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Japan scientists test tether to clear up space junk

Jan 19, 2014

TOKYO (AFP) ― Japanese space scientists are set to trial a tether they hope will help pull junk out of orbit around Earth, clearing up tons of planetary clutter, they said. Researchers at The Japan ...
Lab study cuts fracking waste’s radioactivity

Jan 16, 2014

HOUSTON (AP) ― Researchers believe they have found an unlikely way to decrease the radioactivity of some hydraulic fracturing wastewater: Mix it with the hazardous drainage from mining operations. T...
Birds sync wing beats in formation

Jan 16, 2014

Northern bald ibises fly in formation. (AP-Yonhap News) NEW YORK (AP) ― The next time you see birds flying in a V, consider this: A new study says they choreograph the flapping of their wings with e...
Early gene therapy trial for blindness promising

Jan 16, 2014

LONDON (AP) ― A small, preliminary study using gene therapy to treat a rare form of blindness is promising and could trigger similar efforts for other causes of vision loss, British doctors say. The...
Cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk on pedestal

Jan 16, 2014

Scientist Hwang Woo-suk (Science journal 'Nature') The scientific journal Nature’s article of “Cloning Comeback,” featuring Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk’s recent findings related to cloning, has d...
Putin overhaul of science risks final blow to Soviet-era machine

Jan 15, 2014

Russian President Vladimir Putin (AP-Yonhap News) Yulia Nelyubina is an internationally recognized chemist at the Russian Academy of Sciences. An overhaul of the academy pushed through by President ...
Scientist drafts nuke shelter guide

Jan 15, 2014

PARIS (AFP) ― A scientist published a guide Wednesday to help authorities limit deaths from fallout after a city is hit by a nuclear bomb. Taking cover in existing buildings is widely accepted as a ...
India scrambles to save tigers from deadly virus

Jan 14, 2014

A female tiger at the Kanha Tiger Reserve in central India (MCT) NEW DELHI (AP) ― India is scrambling to protect its beleaguered tiger population after several big cats tested positive for a deadly ...
New GM CEO hopes to inspire science students

Jan 14, 2014

DETROIT (AP) ― The incoming CEO of General Motors hopes her appointment as the first woman to lead a global automaker will inspire young women and men to pursue careers in science. Mary Barra’s firs...
Swedish doctors transplant wombs into nine women

Jan 14, 2014

The Swedish research team practices before the operations to transplant wombs at Sahlgrenska Hospital in Goteborg, Sweden. (AP-Yonhap News) STOCKHOLM (AP) ― Nine women in Sweden have successfully re...
Hong Kong suffers in smog as pollution problems rise

Jan 13, 2014

A general view of Hong Kong (AFP-Yonhap News) HONG KONG (AFP) ― The new year has revived old problems for Hong Kong as a murky smog blankets the usually glittering skyline, fueling complaints from l...
Virgin Galactic spaceship makes third powered test flight

Jan 12, 2014

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, a six-passenger, two-pilot spacecraft aiming to make the world’s first commercial suborbital spaceflights later this year, conducted its third rocket-powered test flig...
Mars rover photos featured at U.S. museum

Jan 8, 2014

This image provided by NASA, shows rover tracks disappearing toward the horizon in a sea of sand between the craters Endurance and Victoria on the Meridiani Plains. (AP-Yonhap News) WASHINGTON (AP) ...
Long shots: Galaxies from 13.2b years ago

Jan 8, 2014

This undated image shows galaxies in the Abell 2744 cluster, and blue galaxies behind it, distorted and amplified by gravitational lensing. (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) ― The Hubble Space Telescope has peer...
One-way trip to Mars? Sign me up, says Frenchwoman

Jan 8, 2014

Mars One CEO Bas Lansdorp holds a press conference to announce the launch of astronaut selection for a Mars space mission project, in New York, on April 22. (AFP) PARIS (AFP) ― A comfortable, middle...