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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Two-Way
'Picture Perfect Launch' For Private Rocket Headed To Space Station
May 22, 2012 A robotic cargo ship owned by SpaceX, a private company, is ferrying supplies to the space station. NASA is turning over routine flights to the commercial sector so that it can focus on other missions.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Space
NASA, SpaceX Aim To Launch Private Era In Orbit
May 18, 2012 If all goes well, an unmanned capsule will become the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station. SpaceX and NASA have been working together to make this launch happen, navigating cultural differences between the young startup and the veteran agency.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Shots - Health News
First Of Controversial Bird Flu Studies Is Published
May 2, 2012 The paper describes experiments that suggest just a few genetic changes could potentially make a bird flu virus capable of becoming contagious in humans, and causing a dangerous pandemic. A fierce debate has raged over this study for months, because of fears that the work might provide a recipe for turning bird flu into a bioweapon.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Shots - Health News
Bird Flu Scientist Has Applied For Permit To Export Research
April 24, 2012 The Dutch scientist at the center of the controversy over recent bird flu experiments says that his team applied for government permission Tuesday to submit a paper describing their research to a science journal. He is optimistic the request will be granted, but had hoped he wouldn't need the special permit.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Shots - Health News
Dutch Government Set To Reconsider Restrictions On Bird Flu Study
April 20, 2012 The conflict over publishing controversial bird flu research may come to a head next Monday, as the Dutch government meets to consider whether it should lift controls that have kept a scientist from openly discussing his work with the deadly virus.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Research News
Death Penalty Research Flawed, Expert Panel Says
April 19, 2012 A panel of independent experts convened by the prestigious National Research Council has examined whether the death penalty deters or increases homicide rates. It concluded that the available research offers no useful information for policymakers.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
The End Of The Space Shuttle Era
Aboard 747, Space Shuttle Discovery To Make Final Flight
April 16, 2012 The first of NASA's retired space shuttles will make its way to its new retirement home on April 17. The well-traveled orbiter will be flown low over the nation's capital before being placed on permanent display at the Smithsonian.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Shots - Health News
Bird Flu Studies Mired In Export Control Law Limbo
April 10, 2012 Export controls designed to restrict international trade in weapons are keeping scientists from sharing their research on the bird flu virus.
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Environment
Feds Interview New Witnesses In Polar Bear Probe
April 5, 2012 The interviews are part of an ongoing investigation of government scientists who described seeing dead polar bears in Arctic waters in 2006. Investigators were apparently interested in archived aerial surveys, suggesting their probe remains focused on the scientific integrity of the 2006 paper.
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Shots - Health News
FDA To Fund Controversial Research Foundation
April 3, 2012 In 2007, Congress created a public-private foundation to support research of interest to the FDA. Critics said this amounted to a new way for industry groups to influence the agency's decisions, and any FDA funding for the foundation was blocked for years. That's about to change.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Shots - Health News
Scientific Journals Plan To Publish Contentious Bird Flu Research
March 30, 2012 A government advisory committee has reconsidered its advice to keep certain details of bird flu experiments secret. Revised versions of manuscripts that describe two recent studies can be openly published, the committee now says. The decision could help end a debate that has raged within the scientific community for months.
Science
Policy On High-Risk Biological Research Tightened
March 30, 2012 The government released a new policy on how to handle legitimate biological research that could be misused in the wrong hands. The move comes as controversy still swirls around recent experiments with lab-altered bird flu.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Shots - Health News
Bird Flu Studies Getting Another Round Of Scrutiny By Panel
March 26, 2012 An expert committee that advises the government is once again going to review some controversial studies on bird flu to see if they can be published openly. Last year, those experts said no, because of concerns that the work could be misused and was too dangerous, but the government asked it to reconsider after a World Health Organization panel came to the opposite conclusion.
