Day 64: Discovery lands, Texas simmers down and Yucatan’s water heads to the Midwest

 
Pretty newsy science day, for a Saturday!
The space shuttle Discovery landed at Kennedy Space Center with much well-deserved fanfare; the astronauts completed a 13-day mission including three space walks and full buildout (all four wings) of the International Space Station. They also brought home Sandra Magnus, who has spent four months in microgravity aboard the ISS. [...]

Day 4: Tackling drought could increase disease

People living in arid climates have taken great pains to adapt, by re-using their wash water and collecting rainfall for secondary purposes, like gardening. The practice, tuned to a fine art in places like Arizona, is widely accepted as a conservation strategy — alleviating the need to irrigate with drinking water — and a way [...]