CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Nov. 21, 2009 (Reuters) — Two spacewalkers halted a body-conditioning sleepover in a low-pressure chamber on the International Space Station on Saturday after a false depressurization alarm shut down ventilation fans. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2009 (Reuters) — People who have had repeated flu infections -- or repeated flu vaccines -- may have some protection against the new pandemic swine influenza, U.S. researchers said on Monday. ... > full story
RECIFE, Brazil, Nov. 15, 2009 (Reuters) — Fishing nations agreed on Sunday to cut by about a third the quota for Atlantic bluefin tuna, a giant fish prized by sushi lovers, numbers of which have been decimated by commercial catches. ... > full story
HONG KONG, Nov. 15, 2009 (Reuters) — Man-made ponds and rice fields irrigated using groundwater may be responsible for arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh, a study has found. ... > full story
HONG KONG, Nov. 15, 2009 (Reuters) — People of Japanese and European descent who have mutant versions of five genes may be at higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, two large teams of researchers have found. ... > full story
CARACAS, Nov. 15, 2009 (Reuters) — Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he will join a team of Cuban scientists on flights to "bomb clouds" to create rain amid a severe drought that has aroused public anger due to water and electricity rationing. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2009 (Reuters) — Scientists who crashed two spacecraft into a crater on the moon said on Friday they found water in the dust they kicked up, just as they had hoped. ... > full story
ENID, Oklahoma, Nov. 13, 2009 (Reuters) — To the untrained eye, Pollard Farms looks much like any other cattle ranch. Similar looking cows are huddled in similar looking pens. But some of the cattle here don't just resemble each other. They are literally identical -- clear down to their genes. ... > full story
TORONTO, Nov. 12, 2009 (Reuters) — A new surgical technique using glue to repair breastbones intentionally broken during open-heart surgery speeds up recovery time and is "substantially less painful" for patients, a University of Calgary scientist said on Thursday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2009 (Reuters) — In another sign of a warming planet, there were twice as many record-high temperatures in the United States as record lows over the last decade, climate scientists reported on Thursday. ... > full story
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