LiveScience.com Tuesday, August 1, 2006 Doctors Paid up to $5,000 to Recruit Human Guinea Pigs If your doctor suggests you're the perfect candidate for some clinical trial, you might ask how much he's getting paid to recruit you. Rare Cloud Formation Seen in Antarctica A rare and spectacular cloud formation has been seen at the end of the polar night at Australia's Mawson station in Antarctica. Blair, Schwarzenegger to Strike Global Warming Deal ...Continue Reading

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July 31, 2006 Dwayne Brown/Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/1237 RELEASE: 06-286 NASA SELECTS TEAMS FOR SPACE WEATTHER MISSION AND STUDIES Four university teams will share $100 million to provide experiments and supporting hardware for a future NASA mission to study near-Earth space radiation. This type of radiation is hazardous to astronauts, orbiting satellites and aircraft flying high altitude polar routes. The teams will initially use $4.2 million to perform a one-year cost, management and ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 28 July 2006. -- FIRE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES In blazing heat, firefighters were working to contain numerous wildfires in several Western states in late July 2006. The largest was the Winters Fire in northern Nevada. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13737 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 30 2006 (Posted on Jul 31 2006 9:24AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for July 31, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *July 31, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: July 31, 2006 11:32 am EDT* *Hubble Puzzle: How Safe is a Shuttle Servicing Mission?*Despite the success of NASA’s se ...Continue Reading

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006 STATION SPACEWALK COVERAGE ON NASA TV Date/Time: Thursday, Aug. 3, 9 a.m. International Space Station Expedition 13 crew members Jeff Williams and Thomas Reiter are scheduled to begin their six-hour spacewalk at 9:55 a.m. NASA TV coverage of the event will start at 9 a.m. For details, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station HEADQUARTERS TRAINING CLASSES Dealing with Difficult People Date/Time/Location: Friday, Aug. 11, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Monday, July 31, 2006 The Real Scoop on Rumors and Gossip What you hear depends on who you're with. Scientists have found that while many rumors can cause mistrust, gossiping can bring friends closer together. Modern M.A.S.H.: Soldiers Could Pack Their Own Freeze-Dried Blood Soldiers in the field may carry an emergency blood supply based on their own blood, revolutionizing trauma care on the battlefield. Scientists Say Erie Mirage Co ...Continue Reading

July 31, 2006 Dwayne Brown/Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/1237 RELEASE: 06-286 (Corrected) NASA SELECTS TEAMS FOR SPACE WEATHER MISSION AND STUDIES Four university teams will share $100 million to provide experiments and supporting hardware for a future NASA mission to study near-Earth space radiation. This type of radiation is hazardous to astronauts, orbiting satellites and aircraft flying high altitude polar routes. The teams will initially use $4.2 million to perform a one-year cost, mana ...Continue Reading