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Radioactive monkeys

Last week NASA announced a new plan to radiate live squirrel monkeys for scientific purposes. 18 to 28 animals will be exposed to a low dose of radiation.
Published 2 hours ago by  Maciej Lewandowski in Science

Available soon: Martian weather forecasts

NASA wants a Texas A&M University professor to start predicting the weather on Mars using the same methods meteorologists use to predict Earth weather.
Published Nov 4, 2009 by  Elizabeth Cunningham Perkins in Science

Astronomers observe proof of the cosmic web's existence

A team with the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the Subaru Telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) are studying a distant galaxy structure, a new clue to the formation of the cosmic web.
Published Nov 3, 2009 by  Elizabeth Cunningham Perkins in Science

Ontario government invests $10 million in stem cell research

The Ontario government has given the Ontario Initiative in Personalized Stem Cell Medicine $10 million in funding, The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto announced Monday.
Published Nov 2, 2009 by  KJ Mullins in Science

Scientists decode DNA of pigs

An international group of scientists has decoded the DNA of the domestic pig, research that may one day prove useful in finding new treatments for both pigs and people.
Published Nov 2, 2009 by  Oliver VanDervoort in Science

Batjobs: A Halloween Sex Tale

As if being a flying furball wasn't already cool enough, research scientists in China have discovered not only that bats engage in fellatio, but that it apparently prolongs sex by considerable margins.
Published Oct 30, 2009 by  David Antrobus in Science | 3 comments

Team discovers new dinosaur species with Buffalo-like horns

A new species of armored dinosaur that lived 112 million years ago during the early Cretaceous of central Montana, has been discovered by paleontologists Bill and Kris Parsons, husband and wife research associates of the Buffalo Museum of Science.
Published Oct 30, 2009 by  Elizabeth Cunningham Perkins in Science

Bad driver? Blame your genes

A new study by UCI neurologist Dr. Steven Cramer says bad drivers may be able to blame their poor driving habits on their genes.
Published Oct 30, 2009 by  Ken Wightman in Science | 2 comments

Bigfoot search in West Virginia turns up 'suspicious' footprints

A search for the Sasquatch, better known in North America as 'Bigfoot,' was held in the Dolly Sods wilds of West Virginia recently.
Published Oct 28, 2009 by  Stephanie Dearing in Science | 5 comments

Clouds and a cargo ship ground NASA's new rocket

Cloudy skies and an unwelcome cargo ship made National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials call off the test flight of their newest design of moon rockets.
Published Oct 27, 2009 by  Brian Lidster in Science
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