Don't give up on a vaccine for Aids
Letter: Professor David Baltimore is wrong to suggest there is no hope in finding an HIV vaccine - that nature cannot be overcome guardian.co.uk
First North American primate trekked from Siberia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - He was the Albert Einstein of his time -- aside from the fact that this long-extinct critter weighed about an ounce (28 grams), measured three inches long and munched on bugs and berries. feeds.reuters.com
Astronauts test repair technique on spacewalk
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A pair of astronauts ended a spacewalk late on Thursday in which they tested a repair procedure for the heat shields on the space shuttle fleet -- a technique NASA hopes it never needs to use. feeds.reuters.com
Car makers try to copy green halo of Prius
DETROIT (Reuters) - When Tom Weatherbee swapped his minivan for a Toyota Prius hybrid two years ago, he was mostly hoping to save money at the gas pump. feeds.reuters.com
In the Garden: Humming Praises for the Wild Bee
The bumblebee and other native wild bees are all the more important in the garden now that the population of honeybees is in such decline. nytimes.com