World / Science & Education
Lander returns close-up pictures of Martian dust
05.06.2008 21:03
reuters.com
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Phoenix lander has returned the highest-resolution pictures ever taken of dust and sand on the surface of another planet as it prepares for its primary mission of searching for signs of life on Mars, NASA scientists said on Thursday.
World
Science & Education
Swab test to tell if you're a late sleeper or early riser
05.06.2008 20:19
telegraph.co.uk
A simple genetic test could reveal if someone has a body clock that is badly out of step with the ones that tick in other people, so they can refute charges of sloth. By Roger Highfield.
Great Britain
Science & Education
The Dulwich Mum
05.06.2008 20:17
telegraph.co.uk
This week, the Dulwich Mum learns the value of appearing to be environmental aware
Great Britain
Science & Education
Scots mist
05.06.2008 20:17
telegraph.co.uk
Simon Heffer reviews The Invention of Scotland by Hugh Trevor-Roper
Great Britain
Books & CD
Middle-age learning curve
05.06.2008 20:17
telegraph.co.uk
Jessica Mann reviews Attachment by Isabel Fonseca
Great Britain
Books & CD
The invention of Scotland
05.06.2008 20:16
telegraph.co.uk
Adam Sisman reviews The Invention of Scotland: Myth and History by Hugh Trevor-Roper
Great Britain
Books & CD
What boxing's for
05.06.2008 20:16
telegraph.co.uk
David Flusfeder reviews Boxing: a Cultural History by Kasia Boddy
Great Britain
Books & CD
Don't look at your husband's email
05.06.2008 20:16
telegraph.co.uk
Michael Arditti reviews Attachment by Isabel Fonseca
Great Britain
Books & CD
Astronauts complete second spacewalk, prep Kibo lab
05.06.2008 19:28
usatoday.com
Spacewalking astronauts worked on the outside of Japan's shiny new science lab Thursday, installing cameras and removing covers. Dressed head to toe in white, Michael Fossum and Ronald Garan Jr. looked like puffy dolls against the 37-foot-long, 14-foot-wide lab, which is now the biggest room at the international space station.
USA
Astronomy
NASA chief: Europe should build own manned spaceship
05.06.2008 19:28
usatoday.com
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin encouraged Europe on Thursday to develop its own manned spaceship, giving the world and particularly the United States another way of getting to the international space station.
USA
Astronomy
Study: You've got some nerves involved in your eating habits
05.06.2008 19:27
usatoday.com
Your nerves, rather than your eating habits, may have a more direct role in whether you are fat or thin, according to new research.
USA
Astronomy
High-energy jets found to do black holes' dirty work
05.06.2008 19:27
usatoday.com
The universe's hefty black holes are known to devour everything within their reach. Now astrophysicists have found that some of the most massive of these sinkholes use high-energy jets to stomp out nearby star formation.
USA
Astronomy
Egyptian archaeologists uncover missing pyramid
05.06.2008 19:27
usatoday.com
Egypt unveiled on Thursday a newly uncovered 4,000-year-old "missing pyramid" and a ceremonial procession road where high priests, their faces obscured by masks, once carried mummified sacred bulls worshipped in the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis.
USA
Astronomy
Astronauts open up new billion-dollar lab
05.06.2008 19:27
usatoday.com
Astronauts opened up Japan's new billion-dollar space station lab, then got ready for another spacewalk, this time to spruce up the outside of the huge addition.
USA
Astronomy
Researcher: Drought slowing Old Faithful geyser
05.06.2008 19:27
usatoday.com
New research suggests that several years of drought may have added a minute or two to the eruption cycle of Old Faithful geyser. The geyser used to erupt about every 61 minutes. That cycle lengthened to more than an hour and 15 minutes following earthquakes in 1959, 1975 and 1983.
USA
Astronomy
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