Life
Scientists explore Arctic ridge for new life
June 23, 2007Researchers hope newly developed robots will give them their first look at the mysterious ridge located between Greenland and Siberia. Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod plan to begin a 40-day expedition of the ridge...
U.S. astronaut readjusts to life on Earth after 215 days in space
May 19, 2007Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria is paying for his U.S. record of 215 continuous days in space. It has been almost a month since Lopez-Alegria returned from the international space station, but he walks a little funny because his body's balance system...
New online ‘Encyclopaedia of Life’ to list all 1.8m species
May 11, 2007An effort to collate information on nearly 2 million species of animals, plants and other forms of life into a single online database launched yesterday. Over the next 10 years, the 'Encyclopedia of Life' project will create web pages for all 1.8...
Scientists find extraterrestrial life outside solar system
April 25, 2007For the first time astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar system that is potentially habitable, with Earth-like temperatures, a find researchers described Tuesday as a big step in the search for "life in the universe." The...