TOP 100 SCIENCE SITES
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| Space shuttle crew readies for Wednesday landing CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis crew members prepared on Tuesday for their planned touchdown at the Kennedy Space Center in central Florida after delivering Europe's first permanent orbital laboratory to the International Space Station. feeds.reuters.com |
Scientists to sequence giant panda genome Scientists from China, Canada, the United States and other countries launched a project Thursday to sequence the genome of the giant panda. "The goal of this project is to finish the sequencing and assembling of a draft sequence wit ... english.people.com.cn |
Observatory: Salt Deposits on Mars Appear to Be Like Those Seen in Earth’s Deserts Researchers have found evidence of chloride-bearing materials — in other words, salts — in the Martian southern highlands. nytimes.com |
Operation Beijing storm: rockets target rain BEIJING (Reuters) - China is preparing an arsenal of rockets and aircraft to protect the Olympics opening ceremony from rain, hoping to disperse clouds before they can drench dignitaries at the roofless "bird's nest" stadium. feeds.reuters.com |
Robot reinvents bypass surgery In a era when an increasing number of patients have been choosing balloon angioplasty to avoid the trauma of open-heart surgery, the University of Chicago's Sudhir Srivastava is one of a handful of pioneers who are reinventing the bypass operation. The goal is to make bypass surgery almost as patient-friendly as angioplasty. rssfeeds.usatoday.com |