WASHINGTON, July 9, 2009 (Reuters) — The U.S. government will pay for any vaccination program against the H1N1 swine flu, and may encourage schools to help vaccinate children, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Thursday. ... > full story
CHICAGO, July 9, 2009 (Reuters) — A 20-year study of monkeys shows that a reduced-calorie diet pays off in less disease and longer life, U.S. researchers said on Thursday, a finding that could apply to humans. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, July 8, 2009 (Reuters) — An antibiotic pill originally developed to help prevent rejection in organ transplant patients helps mice live longer and might offer a route to fighting age-related disease in people, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. ... > full story
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Researchers have discovered a new sub-species of monkey in a remote part of the Amazon rain forest, a U.S.-based wildlife conservation group said on Tuesday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2009 (Reuters) — The U.S. government released new rules on Monday governing federally funded research on human embryonic stem cells, loosening some ethical requirements that scientists said could have cost them a decade of work. ... > full story
MIAMI, July 2, 2009 (Reuters) — The world's seagrass meadows, a critical habitat for marine life and profit-maker for the fishing industry, are in decline due to coastal development and the losses are accelerating, according to a new study. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, June 30, 2009 (Reuters) — The interplanetary space probe Ulysses officially ceased operations on Tuesday after an 18-year voyage of roughly 5.5 billion miles (8.85 billion km) and nearly three complete orbits around the sun, NASA said. ... > full story
SYDNEY, June 28, 2009 (Reuters) — Radio hams and amateur astronomers around the world spent the weekend bouncing radio conversations off the Moon to one another in commemoration of the Apollo 11 landings 40 years ago, organizers in Australia said Sunday. ... > full story
NEW YORK, June 26, 2009 (Reuters Life!) — Astronaut Buzz Aldrin has no regrets about being the second man to walk on the moon but admits that at the time he had made a strong case for why he should have been the one to take history's "giant leap for mankind." ... > full story
DUEBENDORF, Switzerland, June 26, 2009 (Reuters) — Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard unveiled Friday the prototype of a solar powered plane he plans to fly around the world to highlight the potential of alternative energy sources. ... > full story
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Moon-lovers remember Apollo with radio chit-chat June 28, 2009 (Washington Post) — Radio hams and amateur astronomers around the world spent the weekend bouncing radio conversations off the Moon to one another in commemoration of ...
Obama must minimize downtime before NASA's next big project June 28, 2009 (Houston Chronicle) — On July 20, people around the world will celebrate an American triumph. The 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing recalls a period of ...
NASA Announces Request for Information on von Braun Collection June 26, 2009 (Examiner.com: Anchorage, Alaska) — On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the historic first moon landing, NASA is seeking ideas from the public, academia, and industry about how to ...
Moon Walker Buzz Aldrin: Time to Settle on Mars June 25, 2009 (Wall Street Journal) — Forty years ago next month, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Now Mr. Aldrin, 79, has authored a memoir, "Magnificent ...
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