Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/science-reuters.html en-en Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:06:00 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/science-reuters.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080820/tsc-uk-cook-boomerang-011ccfa.html /rtrs/20080820/r_t_rtrs_sc_other/tsc-uk-cook-boomerang-011ccfa_1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:06:00 +0000 An Aboriginal boomerang collected by Captain James Cook on his first trip to New Holland -- now Australia -- in 1770 but lost to public sight ever since goes on sale next month. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080820/tsc-uk-bigfoot-hoax-011ccfa.html /rtrs/20080820/r_t_rtrs_sc_other/tsc-uk-bigfoot-hoax-011ccfa_1 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:51:00 +0000 No wonder Bigfoot failed a DNA test. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080818/tsc-uk-egypt-septuplets-011ccfa.html /rtrs/20080818/r_t_rtrs_sc_other/tsc-uk-egypt-septuplets-011ccfa_1 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:08:00 +0000 An Egyptian woman who gave birth to septuplets last week after taking fertility drugs said on Monday her family was too poor to raise the newborns. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080815/tsc-uk-expedition-011ccfa.html /rtrs/20080815/r_t_rtrs_sc_other/tsc-uk-expedition-011ccfa_1 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:40:00 +0000 Appealing to national sovereignty and the spirit of exploration, Canada launched a search on Friday for the ships of the doomed 1845 Franklin expedition that was seeking the fabled Northwest Passage. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080815/tsc-uk-mexico-mayans-011ccfa.html /rtrs/20080815/r_t_rtrs_sc_other/tsc-uk-mexico-mayans-011ccfa_2 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:11:00 +0000 Mexican archaeologists have discovered a maze of stone temples in underground caves, some submerged in water and containing human bones, which ancient Mayans believed was a portal where dead souls entered the underworld. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080814/tsc-uk-space-mars-011ccfa.html /rtrs/20080814/r_t_rtrs_sc_other/tsc-uk-space-mars-011ccfa_1 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:56:00 +0000 NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander has sent back the first-ever image of a speck of red Martian dust taken through an atomic force microscope, shown at a higher magnification than anything ever seen from another planet. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080813/tsc-uk-climate-temperatures-8ad1534.html /rtrs/20080813/r_t_rtrs_sc_foodbiz/tsc-uk-climate-temperatures-8ad1534_1 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:10:00 +0000 Dangerously hot days are set to become more scorching by 2100 because of climate change with the U.S. Midwest or the Mediterranean region sizzling well above 40 degrees Celsius (104F), Dutch scientists said on Wednesday. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080807/tsc-uk-usa-military-green-011ccfa.html /rtrs/20080807/r_t_rtrs_sc_other/tsc-uk-usa-military-green-011ccfa_1 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:46:00 +0000 The U.S. military has a history of fostering change, from racial integration to development of the Internet. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080807/tsc-uk-usa-anthrax-detrick-011ccfa.html /rtrs/20080807/r_t_rtrs_sc_other/tsc-uk-usa-anthrax-detrick-011ccfa_1 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:38:00 +0000 U.S. Army researcher Bruce Ivins, who committed suicide last week as federal officers prepared to arrest him for the 2001 U.S. anthrax attacks that killed five people, had been barred from his lab since last November, officials confirmed on Wednesday. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080806/tsc-uk-tuberculosis-resistance-011ccfa.html /rtrs/20080806/r_t_rtrs_sc_other/tsc-uk-tuberculosis-resistance-011ccfa_1 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:14:00 +0000 Tuberculosis resistant to most drugs can still be cured in 60 percent of cases using aggressive treatment with at least five drugs, doctors reported on Wednesday. Reuters