 Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident
(AP: Sat, 10 May) Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003.
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 A crash course in true political science
(AP: Fri, 09 May) Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task — getting elected to public office.
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 New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye
(AP: Fri, 09 May) Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest — dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain.
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 Frogs Go Ultrasonic for Sex
(LiveScience.com: Sun, 11 May) Keep the racket down, I'm trying to find a mate! That could
be the plea of nocturnal Chinese tree frogs, which have developed unique,
high-frequency vocal skills to make themselves heard by potential mates in
their noisy habitat.
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 Tornadoes kill at least 22 across US
(AFP: Mon, 12 May) Rescue crews searched through rubble for survivors after tornadoes tore across the United States at the weekend, killing at least 22 people and shattering homes and businesses, officials said.
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 U.S. space shuttle crew practices for launch
(Reuters: Fri, 09 May) Seven astronauts
climbed inside the space shuttle Discovery on Friday as part of
a dress rehearsal for a May 31 mission to deliver a Japanese
laboratory to the International Space Station.
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 Australian pokes shark in eye during attack
(Reuters: Mon, 12 May) An Australian swimmer survived a great
white shark attack by poking the creature in the eyes as it
dragged him through the water after badly savaging his left
leg.
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Artificial reef near Miami is cemetery, diving attraction