OSLO, Nov. 12, 2009 (Reuters) — Greenland's ice losses are accelerating and nudging up sea levels, according to a study showing that icebergs breaking away and meltwater runoff are equally to blame for the shrinking ice sheet. ... > full story
HAVANA, Nov. 11, 2009 (Reuters) — A group led by the head of the United States' biggest science organization is in Cuba this week to discuss ways to rekindle scientific cooperation as U.S.-Cuba relations slowly improve under U.S. President Barack Obama. ... > full story
SYDNEY, Nov. 11, 2009 (Reuters) — Australian scientists have developed a surgical technique that may allow cancer-suffering women to regrow their breasts after having a mastectomy, with human trials planned to start within three to six months. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2009 (Reuters) — A gene therapy treatment that stops the breakdown of muscle appeared safe in monkeys and may build up muscle, too, researchers reported on Wednesday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2009 (Reuters) — Why can humans talk and chimps cannot? Researchers said on Wednesday they have another clue and it lies not simply in the genetic code, but in how the genes function. ... > full story
JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 11, 2009 (Reuters) — A huge dinosaur discovered in South Africa is a previously unknown species that sheds light on the evolution of the largest creatures ever to walk the earth, a scientist said Wednesday. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9, 2009 (Reuters) — Backers of a failed mission to launch the world's first solar-sail spacecraft unveiled plans on Monday to try again five years later with a smaller, swifter satellite to test the limits of sunlight propulsion. ... > full story
LONDON, Nov. 9, 2009 (Reuters) — A mouse that can speak? A monkey with Down's Syndrome? Dogs with human hands or feet? British scientists want to know if such experiments are acceptable, or if they go too far in the name of medical research. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2009 (Reuters) — Researchers have engineered artificial penises in rabbits, using cells from the animals, who then used their new organs to father baby rabbits. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Nov. 9, 2009 (Reuters) — Injecting tiny polymer spheres into rats right after a spinal cord injury helped the animals recover movement and prevented secondary nerve damage that often follows such injuries, U.S. researchers said on Sunday. ... > full story
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