Gene map becomes a luxury item
On a cold day in January, Dan Stoicescu became the second person in the world to buy the full sequence of his own genetic code. He paid $350,000. iht.com
Gas-belching volcanoes may have killed dinosaurs
LONDON (Reuters) - Gas-belching volcanoes may be to blame for a series of mass extinctions over the last 545 million years, including that of the dinosaurs, new evidence suggested on Thursday. feeds.reuters.com
Germans shun space race legacy
PEENEMUENDE, Germany (Reuters) - Few Germans know the global space race started on a remote and sandy island off the Baltic coast, an unremarkable place with wide open skies and a carpet of pine trees. feeds.reuters.com
NASA Official Plays Down a Troubled Soyuz Landing
Although NASA is concerned about last weekend’s rough landing of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, an agency official expressed confidence that the Russians would solve the problem. nytimes.com