NASA honors 7 who died aboard Columbia
In an emotional ceremony just a few miles from where Columbia should have landed five years ago Friday, NASA officials, astronauts, schoolchildren and family members of the lost shuttle crew gathered to remember the seven who died while returning from space. rssfeeds.usatoday.com
Science Briefing: Butterfly mimicry solved
Scientists have identified genes and hormones responsible for butterflies' extraordinary powers of mimicry that they achieve both as caterpillars and adults ft.com
Space shuttle Endeavour launches with Japanese lab
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from a seaside Florida launch pad on Tuesday to deliver part of a long-awaited Japanese space laboratory and a Canadian-built robotic system to the International Space Station. feeds.reuters.com
Genetic underpinnings of schizophrenia revealed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The devastating mental illness schizophrenia may be caused by many different mutations in many different genes that disrupt biological pathways vital to normal brain development, scientists said on Thursday. feeds.reuters.com
Male Sex Hormone May Affect Stock Trades
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The hormone that drives male aggression and sexual interest also seems able to boost short term success at finance. But what seems to start out well can turn bad, with elevated testosterone levels over several days possibly leading to irrational risk-taking, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge in England.... hosted.ap.org