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Sneaky Spider Named for Rocker Neil Young 9 May 08, 21:05 ET LiveScience.com - A sneaky spider has been named in honor of rock musician Neil Young. more A crash course in true political science 9 May 08, 18:11 ET AP - Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task - getting elected to public office. more Seaweed provides clues to earliest inhabitants of Americas 9 May 08, 17:41 ET AP - Remains of meals that included seaweed are helping confirm the date of a settlement in southern Chile that may offer the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas. more Wetsuit's Inventor Dies 9 May 08, 15:55 ET LiveScience.com - Undersea divers would still be shivering and facing a high risk for hypothermia if it weren't for Hugh Bradner, inventor of the first wetsuit. Bradner, a renowned physicist and professor emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography died May 5, 2008, in San Diego after a prolonged illness. He was 92. more Ivory Coast seeks $1 mln for three-headed coconut tree 9 May 08, 14:11 ET Reuters - Researchers in Ivory Coast are asking $1 million for a three-headed hybrid coconut tree they believe could substantially boost the tropical nut's yield. more Chile volcanic eruption at critical stage: Expert 9 May 08, 14:03 ET Reuters - A towering plume of ash from an erupting volcano in Chile's remote Patagonia could collapse back down to devastate the surrounding area, a leading expert warned on Friday. more Myanmar at risk from further cyclones: UN weather expert 9 May 08, 13:01 ET AFP - Myanmar could suffer another major storm this season even as it braces for more bad weather after the devastating impact of Cyclone Nargis, a UN weather expert warned Friday. more Myanmar Flooding Seen From Space 9 May 08, 12:15 ET LiveScience.com - The devastation wrought in Myanmar by a Tropical Cyclone Nargis is revealed in new NASA satellite images. more Why Doesn't Evolution Discourage Suicide? 9 May 08, 10:05 ET LiveScience.com - Around the world, in just about every culture, some people decide to take their own lives. It happens far more often than most people realize, making news only in prominent cases, as with Deborah Jeane Palfrey, known as the "D.C. Madam," who apparently chose to kill herself last week rather than face up to 55 years in prison. more Private Space Station Prototype Hits Orbital Milestone 9 May 08, 02:01 ET SPACE.com - A prototype module for a private space station has passed an orbital milestone after completing its 10,000th trip around the Earth. more Cat Urine Makes Mice Macho 9 May 08, 00:45 ET LiveScience.com - Tom and Jerry may never get along, but cats could help mice get lucky in love. more Doorstep Astronomy: See the Big Dipper 9 May 08, 00:45 ET SPACE.com - As soon as darkness falls these evenings, step outside and look skyward. What is the most prominent and easiest star pattern to recognize? If you live in the Northern Hemisphere you only need to look overhead and toward the north where you will find the seven bright stars that comprise the famous Big Dipper. more

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