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  • Atlantis leaves station as NASA eyes shuttles' end

    Reuters – Wed Nov 25, 3:33 pm ET  
    Astronauts Space Shuttle Atlantis Commander Charlie Hobaugh,... Reuters

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Wednesday after a seven-day stay to deliver gear to keep the outpost operating after the shuttle program is retired next year. Full Story »

  • Experts scan disease links with Chinese "gene map"

    Reuters – Wed Nov 25, 5:24 pm ET  

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - A large analysis of the genes of 8,200 ethnic Chinese has revealed subtle genetic differences between inhabitants in northern China and southern China, and even between different Chinese dialect groups. Full Story »

  • Darwin debate rages on 150 years after "Origin"

    Reuters – Tue Nov 24, 9:50 am ET  
    A detail of British artist John Collier's 1883 painting of... Reuters

    PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Even 150 years after it first appeared in print, Charles Darwin's "On The Origin of Species" still fuels clashes between scientists convinced of its truth and critics who reject its view of life without a creator. Full Story »

  • Hormones, incentive, experience "make best traders"

    Reuters – Tue Nov 24, 7:37 pm ET  
    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange November... Reuters

    LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists say a perfect combination of testosterone, experience and a hunger for a share of profits can produce financial traders who consistently outperform the market -- even during a crisis. Full Story »

  • Big Bang machine achieves first particle collisions

    Reuters – Tue Nov 24, 11:52 am ET  
    Overview of the first element (L) of the huge magnet of the CMS... Reuters

    ZURICH (Reuters) -- Scientists have smashed together proton beams for the first time in a 27-kilometre tunnel under the French-Swiss border in an initial step toward discovering how the universe came into existence, they said on Monday. Full Story »

  • Dark ocean depths home to exotic, unknown life

    Reuters – Tue Nov 24, 2:05 pm ET  

    OSLO (Reuters) - The permanent darkness of the ocean depths is home to a far greater range of animals, from luminous jellyfish to tubeworms that live off oil seeping from the seabed, than previously thought, scientists said on Sunday. Full Story »

  • Houston, we have a baby

    Reuters – Sun Nov 22, 5:15 pm ET  
    Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, is pictured... Reuters

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik awoke early on Sunday to a much-anticipated call that his new daughter had been born. Full Story »

  • Soviet Union's non-Communist astronaut dies age 83

    Reuters – Sun Nov 22, 12:35 pm ET  

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Soviet Union's only non-Communist astronaut, Konstantin Feoktistov, has died at the age of 83, Russia's space agency said on Sunday. Full Story »

  • Art collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers

    Reuters – Fri Nov 20, 4:44 pm ET  

    ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum said on Friday. Full Story »

  • Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers

    Reuters – Fri Nov 20, 12:17 pm ET  

    ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum announced on Friday. Full Story »

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