News tagged with escape

Electric car conversion business booming

Rising fuel prices have been painful for many small-business owners across the country.

Jul 13, 2011 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

Hybrids getting revved

"Experts" have long been saying the popularity of hybrid vehicles is waning, in parallel to lower gas prices. Say it ain't so? It ain't.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

Aug 25, 2009 | 2.7 / 5 (3) | 2

NASA Successfully Tests Alternate Launch Abort System for Astronaut Escape

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's next generation of spacecraft will have the safest-ever astronaut escape system, a modern-day version of the reliable Apollo system. Like Apollo, the Orion launch abort system will ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Ancient geologic escape hatches mistaken for tube worms

Tubeworms have been around for millions of years and the fossil record is rich with their distinctive imprints. But a discovery made by U of C scientists found that what previous researchers had labeled as tubeworms in a ...

Biology /

Feb 04, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 0