NZ 747 goes biofuel
New Zealand, which is working hard to cut down its carbon emissions, is developing a jumbo jet engine that can run partly on vegetable oil. Mmmm french fries.
Ancient ruins meet modern science
As it turns out, satellites are good for more than peeping on sunbathing celebs. They're also pretty handy at helping archaeologists re-discover lost cities.
Biochemist turned van driver gets trip to Sweden for Nobel assistance
I worked on a Nobel Prize winning gene and all I got was a lousy trip to Sweden.
Astronauts say "yipee!" to urine drinking
One of the most critical things that the space shuttle Endeavour delivered to the International Space Station last week was a system that would allow the astronauts on board to recycle their own urine into drinkable water. Gross, yes, but vital if the station's crew complement is to be expanded from 3 to 6 next year as planned ... and it took a while to get it up and running. "There will be dancing later," mission controllers replied when informed that the pee-drinking was finally ready to commence.
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