AScribe Science News Service articles from May 2004

AScribe Science News Service archives from May 2004

Unprecedented Triple Comet Sightings: Hale-Bopp Discoverer Alan Hale to Speak at Chabot Space & Science Center May 7, 8.
May 3, 2004... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, May 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Chabot Space & Science Center today released the following advisory. --- WHO: Chabot Space & Science Center presents WHAT: "Night of the Comets"...

Nancy Cartwright, UC San Diego Professor of Philosophy, Elected to Membership in American Philosophical Society.
May 4, 2004... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- One of the world's leading philosophers of science, University of California Professor of Philosophy Nancy D. Cartwright, has been named to...

Next Mars Exploration Rover News Briefing Is May 6.
May 4, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA Mars Exploration Rover team members are excitedly analyzing the first views looking down into a stadium-sized crater that one of the rovers traveled for...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Hold Symposium for Small Business in Nation's Capital.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will host the 8th annual Space Science Symposium for Small Business on June 10, 2004, at the Hamilton...

May Science & Technology News Tips From Washington University in St. Louis.
May 5, 2004... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following are news and feature story ideas from Washington University in St. Louis. For more information on any of the stories below or for assistance in...

NASA Ambassadors 2004, Now Coming to a Forum Near You.
May 5, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- While two rovers roam Mars and the Cassini spacecraft nears Saturn, NASA's Solar System Ambassadors find themselves busier than ever this year, leading events...

NASA Genesis Spacecraft on Final Lap Toward Home.
May 5, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Genesis spacecraft flew past Earth on Saturday in a loop that puts it on track for home - and a dramatic mid-air recovery Sept. 8. The Genesis...

Accurate Species Diversity Models Critical to Conservation Progress.
May 6, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two ecologists have cited an urgent need for scientists advocating differing ecological models of species diversity to cooperate, given that global warming and habitat loss...

Mars Rover Arrival at Deeper Crater Provides Tempting Eyeful.
May 6, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists and engineers celebrated when they saw the first pictures NASA's Opportunity sent from the rim of a stadium-sized crater that the rover reached...

Dickinson College Professor Part of History Channel's 'True Story of Troy'; Can Comment on Hollywood Blockbuster 'Troy'.
May 10, 2004... Byline: Dickinson College CARLISLE, Pa., May 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The blockbuster movie, "Troy," has put the spotlight on this ancient city that scholars have studied for centuries. Dickinson College archaeologist Christofilis...

Expert: New Disaster Flick Gets Mechanism of Global Warming Right, But Its Timing Is All Wrong.
May 10, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., May 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The cataclysmic ice age scenario depicted in the upcoming movie, "The Day After Tomorrow," gets the mechanics of global warming mostly right, but wildly exaggerates the...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Open House Takes Visitors to Planets and Beyond.
May 11, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- People of all ages will tour the solar system and beyond this weekend, without leaving Southern California. Space enthusiasts and non-space buffs alike are...

Spitzer Shares the Wealth.
May 11, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Like a philanthropist donating a prized collection to a museum, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has opened a virtual vault rich with scientific data. The...

NASA Selects New Explorer Schools.
May 12, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA has selected 50 new Explorer Schools from 34 states, including four from Southern California. The Explorer Schools Program is a major NASA education...

NASA Scientists Explain Aura Satellite Mission.
May 14, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA researchers will brief the press about the upcoming Aura atmospheric chemistry satellite launch and discuss science goals of the mission. The briefing is...

Argonne National Laboratory to Play Major Role in World's Most Powerful Supercomputer; Taps IBM for Engineering, Tech Services, Power-based BlueGene System.
May 14, 2004... Byline: Argonne National Laboratory ARGONNE, Ill., May 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory will play a major role in the development of a new national computational science facility aimed at...

Mars Rover Inspects Stone Ejected From Crater.
May 17, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has begun sampling rocks blasted out from a stadium-sized impact crater the rover is circling, and the very first...

NASA Plans to Put Aura Around Earth.
May 17, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- On June 19, NASA will launch Aura, a next generation Earth-observing satellite. Aura will supply the best information yet about the health of Earth's...

The $50 Million Solution: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Ups Investment in College Science.
May 17, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Colleges face a number of tough challenges in teaching science today. New fields that blur the lines between disciplines are emerging, and biologists,...

2004 National Wetlands Awards to be Presented on Capitol Hill.
May 18, 2004... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Six individuals from across the U.S. will be honored with 2004 National Wetlands Awards on May 20 in Washington, DC. The Awards will be presented in an evening...

Revealing Secrets of the Mummies.
May 18, 2004... Byline: Bryn Mawr College BRYN MAWR, Pa., May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bryn Mawr College student Danielle Kurin '05 (Falls Church, Va.) is spending her junior year in Bolivia studying pre-Colombian and Colonial mummies. She is working on...

Programs Will Share Excitement of Mars Rovers.
May 18, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two free public programs in Pasadena this week will present the dramatic story of NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers. Nagin Cox of NASA's Jet Propulsion...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Hosts Tribal Colleges Conference.(Brief Article)
May 18, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA is working with tribal colleges and universities to educate Native American students in science, technology and engineering. This week presidents and...

Marine Biological Laboratory Researcher and Science Teacher to Visit Siberia to Study Climate, Get Children Excited About Science.
May 19, 2004... Byline: Marine Biological Laboratory WOODS HOLE, Mass., May 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Thanks to Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Ecosystems Center researcher Max Holmes and Vermont schoolteacher Amy Clapp, a whole new crop of scientists is...

From Fryer to Fuel Tank: University of Michigan Engineering Students Make a Case for Waste Elimination, Energy Recovery.
May 19, 2004... Byline: University of Michigan College of Engineering ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Michigan engineering students have discovered a redeeming quality in junk food: waste grease produced in campus cafeterias...

California Agriculture Conference on May 28.
May 19, 2004... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture BERKELEY, Calif., May 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California's Giannini Foundation is sponsoring the "California Agriculture: Dimensions and Issues" conference from...

Expert Advisory: Misguided Forest Management Practices Fueling Western Wildfires, Duke Ecologist Says.
May 24, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., May 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wildfires that burn hotter, spread faster and occur more frequently than they might naturally may be the unintended legacy of decades of misguided forest management...

Climate Change: Will It Look Anything Like 'The Day After Tomorrow'?
May 24, 2004... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., May 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The release of the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" is spurring discussion about global climate change, with its depiction of giant storms and...

California Academy of Sciences Open at 875 Howard St. in San Francisco; Grand Opening Is Saturday, June 19.
May 25, 2004... Byline: California Academy of Sciences SAN FRANCISCO, May 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The California Academy of Sciences is pleased to announce the grand opening of a temporary museum at 875 Howard St., San Francisco. Until late 2008, when the...

California Academy of Sciences Presents ANTS: Hidden Worlds Revealed; New Exhibit Open at 875 Howard St. in San Francisco Through May 2005.
May 25, 2004... Byline: California Academy of Sciences SAN FRANCISCO, May 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- On May 1, 2004, the California Academy of Sciences opened its facility at 875 Howard St. for preview days, and audiences everywhere anticipated the arrival...

Explorers Who Recently Retraced Steinbeck's Historic Sea of Cortez Expedition to Speak at King Library in San Jose, Thursday, May 27 at 5 p.m.
May 25, 2004... Byline: San Jose State University SAN JOSE, Calif., May 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Explorers who recently retraced John Steinbeck's historic Sea of Cortez expedition will speak Thursday, May 27 at the King Library, fifth floor, at 150 East...

NASA Releases Mission Requirements for Proposed Jupiter Mission.
May 26, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA has issued its mission design requirements to three industry teams for a proposed mission to Jupiter and its three icy moons. The requirements are also...

Rare Eclipse Event: Transit of Venus.
May 26, 2004... Byline: Chabot Space & Science Center OAKLAND, Calif., May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- No one alive today has ever witnessed the transit of Venus, which last occurred in 1882. On June 7, 2004, just after 10 p.m. PDT, a celestial event of...

Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status.
May 26, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's solar-powered Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is beginning on Thursday what controllers expect to be frequent use of an overnight "deep sleep" mode...

The Rodale Institute Wins Research Award.
May 26, 2004... Byline: Straus Communications SILVER SPRING, Md., May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Rodale Institute in Pennsylvania will receive The Rachel Carson Council's Sense of Science Award on May 27. Dr. Paul Hepperly and his research team...

AScribe Advisory: Sources Available to Comment on Film Depicting Catastrophic Climate Change.
May 27, 2004... Byline: AScribe, The Public Interest Newswire OAKLAND, Calif., May 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- "The Day After Tomorrow," a disaster movie from 20th Century Fox that presents a highly imaginative view of the consequences of sudden global...

University of California Sets Up 'First-Detector' Network to Combat Bioterrorism.
May 27, 2004... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture FRESNO, May 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Should any California crops become bioterrorism targets, a new network of "first-detectors" - who are now being trained by University of...

Radical Change in Ecological Science Urged.
May 27, 2004... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- An article to appear in the May 28 issue of "Science" calls for a sea change in how scientists study nature and the practices that are used sustain...

Japanese Identity Crisis Endangers Relations With United States, Scholar Says.
May 27, 2004... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- John Nathan has been keeping a scholarly eye on Japan ever since being admitted to the Japanese literature department at the University of...

Discovering Missing Black Holes: First Science From Virtual Observatory.
May 28, 2004... Byline: European Space Agency - Hubble GARCHING, Germany, May 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- A European team has used the Astrophysical Virtual Observatory (AVO) to find 30 supermassive black holes that had previously escaped detection behind...

Update: Cassini-Huygens Mission Status Report.
May 28, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., May 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Cassini spacecraft successfully performed a critical six-minute trajectory correction maneuver May 27 to put it on course with its first encounter,...

Abrupt Climate Change Brought to Public Attention in Hollywood Movie.(Movie Review)
May 28, 2004... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., May 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The movie The Day After Tomorrow, released today by 20th Century Fox, paints a dramatic picture of the effects of climate change -- and raises...