Science
Tenth Century manuscript provides insights into the works of Archimedes
By Frank Gaglioti, August 3, 2000
The announcement on July 11 of the availability of a tenth century manuscript of texts by the Greek scientist and mathematician Archimedes offers an important opportunity to probe the works of one of ...
WSWS correspondence on the human genome project
July 27, 2000
The World Socialist Web Site received the following letter about the article “Human Genome Project: First scientific milestone of the twenty-first century” [http://www.wsws.org/articles/20...
Human Genome Project: First scientific milestone of the twenty-first century
By Chris Talbot, July 11, 2000
The mapping of the human genome is a fundamental milestone in the development of science. The “letters” of this genetic code—3.1 billion DNA base pairs, equivalent to 200 telephone d...
New scientific study suggests
Water, flash floods and new possibilities for life on Mars
By Peter Symonds, June 24, 2000
Mars has long held a special fascination for scientists, science fiction writers and laypersons alike. For more than a century there has been speculation concerning the existence of life on the planet...
Shuttle crew repairs International Space Station, but ISS's troubles on earth continue
By Tom Bishop, June 7, 2000
After a 10-day mission, Space Shuttle Atlantis returned to the Kennedy Space Center in the early morning hours of May 29. Atlantis's crew of six Americans and one Russian successfully completed all of...
New fossil discovery shows earlier human migration out of Africa
By Walter Gilberti, May 29, 2000
A multinational team of paleoanthropologists has published their findings following the unearthing last May of the oldest undisputed human fossil remains outside of Africa. The remains of two individu...
US scientists say fossilized heart indicates dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded
By Walter Gilberti, April 24, 2000
In a remarkable discovery, paleontologists at North Carolina State University (NC State) and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences have discovered and examined the fossilized heart of a 66 mil...
US scientists say fossilized heart indicates dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded
By Walter Gilberti, April 24, 2000
In a remarkable discovery, paleontologists at North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences have discovered and examined the fossilized heart of a 66 million-year-o...
US scientists say fossilized heart indicates dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded
By Walter Gilberti, April 24, 2000
In a remarkable discovery, paleontologists at North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences have discovered and examined the fossilized heart of a 66 million-year-o...
Montreal Internet service provider raided by FBI
By Mike Ingram, February 18, 2000
In the wake of a series of attacks blocking access to some of the largest and best known Internet web sites, the US government is seeking to use popular concern over the denial of services to push thr...
Six new extra-solar planets discovered using new technique
By Tim Joy, January 5, 2000
While space missions such as the Mars Pathfinder mission or the International Space Station capture most public attention, exciting new developments in our understanding of the cosmos are being made f...
Report cites continued global warming trend in 1999
By Joseph Tanniru, December 31, 1999
The warming trend continued in the year 1999, according to a preliminary report issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) earlier this month. For combined land and ocean sur...
