Space Daily articles from April 2006

Space Daily archives from April 2006

Greenlands Glacial Earthquakes Increasing In Frequency.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ITHACA, N.Y., March 24 (SPX) -- Rise of seismic activity linked to the movement of glaciers may be a response to global warming Seismologists at Columbia University and Harvard University have found a new...

How Does The Brain Know What The Right Hand Is Doing.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SYDNEY, March 24 (SPX) -- You don't have to watch your legs and feet when you walk. Your brain knows where they are. For decades scientists have debated two options for how the brain achieves this: (1) the outflow...

Junk DNA May Not Be So Junky After All.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BALTIMORE, March 24 (SPX) -- Researchers at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins have invented a cost-effective and highly efficient way of analyzing what many have termed "junk" DNA and...

L-3 Comms Acquires Two Leaders In Threat Detection.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NEW YORK, March 24 (SPX) -- L-3 Communications has announced the acquisition of two companies that will add significant technologies to its broad range of military and homeland security products. L-3 has acquired...

Lockheed Martin Qualifies Upgraded Paveway II Laser Guided Bomb.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ARCHBALD, Pa., March 24 (SPX) -- Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force recently qualified an upgraded version of its Paveway II Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) through comprehensive flight testing to meet current U.S. Air...

LockMart Pathfinder Seeker For MDAs Multiple Kill Vehicle System.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 21 (SPX) -- Lockheed Martin announces that it has completed the first kill vehicle pathfinder seeker for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Multiple Kill Vehicle System. Lockheed Martin is...

LockMart To Modernize US Navy Aegis-Equipped Cruisers.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MOORESTOWN, N.J., March 24 (SPX) -- The US Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $20.8 million contract to deliver the first Aegis Combat System upgrade ship-set for a cruiser modernization program. The upgrade will extend...

Main-Belt Comets May Have Been Source Of Earths Water.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HONOLULU, March 23 (SPX) -- Three icy comets orbiting among the rocky asteroids in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter could be linked to the origin of Earth's oceans. The newly discovered comets,...

Mars Meteorite Similar To Bacteria-Etched Earth Rocks.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CORVALLIS, Ore., March 24 (SPX) -- A new study of a meteorite that originated from Mars has revealed a series of microscopic tunnels that are similar in size, shape and distribution to tracks left on Earth rocks by...

NASA Scientist Claims Warmer Ocean Waters Reducing Ice Worldwide.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers GREENBELT, Md., March 24 (SPX) -- According to a NASA scientist, the pieces to a years-old scientific puzzle have come together to confirm warmer water temperatures are creeping into the Earth's colder areas. Those...

New Map Of Milky Way Charts Where Stars Are Born.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BOSTON, March 24 (SPX) -- A team of astronomers from Boston University's Institute for Astrophysical Research has produced the clearest map to-date of the giant gas clouds in the Milky Way that serve as the...

New Sensor Tech Detects Chemical Biological Nuclear And Explosive Materials.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ARGONNE, Ill., March 24 (SPX) -- Engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, using an emerging sensing technology, have developed a suite of sensors for national security applications...

Nuclear Weapons Center to Open at Kirtland Air Force Base.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers KIRTLAND AFB, N.M., March 24 (SPX) -- Kirtland will become the home of Air Force Materiel Command's newest organization, the Nuclear Weapons Center, on March 31. "The base has been at the heart of nuclear activities...

Oceans Are A Major Gene Swap-Meet For Plankton.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 24 (SPX) -- New evidence from open sea experiments shows there's a constant shuffling of genetic endowments going on among tiny plankton, and the "coinage" they use seems to be a flood of...

Pitt Researchers Find Switch For Brains Pleasure Pathway.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PITTSBURGH, March 24 (SPX) -- Findings could help identify cause of schizophrenia, Parkinson's, drug addiction Amid reports that a drug used to treat Parkinson's disease has caused some patients to become addicted...

Saturns Clouds Caught In Shear Zone.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., March 23 (SPX) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft swept by Saturn last month and caught this atmospheric close-up showing bright clouds in the planet's northern hemisphere being sheared apart. The...

Single Gene Mutation Switches Fungus-Grass Symbiosis From Mutualistic To Antagonistic.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PALMERSTON NORTH, NZ, March 24 (SPX) -- A symbiotic relationship is one in which two organisms of different species interact in ways that profoundly affect their livelihoods and reproductive success. Such...

Smiths Aerospace Selected By US Navy For FA-18.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CLEARWATER, Fla., March 24 (SPX) -- Smiths Aerospace has been awarded a contract with a potential value of $34.5 million to provide performance-based logistics (PBL) in support of the stores management upgrade system...

SpaceX Pushes Back Falcon Launch One More Day.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 23 (SPX) -- SpaceX now plans the first launch of its Falcon 1 rocket on Friday, March 23. "No major issues were discovered following (Sunday's) static fire," Elon Musk, the company's founder...

Spirit Churns Up Bright Soil Near McCool.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., March 23 (SPX) -- While driving eastward toward the northwestern flank of the peak called McCool Hill, in the Columbia Hills of Gusev Crater, the wheels of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit...

3D Imaging To Enable Clean Energy Technologies.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ATLANTA, March 28 (SPX) -- Ohio State University researchers have invented a technique to record three-dimensional scans of the gases and solids that mix inside boilers and other industrial processing reactors....

Air Force Releases UAV Strategic Vision.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, March 28 (SPX) -- The Air Force recently completed a vision document to provide high-level guidance to service development and integration of unmanned aircraft for the next 25 years. While the Air...

Climate Change Rice Genome To The Rescue.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LOS BANOS, Philippines, March 28 (SPX) -- New evidence is emerging that climate change could reduce not only the world's ability to produce food but also international efforts to cut poverty. However, the recent...

Coal Based Jet Fuel Poised For Next Step.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., March 28 (SPX) -- A jet fuel comparable to Jet A or military JP 8, but derived from at least 50 percent bituminous coal, has successfully powered a helicopter jet engine, according to a Penn...

Environmentalists Misguided On Marine Reserve Proposals.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NEWCASTLE, England, March 28 (SPX) -- Proposals by environmentalists to declare small areas of the North Sea as 'no-fishing' zones would not save our flagging fish stocks, suggests a new report by Newcastle University...

Envisat Makes Direct Measurements Of Ocean Surface Velocities.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, March 28 (SPX) -- For more than a decade space-based radar instruments have been routinely observing ocean surface phenomena including wind, waves, oil slicks, even the eyes of hurricanes. Now - employing the...

ESA Prepares For Venus Express Orbital Insertion.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers DARMSTADT, Germany, March 27 (SPX) -- Mission controllers at ESA's Space Operations Centre are preparing for the April 11 orbital insertion of the Venus Express spacecraft. The critical event will involve a series...

Fly Me To A Red Moon.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MELBOURNE, March 28 (SPX) -- The revisions to China's human spaceflight program in 2006 have been astonishing. China has completely revised its timetable and specific mission objectives for the next four launches in...

Headdown Bedrest Precisely Mimics Human Physiology In Spaceflight.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, March 28 (SPX) -- With President Bush talking up trips to the moon and Mars, and a new satellite circling the red planet, ever wonder what it feels like in space? The expensive way to find out is to hitch...

Honeywell Boeing And Sierra Nevada Pursue Next Phase Of JPALS Program.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PHOENIX, March 28 (SPX) -- Honeywell has announced that it has signed a teaming agreement with Boeing and Sierra Nevada to pursue the System Development and Demonstration Phase of the Joint Precision Approach and...

In Flight Propellant Generation For Advanced Space Transportation.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SEATTLE, March 28 (SPX) -- Andrews Space, Inc. (Andrews) was awarded additional Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) / Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) funding to demonstrate operational capabilities...

ManTech Wins US Support Army Contract.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers FAIRFAX, Va., March 28 (SPX) -- ManTech International has announced that it has received a task order to support the Product Director for Counter Radio-controlled Improvised Explosive Devices (CREW). The CREW systems,...

Moon To Sweep Through The Pleiades.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, March 28 (SPX) -- A special celestial event to watch is coming up on Saturday evening, April 1, 2006, for anyone who lives in the eastern or central part of North America. That evening, if the sky is...

NASA Opens Web Page For Live And Safe Eclipse Viewing.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BERKELEY, Calif., March 27 (SPX) -- NASA has established a Web page for interested individuals to view Wednesday's total solar eclipse in real time and in safety. This year's eclipse will be visible in South...

The Oxygen Imperative.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LIVERMORE, Calif., March 24 (SPX) -- It's common knowledge that humans and other animals couldn't survive without oxygen. But scientists are now learning a good deal more about the extent of our evolutionary debt to a...

Theres Water Under The Desert - But Its Hardly Being Used.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers JERUSALEM, March 24 (SPX) -- The one place in water-short Israel where natural groundwater is available and not being fully exploited is - of all places - in the mostly uninhabited Judean desert. This surprising...

Tiny Cannibal Stars - Miniature Versions Of Galactic Centers.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NOORDWIJK, The Netherlands, March 23 (SPX) -- European astronomers said they have solved a mystery concerning vast clouds of superheated gas that whirl around miniature stars in the process of being devoured by the...

Towards A New Test Of General Relativity.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, March 24 (SPX) -- Scientists funded by the European Space Agency have measured the gravitational equivalent of a magnetic field for the first time in a laboratory. Under certain special conditions the effect is...

US Army Awards Raytheon Patriot Engineering Services Contract.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TEWKSBURY, Mass., March 23 (SPX) -- Raytheon has been awarded an $80 million contract modification from the US Army Aviation and Missile Command to provide engineering services support to the Patriot Air and Missile...

Was Einstein Wrong About Space Travel.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, March 24 (SPX) -- Consider a pair of brothers, identical twins. One gets a job as an astronaut and rockets into deep space. The other stays on Earth. When the traveling twin returns home, he discovers he's...

Alaska Timber Projection Study Reveals Market Trends.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PORTLAND, Ore., March 29 (SPX) -- A recently completed economic study of timber demand projections for the next two decades in southeast Alaska explains four alternatives describing how the forest products industry...

Boeing ATK Team For Israeli Short Range BMD Competition.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ST LOUIS, Mo., March 29 (SPX) -- Boeing has announced an exclusive agreement with Alliant Techsystems to support the new Israeli Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, which Boeing is pursuing with...

Boeings Combat Survivor Evader Locator To Be Utilised In Middle East Theatre.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ST LOUIS, Mo., March 29 (SPX) -- The United States Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees military operations in the Persian Gulf region, has announced the Boeing Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL)...

Cassini Compiles Best Map Of Jupiter.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., March 28 (SPX) -- This color map of Jupiter was constructed from images taken by the narrow-angle camera onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft, as it flew by the giant planet on Dec. 11 and 12, 2000, on...

Cometary String Of Pearls To Swing Past Earth In May.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., March 27 (SPX) -- Starting on May 12, Earth-based sky watchers will be treated to the unusual sight of a string of cometary fragments sweeping across the night. The fragments belong to Comet...

Cool Nanotechnology.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LEEDS, England, March 29 (SPX) -- Huge reductions in heating bills, safer surgery and the next generation of miniaturised computers are among the potential benefits of new nanotechnology developed at Leeds. By...

F-15K Makes History With SLAM-ER Release.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ST LOUIS, Mo., March 29 (SPX) -- The F-15K multi-role fighter, built by Boeing for the Republic of Korea Air Force, has become the first F-15 to release a Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER)...

NASA Reinstates Dawn Asteroid Mission.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, March 27 (SPX) -- NASA officials announced Monday that the agency has decided to reinstate the Dawn mission, a robotic exploration of two major asteroids that had been canceled earlier this month because...

New Light On Muscle Efficiency.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ODENSE, Denmark, March 28 (SPX) -- A recent study from Scandinavia shows that the well-known differences between individuals in the efficiency of converting energy stored in food to work done by muscles are related to...

New Recipe For Oxygen On Icy Moons.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers RICHLAND, Wash., March 27 (SPX) -- Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory said they have uncovered the most detailed picture to date of how oxygen could be manufactured on water-rich but frigid moons in...

Next Ariane 5 Launch Taking Shape.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers KOUROU, French Guiana, March 27 (SPX) -- Arianespace said Monday it has begun preparations for the second duel-satellite launch of its heavylift Ariane 5 ECA rocket in mid-May. The company began prepping for the...

QinetiQ Returns To Woomera For Hyshot 3 Scramjet Flight Test.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WOOMERA, Australia, March 28 (SPX) -- A GBP1m million QinetiQ scramjet experiment was successfully launched on March 25, 2006, at Woomera, 500km north of Adelaide, South Australia at approximately 1.45pm local time...

Raytheon APKWS II Rocket Motor Tailfin Improvement.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TUCSON, March 28 (SPX) -- A Raytheon-led team has successfully tested a significant improvement to a rocket motor tailfin that will reduce design complexity and the cost of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II...

Researchers Get Mammalian Neurons And Silicon Talking.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PADUA, Italy, March 28 (SPX) -- European researchers have created an interface between mammalian neurons and silicon chips. The development is a crucial first step in the development of advanced technologies that...

Sweden Boosts Defense Operations And Trims Administration.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 28 (SPX) -- On Wednesday the 22nd of March the Government submitted to the Riksdag the Communication 2005/06:131 "Appropriate governance and administration of the Swedish defence". The aim of...

Ultrasound And Algae Team Up To Clean Mercury From Sediments.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ATLANTA, March 28 (SPX) -- Ultrasound and algae can be used together as tools to clean mercury from contaminated sediment, according to an Ohio State University study. This research could one day lead to a ship-borne...

UNH Scientist Announce New Beginning of Natural Spring.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers DURHAM, N.H., March 28 (SPX) -- The sun will still cross the equator on March 20th marking the vernal equinox and the official start of spring, but Mother Nature is increasingly getting a jumpstart on the celestial...

IXSEA Announces 3 Million Euro Space Deal.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MARLY-LE-ROI, France, March 29 (SPX) -- IXSEA announced the signing of a EUR3 million deal between its subsidiary IXSPACE and EADS-Astrium for the delivery of Fiber Optic Gyroscopes (FOG) mono-axes for space...

Kiribati Conserves Archipelago Of Coral Atolls Submerged Reefs.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers KIRIBATI, Kiribati, March 29 (SPX) -- A small Pacific Islands nation has distinguished itself on the global conservation map with the declaration today that it is creating the third largest marine protected area in...

LM Delivers MMSR For US Navys Acoustic Naval Research Center.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SYRACUSE, N.Y., March 30 (SPX) -- Lockheed Martin delivered its Multi-Mission Surveillance Radar (MMSR) system to the U.S. Navy for use at its Atlantic Underwater Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC). AUTEC is the U.S....

Lockheed Martin Submits Final Proposal Revision For APKWS II.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ORLANDO, Fla., March 30 (SPX) -- Lockheed Martin has submitted its final proposal revision for the U.S. government's Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) System Design and Development (SDD) program. ...

Lockheed Martin To Design Mars Science Lab Aeroshell.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers DENVER, March 30 (SPX) -- Lockheed Martin has been awarded a preliminary design and concept study start-up contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the Mars...

Mars Express Images Huge Ancient Valley.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS FRANCE, March 28 (SPX) -- The latest images transmitted by the High Resolution Stereo Camera aboard ESA's Mars Express spacecraft reveal a region called Libya Montes, south of the Isidis Planitia impact basin on...

Mars Rover Team Investigating Spirits Front Wheel.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., March 28 (SPX) -- Spirit's mission team continues to investigate problems with the rover's right-front wheel. They have conducted a diagnostic test at a different temperature, but the result...

Mega Eruption Of Yellowstones Southern Twin.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BOULDER, Colo., March 29 (SPX) -- North America isn't the only continent that's experienced super-colossal volcanic eruptions in the recent geologic past. The massive explosion of the almost unknown Vilama Caldera in...

NASA Confirms Next ISS Mission Launch On Thursday.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, March 28 (SPX) -- NASA mission managers have approved the launch of Expedition 13 to the International Space Station, the agency said Tuesday. Russian commander Pavel Vinogradov and American flight...

NASA Eclipse Coverage Wows Worlds Web Watchers.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BERKELEY, Calif., March 29 (SPX) -- NASA gave people around the world a safe front-row seat to Wednesday's total solar eclipse. Along with its partners, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Exploratorium,...

NASA Extends CEV Contracts.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, March 28 (SPX) -- NASA has authorized five-month contract extensions for development of the new Crew Exploration Vehicle, the spacecraft intended to replace the shuttle fleet after 2010, return astronauts to...

NASA Studies Spaceflight From Under The Sea.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, March 29 (SPX) -- NASA will send three astronauts and a Cincinnati doctor under the ocean off the Florida Keys next month to test space-medicine concepts and moon-walking techniques. During the mission,...

ND SatCom Open For Business In Russia.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, March 29 (SPX) -- ND SatCom announces the opening of its Moscow subsidiary ND SatCom Russia to strengthen its activities in Russia and the CIS states. The regions' economic potential and...

NetFires Conducts Navy Ballistic Flight Test For NLOS-LS Missile.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TUCSON, March 29 (SPX) -- NetFires, composed of Raytheon Missile Systems and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, has successfully conducted a ballistic test vehicle (BTV) flight test for the Non...

Students Win Robotics Basketball Tournament.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., March 29 (SPX) -- It may not be the final four, but it's definitely an exciting time for some Southern California high school students who won a regional game of robotics basketball. Now they're...

Thales Enters Next Phase of Advanced Weapons Networking Program.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CLARKSBURG, Md., March 29 (SPX) -- Thales Communications has announced its participation on the team recently awarded Phase 2 of the Quint Networking Technology (QNT) program, a contract option valued at $19 million....

UAV Market To Reach 17Bn In Five Years.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PALO ALTO, Calif., March 29 (SPX) -- The US unmanned aerial systems (UAS) market has had considerable momentum due to recent operational successes and increasing mission roles. In addition, UAS market penetration in...

Universities Collaborate To Reduce Development Impact On James River.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BLACKSBURG, Va., March 29 (SPX) -- John Randolph, director of Virginia Tech's School of Public and International Affairs in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, is helping lead a multi-university,...

US Navy Awards IRobot Additional 26M Contract.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BURLINGTON, Mass., March 29 (SPX) -- iRobot has announced a new contract delivery order from the U.S. Navy to build additional bomb disposal robots for shipment to the U.S. forces. Under the terms, iRobot will deliver...

Watch The 2006 Total Eclipse With ESA.
April 6, 2006... Byline: PARIS, FRANCE (SPX) MAR 29, 2006 ON WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH 2006, The Moon's shadow will sweep over the surface of Earth during the fourth total solar eclipse of this century. The path of the Moon's 'umbral' shadow begins in Brazil at...

Better Estimates For Future Extreme Precipitation In Europe.
April 10, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, March 30 (SPX) -- Researchers in Switzerland report that extreme rains in Europe may grow stronger and more frequent in the near future and have significant effects on the region's infrastructure and...

Biodiversity Conservation May Help Reduce Natural Disaster Impacts.
April 10, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers YOKOHAMA, Japan, March 30 (SPX) -- As ministers meet at the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP-8), the United Nations University (UNU) urged governments...

Cassini Captures Persistent Southern Saturnian Storm.
April 10, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., March 29 (SPX) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft looked toward Saturn and its moon Tethys on Feb. 18, and saw a large and powerful storm continuing to rage in the planet's southern hemisphere. ...

Cassini Detects Four Tiny Saturn Moonlets Among The Rings.
April 10, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ITHACA, N.Y., March 29 (SPX) -- Cornell University astronomers report finding four small, embedded moonlets among propeller-shaped disturbances in Saturn's A ring - a finding that suggests the planet's ring system...

Chicxulub Didnt Kill The Dinosaurs.
April 10, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BOULDER, Colo., March 30 (SPX) -- A new study of melted rock ejected far from the Yucatan's Chicxulub impact crater bolsters the idea that the famed impact was too early to have caused the mass extinction that killed...

Cortex Matures Faster In Youth With Highest IQ.
April 10, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BETHESDA, Md., March 30 (SPX) -- Youth with superior IQ are distinguished by how fast the thinking part of their brains thickens and thins as they grow up, researchers at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH)...

Embryos Tell Story Of Earths Earliest Animals.
April 10, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 30 (SPX) -- Much of what scientists learn about the evolution of Earth's first animals will have to be gleaned from spherical embryos fossilized under very specific conditions, according to a...