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  1. Taller People Earn More Money LiveScience.com - Sat Jul 11, 10:41 AM ETSent 2,436 times

    There's a growing body of research that finds taller people make more money.

  2. Swearing Makes Pain More Tolerable LiveScience.com - Sun Jul 12, 10:10 AM ETSent 1,085 times

    That muttered curse word that reflexively comes out when you stub your toe could actually make it easier to bear the throbbing pain, a new study suggests.

  3. In this photo provided by NASA, monitors in firing room four of the Launch Control Center show launch pad 39a with the space shuttle Endeavour and the inspection team at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, July 12, 2009. Endeavour is set to launch tonight with the crew of STS-127 and start a 16-day mission that will feature five spacewalks and complete construction of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory. (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls)
    More storms threaten shuttle launch attempt AP - 2 hours, 38 minutes agoSent 65 times

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA faced the prospect of more stormy weather Monday as it tried for the fifth time to launch shuttle Endeavour to the international space station.

  4. This conceptual artist rendering provided by Rocketplane Global Inc. on Friday July 10, 2009, shows the Rocketplane XP spacecraft. Hawaii could become the eighth state granted a spaceport license. Several space tourism companies, including Rocketplane, have shown interest in coming to Hawaii, said John Strom, vice president of business development for Enterprise Honolulu, the Oahu economic development board. (AP Photo/Rocketplane Global Inc.)
    Space companies eye HI as potential new frontier AP - Sun Jul 12, 4:31 AM ETSent 55 times

    HONOLULU - Tourists coming to Hawaii for high-end getaways could someday be launched from the sand to the stars, taking island-hopping to new heights.

  5. Potato famine disease striking home gardens in U.S. Reuters - Fri Jul 10, 5:22 PM ETSent 35 times

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Late blight, which caused the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s and 1850s, is killing potato and tomato plants in home gardens from Maine to Ohio and threatening commercial and organic farms, U.S. plant scientists said on Friday.

  6. In this photo made Tuesday, July 7, 2009, the only verified sample of a giant Palouse Earthworm specimen is preserved in this test tube, as seen at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. The straight line in the worm segment on the bottom is from a dissection done to study the worm. (AP Photo/Dean Hare)
    Searchers shovel Northwest dirt seeking giant worm AP - Sun Jul 12, 1:45 AM ETSent 9 times

    MOSCOW, Idaho - The giant Palouse earthworm has taken on mythic qualities in this vast agricultural region that stretches from eastern Washington into the Idaho panhandle — its very name evoking the fictional sandworms from "Dune" or those vicious creatures from the movie "Tremors."

  7. The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E), a high-resolution passive microwave Instrument on NASAs Aqua satellite, shows the state of Arctic sea ice on September 10 in this file image released September 16, 2008. REUTERS/NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio/Handout/Files
    Americans value science, but not all of it: survey Reuters - Fri Jul 10, 11:58 AM ETSent 7 times

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Many Americans still value the nation's scientific achievements, but unlike most scientists, they often pick and choose which scientific findings they agree with, especially in the areas of climate change and evolution, according to a survey released on Thursday.

  8. Robotic Bat: A Sneaky Spy LiveScience.com - Sun Jul 12, 2:48 PM ETSent 6 times

    A palm-sized "robo-bat" with shape memory alloy jointed limbs and smart material alloy muscles is being built by North Carolina State University researchers. It's the perfect micro air vehicle (MAV) for surveillance or other kinds of data gathering - Batman could fit this gadget easily onto his utility belt.

  9. In this undated photo supplied by Queensland Museum, paleontologist Scott Hocknull analyses the Diamantinasaurus fossils in Winton, in central Queensland, Australia. Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and has a name like something from an Arnold Schwazennegger movie. Meet the Australovenator. (AP Photo/Queensland Museum, HO)
    Australian dinosaur that lived 98M years ago found AP - Fri Jul 3, 7:27 AM ETSent 4 times

    CANBERRA, Australia - Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator.

  10. Final Countdown: A Guide to NASA's Last Space Shuttle Missions SPACE.com - Fri Jul 10, 11:15 PM ETSent 3 times

    The planned Saturday evening launch of the space shuttle Endeavour may be the third orbiter flight this year, but it is one of just eight remaining missions before NASA mothballs its space plane fleet next year.

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  1. Swearing Makes Pain More Tolerable LiveScience.com - Sun Jul 12, 10:10 AM ET

    That muttered curse word that reflexively comes out when you stub your toe could actually make it easier to bear the throbbing pain, a new study suggests.

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  1. The Nasa countdown clock showing t-minus nine minutes. The US space agency will make a fifth attempt to launch the space shuttle Endeavour after stormy weather has forced four postponements of its mission to the International Space Station.(AFP/File/Bruce Weaver)
    More storms threaten shuttle launch attempt AP - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA faced the prospect of more stormy weather Monday as it tried for the fifth time to launch shuttle Endeavour to the international space station.

  2. Swearing Makes Pain More Tolerable LiveScience.com - Sun Jul 12, 10:10 AM ET

    That muttered curse word that reflexively comes out when you stub your toe could actually make it easier to bear the throbbing pain, a new study suggests.

  3. Shuttle Endeavour "Go" For Launch Today SPACE.com - Sun Jul 12, 9:16 AM ET

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Endeavour is "Go" to launch today, NASA said, after ground crews found no signs of damage from a lightning strike on Friday.

  4. Thunderstorms Delay Space Shuttle Launch SPACE.com - Sun Jul 12, 7:30 PM ET

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA abandoned plans to launch the space shuttle Endeavour for the fourth time in a row on Sunday, this time because of stormy weather that crept too close to an emergency runway.

  5. A lab technician prepares samples for a swine flu test. A key adviser to Prime Minister Gordon Brown has contracted swine flu and was banned from attending the G8 summit in Italy, reports said late Sunday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)
    Senior adviser to PM contracts swine flu: reports AFP - Mon Jul 13, 3:32 AM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - A key adviser to Prime Minister Gordon Brown has contracted swine flu and was banned from attending the G8 summit in Italy, media reports have said.

  6. The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour departs crew quarters for launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 12, 2009. From left are David Wolf, Timothy Kopra, Thomas Marshburn, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette, Christopher Cassidy, Pilot Douglas Hurley and Mission Commander Mark Polansky. REUTERS/Molly Skipper
    Bad weather delays space shuttle launch Reuters - 1 hour, 46 minutes ago

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Thunderstorms near the Kennedy Space Center forced NASA to postpone Sunday's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour until Monday on a mission to deliver a Japanese-built porch to the International Space Station.

  7. Searchers shovel Northwest dirt seeking giant worm AP - Sun Jul 12, 1:45 AM ET

    MOSCOW, Idaho - The giant Palouse earthworm has taken on mythic qualities in this vast agricultural region that stretches from eastern Washington into the Idaho panhandle — its very name evoking the fictional sandworms from "Dune" or those vicious creatures from the movie "Tremors."

  8. NASA Hopes for Sunday Space Shuttle Launch SPACE.com - Sun Jul 12, 7:30 AM ET

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The besieged space shuttle Endeavour may try to launch today, if NASA can confirm that no damage was done to the vehicle by lightning strikes on Friday.

  9. Space companies eye HI as potential new frontier AP - Sun Jul 12, 4:31 AM ET

    HONOLULU - Tourists coming to Hawaii for high-end getaways could someday be launched from the sand to the stars, taking island-hopping to new heights.

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