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Crabs Give Blood for Space Travel
Soon, astronauts onboard the ISS will test a high-tech medical device that uses primitive
enzymes from horseshoe crabs to diagnose human illness … 
Natural Hazards: Hurricane Sergio
Sergio was the tenth hurricane in the Eastern Pacific in 2006. When Sergio first reached
Tropical Storm status on November 13, it broke a record set in 1961, the last …
Natural Hazards: Volcanic Activity in the South Sandwich Islands
In late October 2006, Mount Belinda, on Montagu Island, continued emitting ash and lava in
what was now a five-year-long eruption …
NASA Completes Review of Next Human Spacecraft System
NASA has completed a milestone first review of all systems for the Orion spacecraft and
the Ares I and Ares V rockets …
Hubble Finds Evidence for Dark Energy in the Young Universe
Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that dark energy is not a
new constituent of space, but rather has been present for most of the universe's history …
Another Historic First
Images from the world's first high definition television (HDTV) broadcast from space
flashed across the screen yesterday in Times Square …
Natural Hazards: New Island and Pumice Raft, Tonga
A new volcanic island emerged in the Tonga Islands in August 2006. A pumice raft appeared
in the region at the same time. News reports released in November 2006 brought …
Berkeley Pit: Butte, Montana
Mined for gold, silver, and copper, the region of Butte, Montana, had already earned the
nickname of "The Richest Hill on Earth" by the end of the 19th century …
Home Reef Reborn
In the South Pacific, south of Late Island along the Tofua volcanic arc in Tonga, the
volcanic island Home Reef is being re-born …
Return of the Leonids
Earth is heading for a cloud of comet dust that could produce an outburst of Leonid
meteors on Nov. 19th …