Crabs Give Blood for Space Travel
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Soon, astronauts onboard the ISS will test a high-tech medical device that uses primitive enzymes from horseshoe crabs to diagnose human illness.
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Inside a physics lab at the University of Dayton Research Institute BBs are fired at 20,500 mph at spaceships. Sort of. The goal is to test the mettle of the composite fabric or aluminum skins on orbit-bound spacecraft.
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Photographs sent by a NASA orbiter suggests that water may indeed be flowing on Mars. And where there's water, there's at least a chance of life. By the Associated Press.
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A cutting-edge laboratory has opened in Alabama.  Its mission: to combat diseases ranging from asthma to malaria to stroke using data from NASA satellites.  Space scientists and public health officials are working together to train the doctors of tomorrow in this far-out approach to medicine.
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By CAMILLE BAINS VANCOUVER (CP) - About 100,000 worms, each smaller than the width of a grain of salt, will be making their way back from space next week as part of a six-month experiment aboard the International Space Station.
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An unmanned Russian spaceship on a vital supply mission docked with the International Space Station last night to deliver a cargo of food for the two-member US-Russian
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Antarctic birds returning to a nesting colony after feeding at sea sniff out their mates, literally. Researchers studying the behavior of birds called Antarctic prions found the musky-smelling birds were able to discern the scent of their mates.
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A farmed fish could be used to produce a  treatment for haemophiliacs and internal bleeding, scientists believe.
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By J. Craig Anderson, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Dec. 7--A Mars exploration team with strong ties to Arizona has uncovered the strongest visual evidence to date that water -- the most crucial substance for sustaining life -- is present on the Red Planet.
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Scientists show how Salmonella food bacteria in space become more virulent in their weightless surroundings.
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The new crew to the international space station will conduct experiments to research new AIDS vaccines and plant growth, and work on new space vehicles that will help future missions to the moon and Mars, crew members said Thursday.
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By Deborah S. Morris, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Jun. 3--Each spring during the high tides of the new and full moons, horseshoe crabs line local shores to spawn.
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By Lynda V. Mapes, Seattle Times  Mar. 5--HOOD CANAL -- It's a small harvest, but a prized one: fewer than a dozen or so Dungeness crabs, hoisted fresh from the steel-gray water onto the deck of the Grey Whisper.
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Science & environment: Food poisoning bacteria become super-virulent in space, according to a study on the shuttle Atlantis.
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For the past couple of years, a bug called a norovirus has torpedoed the fun for many an ocean-cruise passenger. Spreading rapidly throughout a ship, the virus causes extreme
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It sounds like the plot for a scary B-movie: Germs go into space on a rocket and come back stronger and deadlier than ever. Except, it really happened
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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan: A Russian-US crew blasted off from here Thursday bound for the International Space Station where they will spend six months conducting experiments including work on the search for an AIDS vaccine.