Science Update

Protecting Satellites

June 24, 2003

Special satellites could change space weather by knocking out charged particles from the sun.

June 23, 2003

Humans and other primates cannot be cloned using current techniques.

June 18, 2003

Drug cravings are triggered by dopamine released in the brain --- similar to the high users get from …

June 16, 2003

Redheaded women have a gene that helps some analgesics work better, and men and women process pain …

June 11, 2003

Some olfactory genes in humans don't work -- meaning we've lost some of our ability to smell

June 9, 2003

The American Coot can count its eggs by sight

June 5, 2003

NASA's Morphing Project is working on planes that can adapt to changing flight conditions.

June 4, 2003

The antibacterial compound Triclosan converts into a dioxin, which is toxic to plants and animals.

June 3, 2003

Male fireflies that are better able to reproduce have longer flashes, and females can tell.

June 2, 2003

Biosphere 2 is doing experiments on how rising carbon dioxide levels affect pollution.

May 29, 2003

A site just off a Denver highway is yielding fossilized leaves from 64 million years ago.

May 28, 2003

Attaching a sugar to a peptide forms a painkiller twice as powerful as morphine.