HOUSTON, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Astronauts hooked up a water recycling system and installed two new bedrooms aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday while crew mates prepared for a second spacewalk to fix the outpost's power system. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — A balloon-borne instrument soaring high over Antarctica has found evidence of a possible large clump of mysterious so-called dark matter relatively close to our solar system, scientists said on Wednesday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Researchers have sequenced the gene map of a long-extinct, mummified woolly mammoth, using DNA taken from its hair. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — On a misty mountaintop on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, scientists for the first time in more than eight decades have observed a living pygmy tarsier, one of the planet's smallest and rarest primates. ... > full story
ICLA, Bolivia, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — Bolivian farmer Primo Rivera had long wondered about the dents in a rocky hill near his home. Paleontologists solved the mystery this month: they are fossilized dinosaur footprints -- the oldest in Bolivia. ... > full story
CANBERRA, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — Australia's kangaroos are genetically similar to humans and may have first evolved in China, Australian researchers said Tuesday. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — Tiny sacs released from tumor cells and circulating in the blood carry genetic information about the tumor, offering a new way to track and treat the cancer, U.S. researchers said on Sunday. ... > full story
SANTIAGO, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — Copper socks? Copper towels? How about copper subway poles? These are only a few of the uses Chile, the world's biggest copper producer, is applying to the red metal now used more in the construction and auto sectors. ... > full story
CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — Canadian researchers say they've narrowed down the likely owner of a dinosaur nest, abandoned on a river's edge 77 million years ago, adding the discovery offers a unique look at dinosaur reproduction and the evolution of birds. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Nov. 13, 2008 (Reuters) — A small fragment of genetic material may mean the difference between an easily treated local tumor and an aggressive cancer that spreads throughout the body, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. ... > full story
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Astronaut who lost tool bag admits making mistake Nov. 19, 2008 (Miami Herald) — The astronaut who lost her tool bag on a spacewalk admitted Wednesday that she made a mistake by not checking to see if the sack was tied down, and ...
NASA assesses impact of lost tool bag Nov. 19, 2008 (Nebraska.tv) — NASA flight controllers are revising spacewalk plans for the shuttle Endeavour's visit to the international space station.. . They're still trying ...
Nasa loses its space spider Nov. 19, 2008 (London Times) — Astronauts were hunting for a missing party guest as they prepared to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the International Space Station. . . One ...
The Internet enters the final frontier Nov. 19, 2008 (The Industry Standard) — NASA announced today that it has completed its first successful test of a communications network in space that's modeled on the Internet.. . The ...
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