Robotic suit could usher in super soldier era
Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds - that is, until he steps into an "exoskeleton" of aluminum and electronics that multiplies his strength and endurance as many as 20 times....
Huge project to restore Everglades to be suspended
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Construction on a huge reservoir meant to help restore the Everglades will be put on hold over a lawsuit brought by a group that fears the water could be diverted for other purposes....
Polar bear gets new protection
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Put at risk by global warming, the polar bear is getting a life line: The government has declared it a threatened species in need of increased protection. But another round of legal battles surrounding the majestic animal may be just beginning....
Scientists are building database of bite marks
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- It has sent innocent men to death row, given defense attorneys fits and splintered the scientific community....
Galaxy's youngest known supernova is 140 years old
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Astronomers have discovered the youngest known supernova in the Milky Way galaxy, still just a baby at 140 years old. The scientists, who announced their findings Wednesday, used a radio observatory in New Mexico and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in space to identify when the supernova, or stellar, explosion occurred. They put the star-dying event at sometime around 1868....
Swiss man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing
BEX, Switzerland (AP) -- A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps....
Earthquake in China struck in 2 stages
TOKYO (AP) -- The fault line that caused this week's devastating earthquake in China probably buckled in two stages, and the hardness of the terrain contributed to the wide reach of the damage, Japanese scientists said Thursday....
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