http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Lead levels that are "off the scale" have been confirmed after tests were done this morning on the lid of a soup can dating back more than 150 years. The findings reopen the mystery surrounding the cause of death of Sir John Franklin and his doomed crew as they searched for the Northwest Passage. http://www.physorg.com/news180115596.html Other Sciences Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:07:28 EST news180115596 (PhysOrg.com) -- Eight years after her last major expedition to Antarctica, biologist Terrie Williams is back on the ice. This time, however, her team began the expedition during the Antarctic winter, the harshest season in the harshest environment on Earth. http://www.physorg.com/news174063043.html Biology Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:20:01 EST news174063043 (PhysOrg.com) -- As northern Europe enjoys a rather warm start to autumn, an international team of 20 polar scientists have brought icy winter conditions to the middle of Hamburg, Germany. They are studying the effect of pack ice on carbon dioxide and instead of travelling to the Arctic or Antarctic they have reproduced realistic ice conditions closer to home. http://www.physorg.com/news173340437.html Space & Earth Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:07:56 EST news173340437 A dung beetle from Costa Rica has been named after Charles Darwin and the Darwin Initiative. It was discovered during a Natural History Museum led expedition. http://www.physorg.com/news172853660.html Biology Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:55:37 EST news172853660 NOAA will participate in a private research expedition to study marine life living on and around the wreck of the USS Monitor. The August 2-8 expedition is the first in the history of Monitor National Marine Sanctuary devoted specifically to understanding how the wreck contributes to the health of underwater creatures and plants living in sanctuary waters. http://www.physorg.com/news168875325.html Space & Earth Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:20:01 EST news168875325 A limestone countertop, a practiced eye and Google Earth all played roles in the discovery of a trove of fossils that may shed light on the origins of African wildlife. http://www.physorg.com/news160157349.html Other Sciences Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:09:49 EST news160157349 Jumping spiders, a tiny chirping frog and an elegant striped gecko are among 56 species believed new to science discovered during a Conservation International (CI) Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) expedition to Papua New Guinea's highlands wilderness. http://www.physorg.com/news157187006.html Biology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:04:05 EST news157187006 Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke, along with flight engineers Yury Lonchakov and Greg Chamitoff, officially took charge of the International Space Station Wednesday. The Change of Command Ceremony took place just before 2 p.m. EDT with Expedition 17 handing over the controls and wrapping up its stay at the International Space Station. http://www.physorg.com/news143909524.html Space & Earth Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:52:04 EST news143909524 (PhysOrg.com) -- Commander Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov of the 18th International Space Station crew docked their Soyuz TMA-13 to the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module at 4:26 a.m. EDT Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news143183463.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:11:03 EST news143183463 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new crew that will live and work aboard the International Space Station rocketed into orbit early Sunday aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. U.S. astronaut E. Michael Fincke, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and Richard Garriott, a U.S. computer game developer, lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:01 a.m. CDT. http://www.physorg.com/news143124193.html Space & Earth Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:43:13 EST news143124193 (PhysOrg.com) -- Commander Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov of the 18th International Space Station crew are scheduled to launch in their Soyuz TMA-13 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan about 3 a.m. EDT Sunday to begin a six-month stay in space. http://www.physorg.com/news142780305.html Space & Earth Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:11:45 EST news142780305 An incredibly rare frog has been captured on camera for the first time during an expedition by University of Manchester scientists to the rain forests of Central America. http://www.physorg.com/news140101946.html Biology Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:12:26 EST news140101946