Gainesville Sun (Gainesville, Fla., Dec. 3) -- It sounds like fodder for late-night comedians or a humorous science fiction novel: Scientists have developed a way to convert human waste into rocket fuel. Pratap Pullammanappallil, a University of Florida associate professor, conducted the research with with graduate student Abhishek Dhoble, now a doctoral student at Illinois. Also: TakePart (Los Angeles, Aug. 19).