• Scientists slash estimated number of human genes
  October 23, 2004
  How many genes does it take to make a human? Only about the same number it takes for a small flowering plant or a tiny worm, says a new estimate that's sharply reduced from just three years ago.
• Hackers crack Purdue's computer system
  October 23, 2004
  WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (AP) -- Someone gained unauthorized access to Purdue University's computer network, prompting school officials to urge all students, staff and faculty to change their passwords.
• Cannon found from likely Blackbeard wreck
  October 10, 2004
  Underwater archaeologists have found another cannon from the wreckage of what they believe was the flagship of the notorious pirate Blackbeard.
• Satellite radio provides shelter for shock jocks
  October 10, 2004
  When radio shock jocks Opie and Anthony considered their next career move after two firings in four years, the twisted twosome was ready to feign rehabilitation. Or at least that was the plan when they sat down with satellite radio executives.
• Genesis scientists wrapping up salvage job
  October 2, 2004
  Three weeks after the Genesis space capsule slammed into the Utah desert after its parachutes failed to deploy, NASA scientists remain hopeful they can salvage the mission and reveal clues about the origin of the solar system.
• Women may beat men in sprint by 2156
  October 2, 2004
  Women could be faster 100-meter sprinters than men by the 2156 Olympics, according to a study on Wednesday.
• Beagle scientist on a discovery that launched a mission to Mars
  September 21, 2004
  My life changed dramatically on August 6, 1996, when a group of NASA scientists claimed to have found a fossil in a meteorite from Mars.
• Free voice mail helps the homeless
  September 13, 2004
  Community Voice Mail gives each homeless person a phone number and each records a message. The numbers cannot be used for outgoing calls, but people can check their messages from any regular or pay phone.
• White House plan to share earth data
  September 12, 2004
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House on Wednesday told 15 federal agencies to better share scientific data about the Earth among themselves and with other nations.
• Oxygen generator fails on space station
  September 12, 2004
  The main oxygen generator on the International Space Station has failed, but NASA said Thursday there is plenty of oxygen on board to sustain the station's inhabitants for the foreseeable future. A backup generator and other methods of oxygen production also are available to the crew should they be needed, the agency said.
• Neural networks can help pilots land damaged planes
  September 8, 2004
  Neural networks can help pilots land damaged planes. NASA researchers plan to flight-test the Intelligent Flight Control (IFC) system on F-15 fighter jets and C-17 transport craft over the next two years.
• Pure Nanotubes
  September 8,2004
  Researchers in the Physics Department at Oxford University have developed a novel technique that allows them to purify carbon nanotubes and to sort those that are semiconducting from the metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes.
• Design eases nano locomotion
  September 8, 2004
  At very small scales the effect of turbulence disappears, making liquids more difficult to travel through. The viscosity of water at small scales is more like honey than a quickly-flowing liquid.
• WashingtonOnline: Sending education through your Internet connection
  September 6, 2004
  Although everyone appreciates a lovely college campus, sometimes it's just easier to attend classes from your home or office. Knowing this, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges developed the WashingtonOnline Virtual Campus www.waol.org, a place where there may not be trees, but there are plenty of classes.
• How To Negotiate for Academic Lab Space
  September 6, 2004
  Space -- as in simple square footage, not the stuff beyond the stratosphere--can be a limiting factor in your capacity to conduct research. At most academic institutions, the department chairperson has the final say in how much space each faculty member has. So how can you get a bigger slice of the departmental pie?
• Yahoo! awards world's best cybercafes
  September 4, 2004
  A San Francisco laundromat may be the one of the world's most unusual places to surf the Internet but a sleek club on Moscow's Red Square is definitely the sleekest, according to a Yahoo! survey of the globe's best cybercafes.
• Making an Impact on the Hill
  August 29, 2004
  Margaret Mead once said: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
• How to Be a Good Mentor
  August 25, 2004
  In the juggling act that is your work, a new student in the lab might make you feel that you have one more thing to keep aloft. Nonetheless, a mentor's job is to transform that student into a juggler, too. That student must first help keep your hoops airborne and eventually juggle as a standalone act.
• British Politicians Call on U.K. Government to Support Open Access
  August 25, 2004
  Following 7 months of deliberation, the U.K. House of Commons' Science and Technology Committee has concluded that the current model for scientific publishing is unsatisfactory, and it has called on the U.K. government to support open access (OA).
• Silicon Valley endures economic woes
  August 10, 2004
  SAN JOSE, California (AP) -- Social worker Luisa Chavarin thought she had left unemployment and crime behind when she emigrated from Guadalajara, Mexico, to Silicon Valley, the epicenter of the global technology industry.
• DNA warrants solving more crimes
  August 10, 2004
  BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Authorities once had no choice but to drop rape cases if they weren't able to catch a suspect before the statute of limitations expired. But prosecutors across the country increasingly are buying themselves time, keeping cold cases alive by indicting unidentified rapists using their DNA profiles.
• Music services see upside to limited file-sharing
  August 10, 2004
  LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Free-for-all music sharing online has drawn the ire of the recording industry, but some commercial online music providers and even a few recording artists are opting to allow music fans to share the songs they've bought.
• Driest spot on Earth may hold clues to Mars
  August 8, 2004
  Specialized microorganisms called extremophiles thrive in nuclear waste, volcanic vents, boiling geothermal geysers and even deep inside rocks. Their unique biology allows them to feast on chemicals and radiation that would kill most organisms.

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