TOP 100 SCIENCE SITES
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| For NASA, 'The Right Stuff' takes on a softer tone Social skills weren't part of the job description for America's first astronauts. Piloting the one-man Mercury capsule was a dangerous new endeavor. A sure touch on the stick and a willingness to risk death trumped being a nice, chatty guy. And some of the first space fliers weren't. rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
Human Shadows on the Seas Scientists are building the first worldwide portrait of human impacts on the oceans, which have left just 4 percent of the seas pristine. nytimes.com |
Shuttle Is Carrying Laboratory and Robot to Space Station The space shuttle Endeavour made its way toward the International Space Station on Tuesday after launching from Cape Canaveral, Fla. nytimes.com |
NRG Energy Sets Up an Entity to Build Nuclear Plants The company wants to build two reactors adjacent to the South Texas Project, 90 miles from Houston. nytimes.com |
How Epidemics Helped Shape the Modern Metropolis A cholera outbreak in New York in 1832 led to broad efforts to clean up the city and others like it. nytimes.com |