LiveScience.com Wednesday, August 16, 2006 Online Dating Service Planned for Apes Zookeepers in the Netherlands are planning to hook up Dutch and Indonesian orangutans over the Internet and believe the link could at some stage be used as an online dating service where apes could get to know one another and keepers could work out whether they would be compatible mates. DNA in Urine Can Reveal Disease Promising research shows that simple urine test ...Continue Reading

Today on SPACE.com --- Wednesday, August 16, 2006 -- http://www.space.com/ Special Edition Newsletter: Our Solar System Planets ------------------------------------- Breaking News! Pluto Saved! Nine Planets Become 12 with Controversial New Definition http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060816_planet_definition.html The tally of planets in our solar system would jump instantly to a dozen under a highly controversial new definition proposed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Eventually there would be ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for August 16, 2006 http://spaceweather.com THE MEANING OF PLANET: What is a planet? For years, astronomers have been debating that question, with the status of tiny Pluto hanging in the balance. Finally, an answer is in the offing. Today, the International Astronomical Union's Planet Definition Committee announced their proposal for a new, official definition of "planet." If the proposal is approved by a vote of IAU astronomers on August 24th, the number of planets in the Solar System ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for August 16, 2006 http://science.nasa.gov THE MEANING OF PLANET: What is a planet? For years, astronomers have been debating that question, with the status of tiny Pluto hanging in the balance. Finally, an answer is in the offing. Today, the International Astronomical Union's Planet Definition Committee announced their proposal for a new, official definition of "planet." If the proposal is approved by a vote of IAU astronomers on August 24th, the number of planets in the Solar System ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for August 15, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *August 15, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: August 15, 2006 03:25 pm EDT* *Discovery Hints at a Quadrillion Space Rocks Beyond Neptune* Scientists have identified 58 objects ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Study: Man-made Climate Change Causing Stronger Hurricanes Global warming and not natural variations in ocean cycle are to blame for stronger hurricanes, according to a new study. Men with Low Testosterone More Likely to Die A new study can't say if low testosterone levels are causing the deaths, but the research links the two. Hot Dogs May Cause Genetic Mutations Extracts from hot dogs bought from the supe ...Continue Reading

Aug. 15, 2006 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-130 NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE STATION ASSEMBLY-CHALLENGES INTERVIEWS As the space shuttle prepares to resume the International Space Station's construction this month, Mission Operations Space Shuttle Manager Paul Hill is available by satellite 7 to 9 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 18, to discuss the job ahead. Media interested in interviewing Hill should contact Debbie Sharp at ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for August 15, 2006 A strange little sunspot noticed by astronomers on July 31st may herald the coming of an unusually stormy solar cycle. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/15aug_backwards.htm?list882224 Check out our RSS feed at http://science.nasa.gov/rss.xml You are currently subscribed to snglist as: nasa_reports@aus-city.com. This is a free service. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.msfc.nasa.gov/u?id=882224F&n=T&l=snglist or send a blank email to leave-snglist-882224F@ ...Continue Reading

Aug. 15, 2006 Dean Acosta/Doc Mirelson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1400/1600 RELEASE: 06-291 DELGADO NAMED NASA'S SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced Tuesday Glenn A. Delgado has been appointed the assistant administrator for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. Delgado will serve as advisor to NASA's associate administrator, Institutions and Management for all agency small business matters. He will provide executive leadership and ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 14 August 2006. -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN IDAHO Numerous wildfires were burning in Idaho in mid-August 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13779 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 14 2006 (Posted on Aug 15 2006 10:07AM) FIRES IN OREGON In northern Oregon's Cascade Mountains, several fires were burning in mid-August 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13780 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 14 2006 (Posted on A ...Continue Reading