CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Oct. 28, 2009 (Reuters) — An unmanned NASA rocket designed to help develop a new space taxi service to the moon streaked through the sky on Wednesday on a successful two-minute test flight. ... > full story
LONDON, Oct. 25, 2009 (Reuters) — The amazing eyes of a giant shrimp living on Australia's Great Barrier Reef could hold the key to developing a new type of super high-quality DVD player, British scientists said on Sunday. ... > full story
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25, 2009 (Reuters) — Nine-year-old Corey Haas can ride his bike alone now, thanks to an experimental gene therapy that has boosted his fading vision with a single treatment. ... > full story
KARONGA, Malawi, Oct. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — The latest discovery of pre-historic tools and remains of hominids in Malawi's remote northern district of Karonga provides further proof that the area could be the cradle of humankind, a leading German researcher said. ... > full story
PARIS, Oct. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — French detectives have found DNA traces on evidence from a child murder case that obsessed the nation in the 1980s, raising hopes that advances in genetic science could help identify the killer at last. ... > full story
PARIS, Oct. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — Brief electric shocks may help the body better respond to certain kinds of experimental AIDS vaccines, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — Fossils from the smallest dinosaur found in North America, a fleet-footed species only 28 inches long and weighing less than a rabbit, have gone on public display for the first time at a Los Angeles museum. ... > full story
PARIS, Oct. 21, 2009 (Reuters) — AIDS researchers want to expand their study of a rare group of HIV-infected people, whose immune systems naturally and mysteriously prevent the virus thriving in their bodies, to span the globe. ... > full story
LONDON, Oct. 21, 2009 (Reuters) — The world needs genetically modified crops both to increase food yields and minimize the environmental impact of farming, Britain's top science academy said on Wednesday. ... > full story
OSLO, Oct. 20, 2009 (Reuters) — Space agencies and Google Inc are helping an international project to monitor forests by satellite to fight global warming, the head of an international earth observation group said on Tuesday. ... > full story
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