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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 China hails doctor for raising child virus alarm 8 May 08, 23:43 ET Reuters - A deadly strain of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed two more children in China, bringing the death toll in recent weeks to 32, state media said on Friday, as it praised a doctor who alerted authorities to the epidemic. more New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye 8 May 08, 21:00 ET AP - Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain. more Dutch study unlocks key to firm tomatoes 8 May 08, 19:14 ET Reuters - Dutch scientists said on Friday they have identified a key gene that protects tomatoes against a common fungus that causes the plants to wilt. more First Space Lawyer Graduates 8 May 08, 19:01 ET SPACE.com - A student at the University of Mississippi will leap into the final frontier of the legal system Saturday when he receives the first-ever space law certificate in the United States. more World to End in 2012 (Check Back for Updates) 8 May 08, 16:55 ET LiveScience.com - Three children were recently removed from a remote church compound called Strong City in New Mexico. There had been allegations that children at the cult may have been sexually abused, though the matter remains under investigation and charges have yet to be filed. more Study confirms ancient Chile settlement is 14,000 years old 8 May 08, 16:53 ET AFP - Scientists have confirmed that the famed Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile is about 14,000 years old, making it the earliest known human settlement in the Americas, the journal Science reported Thursday. more Sugarcane biofuel becomes Brazil's second energy source 8 May 08, 16:51 ET AFP - Biofuel and other derivatives from sugarcane have for the first time overtaken hydroelectric power as an energy source in Brazil, according to an annual official study released Thursday. more

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