Reuters - Two shuttle Endeavour astronauts on Tuesday finished the first of four spacewalks outside the International Space Station, part of a plan to eventually restore full power to the growing outpost.
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Surgeons in Spain claim a major breakthrough by giving a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.
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The earliest turtles to live in water have been discovered on - and named after - the Scottish island of Skye.
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Balancing space ambitions against limited funds
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AFP - An astronaut from the space shuttle Endeavour let slip her tool bag during a spacewalk and watched helplessly as it floated off into space, NASA said.
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Spacewalking astronauts working on the International Space Station lose a tool bag in orbit.
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AFP - Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet arrived in Venezuela where he was set to promote oil and gas cooperation during a two-day official visit, the first by a head of state from the communist nation.
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AP - Flight controllers were revamping plans Wednesday for the remaining spacewalks planned during space shuttle Endeavour’s visit to the international space station, after a crucial tool bag floated out to space during a repair trip.
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LiveScience.com - President-elect Barack Obama has plans to invest $150 billion inclean energy technology over the next 10 years. With similarinitiatives in other countries, when might we expect exciting alternative technology to deliver true energy independence?
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Human arrival in New Zealand led to the extinction of one penguin species to the advantage of another, scientists suggest.
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