LiveScience.com Friday, October 20, 2006 Whales Set Deep-Diving Record Beaked whiles are found to dive deeper than any other air-breathing creature. Yet oddly, only during shallow dives do they get the bends. Children Exposed to Pesticides in U.S. Daycare Centers The pesticide concentrations detected in a new EPA study appear quite low. However, children are more sensitive to these chemicals than adults. Successful Sex Strategy: Be Last in Line The ...Continue Reading

Oct. 20, 2006 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-166 BALTIMORE NATIVE TO DISCUSS ROLE ON NASA'S NEXT SHUTTLE FLIGHT Bob Curbeam, a NASA astronaut who will fly aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in December, will be available for interviews by satellite from 7 to 8:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 24. To participate in the interviews, media should contact the NASA Johnson Space Center newsroom in Houston at 281-483 ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for October 20, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *October 20, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: October 20, 2006 12:07 pm EDT* *Complete Coverage of the Wirefly X Prize Cup*SPACE.com presents complete coverage of the Wirefl ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for October 20, 2006 Mark your calendar: On Wednesday, Nov 8th, the planet Mercury will pass directly in front the Sun. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/20oct_transitofmercury.htm?list882224 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@lyris.msfc.nasa.gov ...Continue Reading

Oct. 20, 2006 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 STATUS REPORT: SS06-045 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS06-045 The three residents of the International Space Station spent a busy week with varied science and technical tasks as they began their second month in orbit. Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin practiced using the manual docking system for the Russian Progre ...Continue Reading

Oct. 20, 2006 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-165 NASA TV AIRS ARRIVAL OF NEXT SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP The residents of the International Space Station will receive a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies Thursday, Oct. 26, and NASA TV will broadcast its arrival live. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Monday, Oct. 23, the ISS Progress 23 spacecraft will dock to the station at 10:28 ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Thursday, October 19, 2006 Successful Sex Strategy: Be Last in Line The male that mates with a female after other males is most likely to father offspring. The 100-Year Forecast: More Extreme Weather Droughts and storms will become more intense in the coming century if levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere keep rising, new computer models suggest. Bacteria Found Nearly 2 Miles Underground Scientists found a gold mine of bacte ...Continue Reading

Oct. 19, 2006 Erica Hupp/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237/1726 Anatta NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colo. 303-497-6288 RELEASE: 06-338 NASA AND NOAA ANNOUNCE ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE IS A RECORD BREAKER NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists report this year's ozone hole in the polar region of the Southern Hemisphere has broken records for area and depth. The ozone layer acts to protect life on Earth by blocking harmful ultraviolet rays from ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for October 19, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *October 19, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: October 19, 2006 12:51 pm EDT* *Complete Coverage of the Wirefly X Prize Cup*SPACE.com presents complete coverage of the Wirefl ...Continue Reading

Oct. 16, 2006 Grey Hautaluoma/Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/3749 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-058 NASA OPENS MEDIA ACCREDITATION FOR NEXT SHUTTLE MISSION Media accreditation is now open for the Space Shuttle Discovery's launch on the STS-116 mission to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for no earlier than Dec. 7. All U.S. and international media must apply for credentials to attend the launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, or to cover the mission from NASA cen ...Continue Reading