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Pine beetle outbreaks turn forests into carbon source 23 Apr 08, 23:35 ET AP - An outbreak of mountain pine beetles in British Columbia is doing more than destroying millions of trees: By 2020, the beetles will have done so much damage that the forest is expected to release more carbon dioxide than it absorbs, according to new research. more U.S. environment scientists report political meddling 23 Apr 08, 19:10 ET Reuters - Nearly 900 scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency have experienced political interference in their work in the last five years, the Union of Concerned Scientists reported on Wednesday. more 'Dramatic' Landing Capped Challenging Spaceflight, Astronaut Says 23 Apr 08, 19:02 ET SPACE.com - The International Space Station's (ISS) first female commander said her 'dramatic' landing aboard a Russian spacecraft last week capped a landmark mission to build up the orbiting laboratory. more Brazil launches new diesel biofuel using sugarcane 23 Apr 08, 18:44 ET AFP - A new diesel biofuel derived from sugarcane is to be launched in Brazil after an accidental discovery made while researching malaria cures, the US and Brazilian companies producing it said Wednesday. more Embryonic stem cells coaxed into key heart cells 23 Apr 08, 18:28 ET Reuters - Scientists say they have coaxed human embryonic stem cells into becoming three of the major cell types in the human heart, and they improved cardiac function when transplanted into mice. more Papaya genome bares evolution's secrets 23 Apr 08, 18:17 ET Reuters - Papayas have extra copies of genes that make them sweet and nutritious, researchers reported on Wednesday in a study that can help shed light on how flowering plants evolved. more Radio telescopes capture black hole mid-belch 23 Apr 08, 17:09 ET Reuters - Using powerful radio telescopes, scientists have captured a supermassive black hole just as it was belching out a jet of supercharged particles, offering a first look at how these cosmic jets are formed, they said on Wednesday. more NASA Awards Launch Services Contract to SpaceX 23 Apr 08, 17:01 ET SPACE.com - WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for launch services on the company's Falcon 1 and planned Falcon 9 launch vehicles, the space agency announced Tuesday. more Mysterious Phoenix Lights a UFO Hoax 23 Apr 08, 15:55 ET LiveScience.com - On Monday evening, April 21, mysterious lights were seen over Phoenix, Arizona. At just after eight, hundreds of residents called police and local news media to report four bright red lights hovering silently over the city. They changed shape after a while, moving from a triangular to rectangular configuration, then disappeared one by one. more Bugs Use Plants as Telephones 23 Apr 08, 14:25 ET LiveScience.com - "Hello? Yes, this is my plant. Thanks. Bye-bye." more U.S.-Brazilian venture to turn cane into biodiesel 23 Apr 08, 12:37 ET Reuters - U.S. company Amyris Biotechnologies and Brazilian sugar and ethanol group Crystalsev have formed a joint venture to produce and sell the first commercial diesel made from sugar cane instead of oilseeds like soy and canola., both sides said on Wednesday. more Brains Hard-Wired to Hate Losing 23 Apr 08, 12:20 ET LiveScience.com - Competitive types who get a buzz from climbing the social ladder also feel more pain when they plummet to a lesser rung. That s according to new research suggesting our brains are hard-wired for hierarchy. more Radical Science Aims to Solve Food Crisis 23 Apr 08, 11:55 ET LiveScience.com - Scientists are pondering a new "green revolution," half a century after the first one, to solve a growing food shortage that has reached crisis proportions in some countries. more Gooey Origin of Human Placenta Revealed 23 Apr 08, 10:46 ET LiveScience.com - Someone seeing for the first time a placenta spill out of a woman s body after childbirth is likely surprised at how large it is and might wonder where it really came from. Scientists have no clue, either, at least insofar as evolution is concerned. more Why You Make the Same Mistake Twice 23 Apr 08, 09:20 ET LiveScience.com - We sure do learn from our mistakes, but what we learn is how to make more mistakes, new research shows. more Jane Goodall passes activist torch to world's youth 23 Apr 08, 09:13 ET Reuters - Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, 74, symbolically passed the torch on Tuesday to a new generation of hand-picked environmental and peace activists whom she gathered this week for the first Jane Goodall Global Youth Summit. more EU Galileo satnav project gets final greenlight 23 Apr 08, 09:03 ET AFP - Europe's long-delayed Galileo satellite navigation system passed its final legal hurdle on Wednesday after the European Parliament gave the flag-ship project its green light. more Weather around the U.S.A. 23 Apr 08, 09:02 ET AP - Weather around the U.S.A. more Electric Sail Prototype to Ride the Solar Wind 23 Apr 08, 07:02 ET SPACE.com - An electrically-charged solar sail with a possible "turbo" option may be ready for its first space trials in three years if scientists in Finland have their way. more

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