Science

Even before there was such a thing as artery clogging fast food and other contributing factors, there was heart disease.

Space shuttle Atlantis is rocketing toward the space station.

Three monarch caterpillars are about to become insect astronauts.

Scientists have pinpointed a gene mutation that might help explain why humans are able to talk but our closest relatives, chimpanzees, are not.
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"Lactrodectus mactans" is a variety of black widow spider found only in southern Chile. The spider's bite can be fatal but it's venom contains unique properties that some scientists find irresistible.

The California-based Planetary Society will try again to launch a solar sail spacecraft that would be propelled by the subtle pressure of sunlight.

Dr. Fred Buzen with the Arkansas School for Math and Sciences joins us this morning to test a few experiments in the THV Weather Garden.

A South Korean court has convicted disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk in connection with his stem-cell research.

People who hoped to see live pictures of a spacecraft slamming into the moon may be disappointed, but NASA scientists say they're "thrilled" with this morning's lunar encounter.

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the biggest but never-before-seen ring around the planet Saturn.

SEATTLE (AP) -- Mesa, Ariz., is the 1,000th city to sign the U.S. Conference of Mayors' climate change agreement.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Federal scientists say trampling during a stampede likely killed 131 walruses on the northwest shore of Alaska.
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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- The U.S. Forest Service has endorsed designation of a new wilderness area in an area of Oregon's Coast Range known for a remote waterfall called the Devil's Staircase.

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Federal officials are preparing to release the first surge of water from a Fresno-area dam to reawaken miles of the San Joaquin River and restore salmon runs that went dry in the 1940s.

China's military-backed space program has its first women astronaut trainees.

China has broken ground on its fourth space center.

State Crime Laboratory board members say they're irked by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Charles Kokes' decision to let the office's national accreditation lapse.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Astronomers and scientists say they're amazed by the photos from the refurbished Hubble Space Telescope.

BOSTON (AP) -- A total of five great white sharks have now been electronically tagged off Cape Cod, allowing experts to track their movements and learn more about their migratory habits.

The U.S. bat population is declining at a frightening rate due to a fungus called white nose syndrome. As Daniel Sieberg reports, researchers are struggling to solve this devastating mystery.
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