is likely obliterating any possible life in its broad path, notably in a nearby...[more]
- EU makes sheep and goat tags compulsory by end of '09
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-17-2007 08:27 AM -0800
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU ministers agreed on Monday to introduce electronic tags for millions of sheep and goats across the European Union by the end of 2009, part of a strategy to prevent epidemics...[more]
- Norway plans world's first ship tunnel
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-17-2007 07:10 AM -0800
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway has drawn up plans to build the world's first shipping tunnel which would save time and money for vessels passing through a coastal area known for its dangerous seas.
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- H5N1 bird flu hits Benin, home of Voodoo ritual
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-17-2007 04:14 AM -0800
COTONOU (Reuters) - Benin, the home of ritual Voodoo sacrifice, became the latest in a string of West African states to report cases of H5N1 bird flu after laboratory tests confirmed the deadly...[more]
- New giant rat, possum found in Indonesia's Papua
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-17-2007 12:28 AM -0800
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Scientists believe they have found two new undocumented mammals -- a pygmy possum and a giant rat -- in the jungles of a remote mountain range in Indonesia's Papua province, a...[more]
- Mutation in one gene tied to Lou Gehrig's disease
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-16-2007 01:07 PM -0800
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A mutation in a single gene may raise one's risk of getting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, by as much as 30 percent, offering a potential new...[more]
- Liver cirrhosis kills 26 crocodiles in north India
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-13-2007 10:45 PM -0800
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - As many as 26 endangered crocodiles have been found dead over the last three days in northern India and experts attribute the rare mass deaths to cirrhosis of the liver,...[more]
- Spacewalkers to inspect station for meteoroid strike
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-13-2007 03:25 PM -0800
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two astronauts on the International Space Station will make a spacewalk next week to find out if a micrometeoroid strike damaged a critical part of the outpost's...[more]
- Ingredient in human semen may enhance HIV infection
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-13-2007 03:12 PM -0800
CHICAGO (Reuters) - An ingredient in human semen may actually help the HIV virus infect cells, German researchers said on Thursday.
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