* "Historic" collider operation begins:
The first beam in the world's newest and largest
particle collider was switched on this morning,
physicists announced.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080910_lhc


* On-and-off floods formed Mars valleys, 
study finds:
Floods that created distinctive features of Mars
were not of a catastrophic sort, scientists claim.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080908_mars-valleys


* Report: cells "from space" have unusual 
makeup:
A lineage of mysterious microbes found in some rain
give off colors in a strange way, two scientists are
reporting.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/080908_redrain


* "Junk DNA" key to human evolution?:
Genetic material once dismissed as useless might
have contributed to our upright walking, researchers
say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080904_upright



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