Susie Bodman

Mice return from a month in space

community.statesmanjournal.com — This does spark the question of why only about half the mice survived. One of the researchers says this is an expected result, and I wonder if there's something particular to mice or mammals that causes that level of mortality.

New lab to give scientists underwater access

community.statesmanjournal.com — By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP Associated Press SEATTLE - Scientists are eager for access to information from a quarter-billion dollar lab at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that they hope will teach them about climate change, earthquakes, and even the origins of life on Earth and other planets.

Officer takes baby goats into 'protective custody'

koin.com — By Jennifer Meacham Published: Sunday, May 19, 2013, 5:23 pm MILWAUKIE, Ore. (KOIN) - Milwaukie Police Officer Crystal Hill assisted in rounding up two baby goats "reported to be running amok in traffic" near the 5100 block of Southeast King Road in Milwaukie, according to the Milwaukie Police Department.

Trace volcano ash reaches small Alaska city

bigstory.ap.org — ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Trace amounts of ash from a remote Alaska volcano have fallen on an Aleutian Islands community, but the latest ash cloud remained just under the 20,000-foot threshold considered to be a major threat to trans-continental aircraft.Geologist Kristi Wallace of the Alaska Volcano Observatory says the aviation