Space & Physics
Space station to get its wings today
Astronauts aboard the Discovery will unfurl new solar array wings today for the International Space Station (ISS), a task that has NASA managers holding their breath.
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Mind & Brain
Richardson died of brain bleed, medical examiner rules
Actress Natasha Richardson, who died yesterday after a seemingly minor fall on a Canadian ski slope, was killed by blunt trauma to her head, a coroner said today.
Health
Link between body clock and metabolism may help fight obesity, aging and more
New research pinpointing the link between the body clock and metabolism may pave the way for scientists to treat an array of health problems, ranging from diabetes to sleep disorders.
The Sciences
Statistics, probability and NCAA's "March Madness"
The NCAA men's basketball "March Madness" tournament may have just tipped off, but one academic is already thinking about the later rounds.
Health
Are firefighters and EMT's too fat to rescue us?
Think firefighters and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are in tip-top shape? Not necessarily, according to a new study published today in the journal Obesity .
The Sciences
Signs of a supersolid at the March APS meeting
PITTSBURGH—Look in that lab: it's a gas, it's a solid, it's a superfluid—it's SuperSolid! Well, maybe.
The "it" in question is a collection of rubidium atoms cooled to within a whisker of absolute zero and the lab is physicist Dan Stamper-Kurn's at the University of California, Berkeley...
EARTH
Tonga volcano spews spectacular plume into South Pacific sky
An undersea volcano in the South Pacific is spewing stunning columns of smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet into the air. The eruption began Monday after a series of earthquakes near Tonga, a 170-island archipelago between Australia and Tahiti, residents told the Associated Press...
Environment
How many hurricanes will hit the U.S. this year?
AccuWeather.com , a private weather forecasting organization, has released its predictions for this year's impending hurricane season. The good news?
Health
Actress Natasha Richardson dies after ski accident
Tony Award-winning actress Natasha Richardson died today after a fall yesterday at a Quebec ski resort, according to a family statement. No cause of death was given, but it has been widely reported that the seemingly minor tumble led to bleeding in the brain...
Health
CMV vaccine shows promise
Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a form of herpes, is the most commonly transmitted infection between pregnant women and their babies, affecting 30,000 U.S. newborns a year and leaving some 8,000 of them with permanent damage ranging from mental retardation to vision and hearing loss...
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