Science news articles about 'odd jobs'

Experiments, Odd Jobs on Tap; Atlantis and Crew Leave Station Wednesday

(AP) -- Two shuttle astronauts took one last spacewalk at the International Space Station on Friday to finish replacing old batteries and tackle some odd jobs as their visit drew to a close.

... toys I carried with me in my bag of tricks was a laser light pointer One of the "odd jobs" I did to earn essential extra income whilst a postdoc in New York ...

Beijing's Air Quality Problem Kevin Dooley via Wikimedia Today in truly odd jobs: China is apparently hiring "human sniffers" to act as living, breathing sensors to detect ...

... close to dredging crews, a spotter can shut down work in South Florida's waterways. It's an odd job, and slow — a lot like a sea cow.FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As unusual professions ...

In a ramshackle home in Guatemala's rural highlands, farmer and odd job man Lucas Asicona made for an unlikely guardian of ancient Mayan treasures — until he decided to redo his kitchen.

What does a business do if the vintage aircraft part a customer needs hasn't been made in decades? For a solution, Airflow Systems of Capistrano Beach, Calif., turned to Rapid Tech at University of ...

Mark Gooley, from Geelong, [Australia] taste-tests doggy dental sticks, chewy bones and liver mixture as the owner of dog and horse food company Huds and Toke. "If you wouldn't put it in your mouth ...