Joyride with a purpose
A 59-year-old American entrepreneur has been named as the third “space tourist” to hitch a ride into orbit. Unlike his predecessors, who just went along for the ride, Gregory Olsen says he will carry out scientific research during his $20 million trip to the International Space Station. Olsen is due to lift off aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule in April 2005.
Battle over ancient bones
The legal battle over Kennewick Man continues. In February, three appeal judges ruled that scientists could study the 9200-year-old skeleton to try and determine its origin. But a group of Native…
