New Orleans considers evacuation as Gustav looms
28 Aug 2008 12:29am GMT NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Three years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana coast, New Orleans residents on Wednesday again faced the prospect of an evacuation as Tropical Storm Gustav loomed.
Storm Gustav kills 23 in Caribbean, heads for Gulf
27 Aug 2008 11:44pm GMT PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gustav pulled away from Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Wednesday after killing 23 people and threatened to become a major hurricane aimed at New Orleans and Gulf of Mexico oil fields.
Colliding galaxies shed light on dark matter
27 Aug 2008 11:25pm GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have captured images of a powerful collision of galaxy clusters and say it may shed light on the behavior of dark matter.
Dead Sea Scrolls to go digital on Internet
27 Aug 2008 7:31pm GMT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Scientists in Israel are taking digital photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls with the aim of making the 2,000-year-old documents available to the public and researchers on the Internet.
Researchers turn living cells into insulin-makers
27 Aug 2008 6:56pm GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have transformed ordinary cells into insulin-producing cells in a living mouse, improving symptoms of diabetes in a major step towards regenerative medicine.