SMART-1 towards final impact

SMART-1 towards final impact

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 04, 2006 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (21) | comments 0

SMART-1, the successful first European spacecraft to the Moon, is now about to end its exploration adventure, after almost sixteen months of lunar science investigations. SMART-1 was launched on 27 September ...


Submerging saves rare bottom-breathing turtles

Submerging saves rare bottom-breathing turtles

Biology /

created Aug 04, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 0

The endangered Mary River Turtle has learned the perfect way to avoid being eaten — stay underwater. UQ PhD student Natalie Mathie, who has been studying Mary River hatchlings for the last two years, has shown ...


The Sturgeon Moon of 2005. Credit: Darrell Spangler.

Lunar X Games

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 04, 2006 | popularity 2 / 5 (23) | comments 0

According to folklore, every full Moon has a special name. The Snow Moon comes in February, the snowiest month of the year. The Thunder Moon comes in July, the month of summer lightning. There are Wolf Moons, ...


Transgenic Goat's Milk Offers Hope for Tackling Children's Intestinal Disease

Medicine & Health /

created Aug 04, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

It's hard to improve on milk, but animal scientists at the University of California, Davis, have found that milk produced by transgenic goats, which carry the gene for an antibacterial enzyme found in human breast milk, altered ...


New hybrid orchid created in Britain

Biology /

created Aug 04, 2006 | popularity 2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

The Hartslock Nature Reserve in Oxfordshire, England, has successfully interbred a monkey orchid and a lady orchid to produce a new hybrid variety.


Scientists call for coral reef regulations

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 04, 2006 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Twenty marine scientists, including prominent Britons, are asking the world's governments to regulate the live fish trade to help protect coral reefs.


Station Crew Completes Spacewalk

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 04, 2006 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Space Station crewmen Jeff Williams and Thomas Reiter completed an almost 6.5-hour spacewalk Thursday that involved installing and replacing equipment and setting up scientific experiments outside the orbiting laboratory. ...


Women life scientists file fewer patents

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 04, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A U.S. professor says women life scientists in higher education apply for patents at a far lower rate than do men.


California Wine: Complex and Smooth With Hints of Salmon

California Wine: Complex and Smooth With Hints of Salmon

Biology /

created Aug 04, 2006 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

What does it take to make a fine California wine? Grapes, water, sunshine, the skilled hand of a master vintner -- and a few thousand dead fish. A few thousand dead chinook salmon, that is, according to new ...


Meth Promotes Spread of Virus in HIV-Infected Users

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created Aug 04, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at the University at Buffalo have presented the first evidence that the addictive drug methamphetamine, or meth, also commonly known as "speed" or "crystal," increases production of a docking protein that promotes ...



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