science

NASA Turning Water Into Wine? Not Quite.

May 15th, 2008 | By NationalSquib | Category: Lead Story, science

   Not quite as appealing as turning water into wine, the astronauts on the international space station will soon be turning urine into drinking water. With the population of the space station scheduled to double next year to six full time residents, NASA was compelled to develop a means to avoid the costly and troublesome […]



Man With 1/3 Brain Leads Normal Life

Mar 2nd, 2008 | By NationalSquib | Category: science

   Born in 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut with 1/3 the size of a normal human brain, he has astounded scientists by leading quite the normal, if not prosperous life. While he can sometimes display the lack of cognitive ability which doctors thought would relegate him to assisted living for the duration of his life, […]



Scientists Develop Salve For Genital Herpes

Jan 27th, 2008 | By NationalSquib | Category: science

   With a federal grant to the sum of $28 million, scientists have developed a salve to ease the itching associated with genital herpes in lab mice.
   Admitting that the salve has no hope for future use in humans, and that they are now very low on funds to achieve the original goal of a […]



Congress Sets Sights On NASA’s Space Shuttle

Oct 22nd, 2007 | By NationalSquib | Category: science

   It can’t get much worse for NASA these days. Following the much publicized “love triangle” episode and on the heels of recent revelations that not only has computer equipment been sabotaged but that astronauts have been allowed to blast into orbit under the influence of alcohol, a congressional committee has unearthed some of the […]