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  F-35 fighter fleets price may be double forecast (20 March 05:47)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The estimated total cost of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jets being bought by the Pentagon may be nearly twice as high as originally forecast, the Defense Depar...
  Science justifies California water limits (20 March 03:31)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal limits on water that can be pumped out of a major river delta for California farmers are scientifically justified, a much-anticipated report said on Friday, a...
  Chileans quake knowledge saved thousands of lives (20 March 02:48)
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chileans' knowledge of earthquakes, combined with the abnormally long time it took for the February 27 quake to reach its crescendo, saved thousands of lives, a leading ...
  Experts design elastic iron for surgeries buildings (20 March 02:47)
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Researchers in Japan have designed a super-elastic iron alloy which they hope can be used in sophisticated heart and brain surgeries and even buildings in earthquake zo...
  F-35 fighter makes first vertical landing (19 March 02:36)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter aircraft landed vertically for the first time on Thursday, a bright spot in the Pentagon's priciest arms purchase program, troubled...
  Scientists hide gold with 3D invisibility cloak (19 March 12:22)
LONDON (Reuters) - German scientists have created a three-dimensional "invisibility cloak" that can hide objects by bending light waves.
  US-Russian duo returns to Earth from space station (18 March 06:15)
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying a U.S. astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan on Thursday.
  US-Russian space duo return to Earth from ISS (18 March 04:57)
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying a U.S. astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut from the International Space Station landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday.
  Dogs domesticated in Middle East not Asia (18 March 01:09)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - From French poodles to German shepherds, domestic dogs likely trace most of their ancestry to the Middle East, as opposed to East Asian origins suggested by previous ...
  Hobbit ancestors once colonized Indonesia island (17 March 11:32)
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ancestors of a hobbit-like species of humans may have colonized the Indonesian island of Flores as far back as a million years ago, much earlier than thought, according...
  NASA chief Bolden sees opportunities for industry (17 March 02:16)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden defended the U.S. space agency's budget on Tuesday and said its focus on commercial space transportation would provide "incredible op...
  Gene test can cut warfarin hospitalizations (16 March 05:44)
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Use of genetic screening on heart patients helped cut hospitalizations related to the widely used blood thinner warfarin by nearly a third, according to a large study tha...
  People leave unique trail of germs (16 March 12:43)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People leave more than fingerprints when they touch stuff -- they also deposit a tell-tale trail of germs that could help investigators solve crimes, U.S. researchers ...
  US stem cell expert is hottest researcher (15 March 09:34)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rudolf Jaenisch, whose stem cell lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has consistently broken new barriers in the field, is the world's "hottest" researche...
  SpaceX says Falcon 9 rocket test fire is a success (15 March 03:16)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies successfully test fired its Falcon 9 rocket this weekend, clearing a milestone toward the inaugural flight of a privately d...
  Scientists find new way to help crops fight pests (14 March 11:33)
LONDON (Reuters) - An international team of scientists has managed to transfer disease resistance from one plant family to another, offering broader protection from potentially costly and de...
  Calcium may help you live longer study (13 March 01:56)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting a bit more calcium in your diet could help you live longer, new research suggests.
  Glenn Close has genes mapped (12 March 04:50)
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu has done it. So has genome pioneer Craig Venter.
  Scientists find mother of all skin cells (12 March 01:01)
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found the "mother," or origin, of all skin cells and say their discovery could dramatically improve skin treatments for victims of serious wounds and burns...
  Personal study shows gene maps can spot disease (11 March 08:48)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two studies published on Wednesday show it is possible to sequence the entire gene maps of families with inherited diseases and pinpoint the offending bit of DNA.
  SpaceX aborts rocket engine test (10 March 08:36)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and...
  SpaceX fires rocket engines in quest to fly cargo (10 March 02:53)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies fired up the engines of its debut Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually a...
  Scientists say UK risks losing innovation edge (09 March 06:01)
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain risks decades of slow economic decline unless it invests heavily in research, which at the moment is one of the country's few genuine areas of economic competitive...
  Big Bang experiment may reveal dark universe CERN (08 March 11:44)
GENEVA (Reuters) - Dark matter, which scientists believe makes up 25 percent of the universe but whose existence has never been proven, could be detected by the giant particle collider at CE...
  Obama to push White House vision for NASA in April (08 March 12:20)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will outline his administration's vision for space agency NASA and an eventual trip to Mars during a conference in Florida in April, the White H...
  Scientists find why sunshine vitamin D is crucial (07 March 11:42)
LONDON (Reuters) - Vitamin D is vital in activating human defenses and low levels suffered by around half the world's population may mean their immune systems' killer T cells are poor at fig...
  Methane bubbles in Arctic seas stir warming fears (05 March 12:56)
OSLO (Reuters) - Large amounts of a powerful greenhouse gas are bubbling up from a long-frozen seabed north of Siberia, raising fears of far bigger leaks that could stoke global warming, sci...
  Its official An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs (05 March 12:37)
LONDON (Reuters) - A giant asteroid smashing into Earth is the only plausible explanation for the extinction of the dinosaurs, a global scientific team said on Thursday, hoping to settle a r...
  Your best diet It might be in your genes (04 March 09:22)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Can't lose weight on a low-fat diet? Maybe you need to cut carbs instead, and a new genetic test may point the way, maker Interleukin Genetics Inc reported on Wednesda...
  Glacier melting a key clue to tracking climate change (04 March 05:42)
SINGAPORE/ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - The world has become far too hot for the aptly named Exit Glacier in Alaska.
  New gene test may help you pick your diet report (04 March 02:56)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new genetic test may help dieters decide whether they would lose more weight on a low-fat diet, one that cuts carbohydrates or a more balanced approach, maker Interl...
  Russia halts space tours as US retires Shuttle (03 March 10:48)
STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) - Russia announced a halt to space tourism on Wednesday, saying it would struggle to ferry professional crews to the International Space Station after the U.S. mo...
  Spell-covered burial chamber found in Egypts Saqqara (03 March 09:58)
CAIRO (Reuters) - Archaeologists have unearthed the intact sarcophagus of Egypt's Queen Behenu inside her 4,000-year-old burial chamber near her pyramid in Saqqara, chief archaeologist Zahi ...
  Virgin Galactic sees space test flights in 2011 (03 March 04:41)
DUBAI (Reuters) - Virgin Galactic is aiming to launch test flights into space in 2011, but does not need additional financing after selling a stake to Abu Dhabi's Abaar last year, its chief ...
  Scientists urge rethink on narrow health goals (02 March 02:46)
LONDON (Reuters) - Families in some poor nations are trapped in cycles of illness and poverty as authorities fail to tackle chronic health problems or meet goals on child health and tubercul...
  Sustainable Energy bets on Ontario solar market (02 March 03:53)
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd, a solar equipment maker that recently relocated to Toronto from Calgary, may soon land its first large-scale orders in its new home...
  Common weedkiller turns male frogs into females (02 March 02:13)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Atrazine, one of the most commonly used and controversial weedkillers, can turn male frogs into females, researchers reported on Monday.
  King Tuts grandfathers statue head surfaces in Luxor (01 March 01:19)
CAIRO (Reuters) - A colossal 3000-year-old red granite head of Amenhotep III, the grandfather of Tutankhamun, has been discovered in Luxor, Egypt's Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said Sunday....
  UN to create science panel to review IPCC (26 February 09:59)
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - An independent board of scientists is to review the work of a U.N. climate panel, whose credibility came under attack after it published errors, a U.N. enviro...
  UN says will create science panel to review IPCC (26 February 12:54)
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - An independent board of scientists will be appointed to review the world's top climate science panel, which has been accused of sloppy work, a U.N. climate sp...
  World warming unhindered by cold spells scientists (25 February 11:56)
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The pace of global warming continues unabated, scientists said on Thursday, despite images of Europe crippled by a deep freeze and parts of the United States blasted by...
  Losing Google would hit Chinese science hard (24 February 11:33)
LONDON (Reuters) - More than three-quarters of scientists in China use the search engine Google as a primary research tool and say their work would be significantly hampered if they were to ...
  Woman has 2 babies in first for ovarian transplant (24 February 08:47)
LONDON (Reuters) - A woman has given birth to two children after her fertility was restored using transplants of ovarian tissue, the first time the complex treatment has produced two babies ...
  UN says emissions vows not enough to avoid rise of 2 degrees C (23 February 06:43)
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Emission cuts pledges made by 60 countries will not be enough to keep the average global temperature rise at 2 degrees Celsius or less, modeling released on T...
  Emissions vows not enough to avoid 2 deg C rise UN (23 February 04:19)
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Emission cuts pledges made by 60 countries will not be enough to keep the average global temperature rise at 2 degrees Celsius or less, modeling released on T...
  Flightless mosquitoes may curb dengue study (23 February 04:00)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Genetically altered mosquitoes that cannot fly may help slow the spread of dengue fever and could be a harmless alternative to chemical insecticides, U.S. and British ...
  Egypt to get back ancient coffin smuggled in 1884 (22 February 10:27)
CAIRO (Reuters) - A 3,000-year-old painted coffin smuggled out of Egypt more than a century ago will be returned after U.S. customs inspectors intercepted it in transit, Egypt's culture mini...
  Endeavour ends space shuttle fleets 130th mission (22 February 09:59)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Endeavour and its six crew members wrapped up a 14-day construction mission to the International Space Station on Sunday with a precision to...
  Space shuttle Endeavour returns safely to Earth (22 February 09:03)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Endeavour and its six crew members wrapped up a 14-day construction mission to the International Space Station on Sunday with a precision to...
  Space shuttle Endeavour crew prepares for landing (22 February 06:01)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard space shuttle Endeavour closed its cargo bay doors in preparation for landing on Sunday, though poor weather may prompt NASA to keep the...
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