Scientists turn skin cells into beating heart muscle
Wed, 23 May 2012 13:16:20 -0400
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have for the first time succeeded in taking skin cells from patients with heart failure and transforming them into healthy, beating heart tissue that could one day be used to treat the condition.
SpaceX rocket lifts off for space station trial run
Tue, 22 May 2012 18:59:49 -0400
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned rocket owned by privately held Space Exploration Technologies blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Tuesday on the first commercial flight to the International Space Station.
Rights group aims to stop killing of Canada GMO pigs
Tue, 22 May 2012 15:23:38 -0400
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - A U.S. animal rights group hopes to save a herd of genetically modified pigs from early deaths after funding dried up for a Canadian research project that has stoked controversy about altering animal genes to produce food.
Scientists deploy genetics in search for bigfoot
Tue, 22 May 2012 10:02:37 -0400
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists are turning to genetic testing to see if they can prove the existence of the elusive hairy humanoid known across the world as bigfoot, yeti and sasquatch.
Pollution-hunting robot fish take to the sea
Tue, 22 May 2012 01:02:03 -0400
LONDON (Reuters) - Robot "fish" developed by European scientists to improve pollution monitoring moved from the lab to the sea in a test at the northern Spanish port of Gijon on Tuesday.
Study finds permafrost thaw, glacier melt releasing methane
Mon, 21 May 2012 23:52:35 -0400
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Methane from underground reservoirs is streaming from thawing permafrost and receding glaciers, contributing to the greenhouse gas load in the atmosphere, a study led by scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has found.
"Scotty" to make trip to final frontier on SpaceX rocket
Mon, 21 May 2012 13:40:06 -0400
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - When a privately owned rocket blasts off for a trial run to the International Space Station on Tuesday, it will be carrying more than food and supplies for the crew.
Rare "ring of fire" solar eclipse dims skies
Mon, 21 May 2012 01:33:06 -0400
KANARRAVILLE, Utah (Reuters) - The sun and moon aligned over the Earth in a rare astronomical event on Sunday - an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire.
Dinosaur skeleton fetches $1.05 million at disputed U.S. auction
Sun, 20 May 2012 22:53:42 -0400
(Reuters) - A nearly intact skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus sold for $1.05 million at auction in New York on Sunday, although the sale has been disputed by the Mongolian government, which has questioned whether it was obtained legally.
U.S., Russian crew blast off for space station
Mon, 14 May 2012 23:47:23 -0400
KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) - A Soyuz spaceship carrying two Russians and one American astronaut blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday after more than a month's delay over a problem with the hull of the Russian-built capsule.
