Discovered: A whole new type of lab mouse; black mamba venom dulls pain better than morphine; drilling deep into the Earth; microbial diversity turned into jazz.
Discovered: An alternative to embryonic stem cells, some fish can handle all that CO2, a photo of an atom's shadow, and the salmon aren't spawning so much anymore.
Having finally talked with Oklahoma State Sen. Ralph Shortey, we can tell you this: He did not expect the little ban on fetuses in food he's proposed to get the kind of attention it's gotten.
Researchers think stem cells could help preserve the dwindling ranks of the rhino
Scientists grew a windpipe using stem cells and a "scaffold"
The 2-1 decision overturned a preliminary injunction last August
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