TOP 100 SCIENCE SITES
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| Shuttle Atlantis Checked for Damage CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts spent their first full day in orbit Friday scrupulously checking their ship for any launch day damage, as they steered ever closer to the international space station.... hosted.ap.org |
Stem cell pioneer James Thomson to steer regenerative medicine at MIR The Morgridge Institute for Research, the private, not-for-profit side of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, is announcing the appointment of world-renowned stem cell pioneer and researcher James Thomson as the first member of its multidisciplinary scientific leadership team. news.wisc.edu |
Long Ocean Voyage Set for Vessel That Runs on Wave Power On Sunday, a boat will sail from Honolulu on a planned voyage of 3,780 nautical miles, powered just by the wave action of the sea. nytimes.com |
Moscow planetarium dispute takes dark turn For decades, Soviet schoolchildren flocked to the Moscow Planetarium to gaze at the stars. Now plans to reopen the landmark silver-domed structure, shut for repairs 14 years ago, are mired in a struggle for control of an institution situated on a pricey patch of real estate. rssfeeds.usatoday.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 |