Lunar Lunch

October 17, 2005
Newswise - That's "lunch," not "launch"?Imagine building a lunar vehicle and taking it 233,857 miles from the Earth to the moon only to forget to pack a lunch for the drive across the moon's landscape. The solution: pack a lunch... continued

Favorite Cooking Surface May Be Dangerous

October 14, 2005
Oh, no, not Teflon! We've all loved this non-stick cooking surface ever since it was developed from research done by NASA for the space program. But now the EPA warns that even low-level exposure to this substance can cause "apotential... continued

More Pyramid Secrets Will Soon Be Revealed

October 14, 2005
Egyptian archeologists are now using robots to explore the secret chambers of the pyramids. Over the last few years, we've written extensively about these explorations, the results of which are often kept secret by the Egyptian government. Now it's been... continued

Bundle Up in Solar Clothes

October 14, 2005
Newswise - We've written before about clothes that make you invisible. Most of us will never wear these, but lots of female cell phone and PDA users are interested in an invention called the "Power Purse," which is covered with... continued

Future Storms Will Be Even Stronger

October 14, 2005
We've got had the one-two punch of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the northeastern part of US is experiencing severe floods. Climatologists may not all agree on the details of what's causing global warming, but they all agree on one... continued

Our Brains are Still Getting Bigger

October 13, 2005
The human brain is still evolving and becoming larger, according to researchers who have analyzed two genes that regulate brain size. These genes, associated with larger brain size, appeared at about the same times as the emergence of culture, agriculture,... continued

Bird Flu Virus Spreading But HIV Getting Weaker

October 13, 2005
One thing that is consistent about viruses is that they constantly mutate. This is why new flu vaccines have to be produced every year. Now it's been announced that avian flu has reached Europe?that's the bad news about viruses. The... continued

Bird Brains: Smarter Than We Think

October 13, 2005
Birds are smarter than we think they are, perhaps because they are the descendents of dinosaurs. We think of dinos as having been huge and fairly stupid, but maybe they were actually both huge and SMART. Biologists have recently deciphered... continued

China in Space Not Just to Explore

October 12, 2005
Two Chinese astronauts have blasted into orbit, as Chinajoins the what used to be known as the space race, which hasbecome fairly defunct since the Soviet Union broke up andthe US began to haveshuttleproblems. However, NASA has vowed toland on... continued

Hopeful Hydrogen Fuel Breakthrough

October 12, 2005
Aside from the cost of producing hydrogen, the problem of containing is what's stopping the widespread adoption of this fuel. Since it is a single molecule, it is so tiny that it cannot be contained by a conventional automobile gas... continued