Russia: No space for space tourists (AP)
AP - There is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station, a top Russian space official said Thursday.
AP - There is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station, a top Russian space official said Thursday.
LiveScience.com - While many Americans feast on turkey and all the fixings today, a
new study finds food waste per person has shot up 50 percent since
1974. Some 1,400 calories worth of food is discarded per person each
day, which adds up to 150 trillion calories a year.
AFP - A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers faces extradition to the United States after the British government rejected last-ditch requests to block the move.
Reuters - Better home insulation and ventilation and using electricity instead of fossil fuels could reduce indoor pollution and save thousands of lives, especially in low-income countries like India, a study has found.
AP - Officials say flooding from heavy rains has killed 12 people in three South American nations and forced more than 20,000 to flee their homes.
AP - After nearly a week together, the crews of shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station said goodbye Tuesday and closed the hatches between them.
LiveScience.com - Scientists have long suspected that smoking increased the risk that
a transplanted heart would be rejected. Now they have a smoking gun.
AFP - US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar blasted big oil trade groups Tuesday, accusing them of barring the way to a balanced US energy system that would create thousands of jobs.
AP - With a caretaker holding his hand, a Belgian man who was diagnosed as comatose for 23 years typed out a message Tuesday that he felt reborn after decades of loneliness and frustration. A leading bioethicist, however, expressed skepticism that the man was truly communicating on his own.
AP - Sixty-five world leaders have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December, and several more have responded positively to invitations, Danish officials said Sunday.
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LiveScience.com - The deep sea is teeming with thousands of species that have never known sunlight, explorers now say.
AP - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the small amount of radiation detected at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is not significant.