Track-It Science

LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted down a proposal to restrict the school's rules governing embryonic stem-cell research beyond what the federal government allows. Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- BioCee Inc. calls itself an industrial biotech company. But co-founder and chief technology officer Marc von Keitz thinks of it as a material science company. Read more

WASHINGTON -- As moviegoers across the nation watched the end of the world with the opening of "2012" last week, news of Earth's demise spread quickly across the Web. Scientists, fed up with the misleading prophecies, quickly set the record straight... Read more

A space shuttle is no tinker toy. But is it the most complex machine ever built?

Curiosity about the complexity of the reusable spacecraft inspired one of the Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex are getting some extra moving time. Read more

pAmerica's once clear dominance in space is eroding as other nations step up their activities, a panel of experts told the House subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. "Others are catching up fast," said Marty Hauser of the Space Foundation, an... Read more

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MELBOURNE, Australia — Formerly conjoined Bangladeshi twins separated this week in a marathon surgery will remain in the care of a humanitarian group for at least two years, the organization's CEO said Friday. Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work outside the International Space Station on Thursday and even whipped off an extra chore. Read more

WASHINGTON — A 20-foot-long crocodile with three sets of fangs -- like wild boar tusks -- roamed parts of northern Africa millions of years ago, researchers reported Thursday. While this fearsome creature hunted meat, not far away another newly... Read more