WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Workers completed fumigating a narrow section of the Hart Senate office building at 3 a.m. Monday but continued disinfecting individual offices during the day t
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Despite the threat of anthrax contamination on envelopes, people still appear to be mailing out as many holiday cards and packages as they were last year, accor
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Shuttle Endeavour soared silently through the partly cloudy skies on Monday to ferry home three men who have lived in orbit for 129 days and conclude NASA's six
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Wrapping up a 12-day, 4.8-million mile journey, shuttle Endeavour landed at its Florida home base at 12:55 p.m. EST on Monday to complete NASA's sixth and final
EAST LANSING, Mich., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Paying too much attention to even a well-rehearsed task may explain why some people "choke" under pressure, according to a new study released Sunday.
CHICAGO, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Doctors raised a caution flag Sunday, noting rising bacterial resistance to antibiotics in the same class as Cipro -- the drug given to thousands of Americans t
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- With the weather outlook brightening for Monday's planned landing, the shuttle Endeavour astronauts completed their packing on Sunday and dispatched a small shi
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Federal health officials said Saturday that people who inhaled a large number of anthrax spores may be at risk of infection even after taking antibiotics. They are looking at a special program to give these people access to the anthrax vaccine as well as
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Shuttle Endeavour slipped out of its berthing port at the International Space Station on Saturday, leaving behind a new crew, three tons of supplies.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Twenty-first-century airplanes will be lighter, stronger and safer than those flying today and will be able to change shape and fly with less pilot control, exp
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Stuffed with trash and unneeded equipment from the space station, an Italian-built cargo hauler was tucked back into the space shuttle's payload bay on Friday in preparation for Endeavour's departure on Saturday and return to Earth.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Swiss researchers say they have found the activity of one human protein could lead to significant advances in the medicine of wound healing.
Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler
