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• China to send scientists into space
BEIJING - China's military-backed space program will send scientists on future manned missions as its demand for technical expertise rises, state media reported Friday. Plans call for the program to begin setting up space laboratories after 2012, the ...
• Ancient flying reptile bigger than a car
An artist's representation of Lacusovagus, which scientists say represents a new genus of pterosaurs, flying reptiles that dominated the skies 115 million years ago. A fossil of a toothless flying pterosaur, with a body bigger than some family cars ...
• Solar car finishes first round-the-world trip
He calls his vehicle, which was developed by scientists at Swiss universities, a "solar taxi" because he has given rides to about 1,000 people — officials and regular folk alike — to convince them of the technology's viability. Passengers have ...
• Scientists turn into virtual body snatchers
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shaking hands with yourself is an amusing out-of-body experience. The illusion of having your stomach slashed with a kitchen knife, not so much. Both sensations, however, felt real to most participants in a Swedish science project ...
• Scientists find four genes that drive metabolism
LONDON - Four genetic variations appear to determine the speed at which people burn up food, researchers say, a finding that could one day see doctors offer their patients more individual care. Differences in metabolism can make some people more ...