Mars Science Lab launch delayed two years Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:34:54 -0500 NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns -- has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington.
Shuttle lands at California air base Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:17:51 -0500 NASA officials Sunday waved off the first opportunity for space shuttle Endeavour to return to Earth, citing poor weather conditions.
iReporters watch planets, moon align Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:52:24 -0500
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Dying Star Mimics Our Sun's Death kdawson Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:59:00 -0000 coondoggie writes "In about 5 billion years, our Sun will face a nasty death. Scientists with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics this week released dramatic new pictures of a dying star much like the Sun, about 550 light-years from Earth. According to the researchers, Chi Cygni has swollen in size to become a red giant star so large that if it were in our solar system it would swallow every planet out to Mars and cook the asterid belt. The star has started to pulse dramatically, beating like a giant heart with a period of 408 days." The research team produced a video of the pulsating star, using infrared images captured via very long baseline interferometry.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Using Hacked Wiimotes As Scientific Sensors samzenpus Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:49:00 -0000 garg0yle writes "Scientists are repurposing Wiimotes as scientific sensors to help measure wind speed or evaporation from lakes, among other things. At about $40 per unit, the controller is much cheaper than specialized sensors. The scientists are still considering how to add storage and extend the battery life."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Dad Delivers Baby Using Wiki samzenpus Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:29:00 -0000 sonamchauhan writes "A Londoner helped his wife deliver their baby by Googling 'how to deliver a baby' on his mobile phone. From the article: 'Today proud Mr Smith said: "The midwife had checked Emma earlier in the day but contractions started up again at about 8pm so we called the midwife to come back. But then everything happened so quickly I realized Emma was going to give birth. I wasn't sure what I was going to do so I just looked up the instructions on the internet using my BlackBerry."'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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800,000 doses of swine flu vaccine recalled Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Manufacturer Sanofi-Aventis says vaccine meant for children younger than 3 has lost some of its potency. The CDC says there are no safety concerns.
Vaccine manufacturer Sanofi-Aventis is recalling 800,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine meant for children younger than 3 because the influenza vaccine has lost potency since it was shipped from the factory.
Airman injured in Afghanistan gets a remote pancreas fix Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 The serviceman becomes a pioneer in islet-cell transplantation when his pancreas is shuttled between Washington and Miami for the procedure.
Six days before Thanksgiving, Air Force Senior Airman Tre Francesco Porfirio was pulling duty in Afghanistan when three high-velocity bullets tore through his pancreas -- the fist-size organ that produces insulin and enzymes needed to extract fuel from food.
Teen drug use survey seen as 'warning sign' Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 'When beliefs soften, drug use worsens,' says Obama's drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, referring to a study that shows fewer teens believe use of marijuana, inhalants, LSD and Ecstasy is risky.
The federal government's annual report of kids’ alcohol and drug abuse seems reassuring: Compared with earlier in the decade, use of hallucinogens was down in 2008, marijuana use was way down, and use of methamphetamines was way, way down.
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