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Science News

A Life Worth Living? (2 Letters)
2008-02-13 05:32 - To the Editor:.

Uruguayan Ship to Take Venezuelan Scientists to Antarctica
2008-02-13 05:31 - President Hugo Chávez is sending a team of 15 Venezuelans on an expedition to Antarctica to carry out research into global warming.

Robert Jastrow, Who Made Space Understandable, Dies at 82
2008-02-13 05:31 - Dr. Jastrow led a major space science institution and helped to bring space down to earth for millions of Americans.

Experts to Discuss U.S. Space Plan
2008-02-13 05:31 - On Tuesday, 50 space experts and advocates are gathering to ask whether the United States is on the right track with its plans for space exploration.

5200 B.C. Is New Date for Farms in Egypt
2008-02-13 05:30 - A discovery may provide insights about the farmers and some answers to the questions of how, why and when Egyptians adopted farming.

New Shuttle Team Ready for Walk After Day’s Delay
2008-02-12 06:01 - NASA officials said that everything was ready for astronauts to prepare the European Columbus science module to be attached to the International Space Station.

Will Candidates Go to Science Debate?
2008-02-12 05:30 - The organizers of a proposed science and technology debate among the presidential candidates have set a date, four days before the Pennsylvania primary.

Long in the Tooth, but Short in Wingspan (for a Pterosaur)
2008-02-12 05:30 - Nemicolopterus crypticus is a new genus and species of pterosaur, described from a nearly complete fossil discovered in China.

Astronaut’s Health Problem Delays Spacewalk Mission
2008-02-11 06:01 - Hans Schlegel, a European Space Agency astronaut from Germany, will be replaced by Stanley G. Love on the delayed spacewalk.

Little Children
2008-02-11 05:30 - A philosopher and a bioethicist make the case that embryos are entitled to rights.


 
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