LiveScience.com Tuesday, December 5, 2006 Naked DNA Could Prevent Impotence Preliminary findings from the first human trial of gene therapy against erectile dysfunction found the two patients given the highest doses of the treatment had clinically significant and sustained improvements for up to six months. Gene for Pregnant Male Fish Found A new gene discovered in the gulf pipefish hints as to how a family of fish came to adopt male pregnancy. Neanderthals Were Cannibals, Study Confirm ...Continue Reading

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Space Weather News for Dec. 5, 2006 http://spaceweather.com MAJOR SOLAR FLARE: Earth-orbiting satellites detected a powerful X-class solar flare this morning, Dec. 5th, at 10:35 Universal Time. The source: big, new sunspot 929, which is emerging over the Sun's eastern limb. Because of the sunspot's position near the limb, this flare was not Earth-directed. Future eruptions could be, however, because the Sun's spin is turning the spot toward Earth. Sunspot 929 will be visible for the next two weeks as it glides a ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for December 4, 2006  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *December 4, 2006*     *TOP STORY* *posted: December 4, 2006 12:50 pm EDT* *Shuttle Discovery: Commander, Pilot Ready for Complex Mission*When NASA?s shuttle Discovery launches toward the International Space Station (ISS) this week, you can be sure that a s ...Continue Reading

Dec. 4, 2006 Michael Braukus/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979/2087 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 RELEASE: 06-361 NASA UNVEILS GLOBAL EXPLORATION STRATEGY AND LUNAR ARCHITECTURE HOUSTON - NASA on Monday unveiled the initial elements of the Global Exploration Strategy and a proposed U.S. lunar architecture, two critical tools for achieving the nation's vision of returning humans to the moon. NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale, who is guiding the long-term strat ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 01 December 2006. -- DUST AND SMOKE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM NEAR BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA A dust storm, possibly mingled with smoke from nearby fires, clouded the skies over Brisbane, Australia, in late November 2006. By December 1, the dust plume had moved northward over the Coral Sea. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13998 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 30 2006 (Posted on Dec 01 2006 10:02PM) -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- ...Continue Reading

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006 LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Dec. 7, 9:35 p.m. EST, Cape Canaveral, Fla. During STS-116, Discovery's crew will rewire the International Space Station, bringing electrical power on line from the solar arrays installed earlier this year. Watch the launch on the Web at http://www.nasa.gov or on NASA Television. FINAL MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING CLASS Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Dec. 7, 2 p.m., MIC 6 Cont ...Continue Reading

Dec. 4, 2006 Dwayne Brown/Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/1237 Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-186 NASA SCHEDULES BRIEFING TO ANNOUNCE SIGNIFICANT FIND ON MARS WASHINGTON - NASA hosts a news briefing at 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Dec. 6, to present new science results from the Mars Global Surveyor. The briefing will take place in the NASA Headquarters auditorium located at 300 E Street, S.W. in Washington and carried live on NASA Televis ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Monday, December 4, 2006 Survival of the Loudest: Urban Birds Change Their Tune To survive the urban jungle, birds change their tune, with faster-paced and higher-pitched songs to make them heard above the din. Earthquake Forecasts Possible with Seconds to Spare Italian scientists say the effects of strong earthquakes can be predicted seconds before the destruction occurs. Smart or Scary? Software That Follows You Rity, a software robot (or "sobot" ...Continue Reading