Archive for October, 2007

Cat’s eye view of DNA sheds light on human disease

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first full genetic map of a cat — a domestic pedigreed Abyssinian — is already shedding light on a common cause of blindness in humans and may offer insights into AIDS and other diseases, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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At least 59 killed in Tropical Storm Noel’s Caribbean rampage (AFP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

AFP - The death toll from Tropical Storm Noel’s rampage through the Caribbean rose to at least 59 on Wednesday as torrents of water swept away entire families in the Dominican Republic.
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NASA Focuses on Solar Panel Repairs

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Mission managers at NASA have put off a spacewalk in order to focus on repairing a torn solar panel on the International Space Station.
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Ancient Mammal Had Modern Teeth (LiveScience.com)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

LiveScience.com - The fossils of an ancient creature resembling
a small opossum and equipped with modern-looking teeth suggest our furry
ancestors were far more diverse in the age of dinosaurs than previously
thought.
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Mich. arborist looks to clone redwoods (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

AP - When David Milarch first visited Northern California in 1968, he thought he would see avenues of coast redwoods 100 miles long. What he found instead, he said, was a “moonscape.”
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Spacewalk canceled, torn wing new focus (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

AP - NASA canceled Thursday’s spacewalk to inspect a snarled joint for a set of solar panels and instead instructed its orbiting astronauts to go out a day later to try to fix a torn solar wing.
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Chimpanzee who knew sign language dies (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

AP - Washoe, a female chimpanzee believed to be the first non-human to acquire human language, has died of natural causes at a research institute.
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Scientists decode most of Mo. cat’s DNA (AP)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

AP - An Abyssinian cat from Missouri, named Cinnamon, has just made scientific history. Researchers have largely decoded her DNA, a step that may aid the search for treatments for both feline and human diseases.
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Spacewalkers to tackle ripped solar wing

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA sketched out plans on Wednesday for a hastily choreographed spacewalk with an astronaut dangling at the end of an extension boom to try to save a critical power wing of the International Space Station.
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Spacewalkers to tackle ripped solar wing (Reuters)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Reuters - NASA sketched out plans
on Wednesday for a hastily choreographed spacewalk with an
astronaut dangling at the end of an extension boom to try to
save a critical power wing of the International Space Station.
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