Science Headlines
Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 5:53 A.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space - an idea spurred by science fiction novels....
Prized mushroom collection returns to China
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 5:26 A.M.
BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later....
Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 9:50 P.M.
Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River....
World leaders needed at talks to cut climate deal
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 2:25 P.M.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- After two years of tough U.N. climate talks often pitting the world's rich against the poor, negotiators said Friday a new global agreement now rides on industrial nations pledging profound emissions cuts next month in Copenhagen....
France hunts for security driver in big bank heist
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 1:59 P.M.
PARIS (AP) -- French police conducted a nationwide search Friday for a security driver who vanished with euro11 million ($7.4 million) in cash from a bank in the central city of Lyon, authorities said....
Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 4:41 P.M.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday....
Senate rejects bid aimed at Sept. 11 terrorists
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 4:38 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday turned back a GOP-led effort to bar Sept. 11 terrorists from being prosecuted in civilian federal courts....
New gene therapy halts 2 boys' rare brain disease
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 2:12 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn't cause AIDS, and then used it to carry in the healthy new gene....
Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 6:13 A.M.
LONDON (AP) -- Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights groups....
Comic magazine Viz turns 30, refuses to grow up
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 12:14 P.M.
LONDON (AP) -- What makes a British cultural institution? Style? Sophistication?...
Merkel calls for strong deal on climate change
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 5:48 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by exhorting the world in a speech to Congress on Tuesday to "tear down the walls of today" and reach a deal to combat global warming....
Over 17,000 species threatened by extinction
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 5:38 A.M.
GENEVA (AP) -- A rare Panamanian tree frog, a rodent from Madagascar and two lizards found only in the Philippines are among over 17,000 species threatened with extinction, a leading environmental group said Tuesday....
82 healthy sea turtles hatch at San Diego SeaWorld
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 5:21 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The population of endangered green sea turtles at SeaWorld in San Diego grew by 82 in October when the eggs hatched on Shipwreck Beach without human help....
Study: Man-eating lions consumed 35 people in 1898
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 2:48 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nightly attacks by two man-eating lions terrified railway workers and brought construction to a halt in one of east Africa's most notorious onslaughts more than a hundred years ago. But the death toll, scientists now say, wasn't as high as previously thought....
Snow cap disappearing from Mount Kilimanjaro
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 12:49 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The snows of Kilimanjaro may soon be gone. The African mountain's white peak - made famous by writer Ernest Hemingway - is rapidly melting, researchers report....
Texas clinic: Headscarf ban was misunderstanding
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 11:58 A.M.
DALLAS (AP) -- A Texas health clinic operator says it regrets telling a Muslim doctor applying for a job that she couldn't wear her traditional headscarf....
Scientists decode DNA of pig, a research favorite
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 6:19 A.M.
CHICAGO (AP) -- An international group of scientists has decoded the DNA of the domestic pig, research that may one day prove useful in finding new treatments for both pigs and people, and perhaps aid in efforts for a new swine flu vaccine for pigs....
Colorado county copes with methane mystery
AP - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009 4:19 P.M.
WALSENBURG, Colo. (AP) -- Bernice and Jerry Angely like to show visitors the singed T-shirt a friend was wearing when their water well exploded and shot flames 30 feet high....
US labor official, Chile's Lagos on Honduras panel
AP - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009 1:56 P.M.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- The U.S. secretary of labor and a former Chilean president were named Sunday to a commission tasked with monitoring the creation of a power-sharing government in Honduras, under a U.S.-brokered agreement to end the nation's 4-month-old political crisis....
Federal regulators close 9 banks, mostly in West
AP - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2009 6:30 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Regulators have shut California National Bank of Los Angeles and eight smaller related banks as the weak economy continues to produce a stream of loan defaults....
Father of China's space tech program dies at 98
AP - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2009 4:33 A.M.
BEIJING (AP) -- Qian Xuesen, a rocket scientist known as the father of China's space technology program, died Saturday in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 98....
Blanton to start World Series Game 4 for Phillies
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 12:48 P.M.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Joe Blanton was picked to start Game 4 of the World Series for the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies. Manager Charlie Manuel said Friday he will go with Blanton against the New York Yankees rather than ace Cliff Lee on short rest. Lee, who has never pitched on three days' rest, is slated to start Game 5....
2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 10:21 A.M.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Two of three parachutes malfunctioned in the test flight of a prototype moon rocket earlier this week, causing major damage to the booster, NASA said Friday....
US rubber company disputes Liberia pollution study
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 3:31 A.M.
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- An American-owned rubber company is disputing claims by the Liberian government that the company's waste products are polluting creeks....
Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 6:21 A.M.
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday....
Obama team: US needs bill to lead in clean energy
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009 5:15 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration warned on Tuesday that the U.S. could slip further behind China and other countries in clean energy development if Congress fails to pass climate legislation, as early signs of a rift emerged among Democrats over the bill's costs....
UN signals delay in climate change treaty
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009 6:45 A.M.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Just weeks before an international conference on climate change, the United Nations signaled it was scaling back expectations of reaching agreement on a new treaty to slow global warming....
Another Titanic expedition possible in 2010
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009 5:24 A.M.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- The company that has exclusive rights to salvage the Titanic wants to make another expedition to the world's most famous shipwreck in 2010....
AP IMPACT: Statisticians reject global cooling
AP - MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009 6:34 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book. Only one problem: It's not true, according to an analysis of the numbers done by several independent statisticians for The Associated Press....
Disgraced cloning expert convicted in South Korea
AP - MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009 10:31 A.M.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A South Korean stem cell scientist once hailed as a hero for bringing hope to people with incurable diseases and creating the world's first cloned dog was convicted Monday on criminal charges related to faked research, but avoided jail....
Latvian experts say meteorite crater was hoax
AP - MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009 6:50 A.M.
RIGA, Latvia (AP) -- Scientists investigating a large crater initially believed to have been caused by a meteorite said a closer analysis Monday revealed it was a hoax....
Association marks 20 years of greening Hollywood
AP - MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009 5:37 A.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- With local, organic food, minimal electricity use and on-site composting, the Environmental Media Association's 20th anniversary party might be the green standard for future Hollywood awards shows....
From ecological Soviet-era ruin, a sea is reborn
AP - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2009 11:32 P.M.
AKESPE, Kazakhstan (AP) -- Standing on the shore under the relentless Central Asian sun, Badarkhan Prikeyev drew on a cigarette and squinted into the distance as one fishing boat after another returned with the day's catch....
Nuclear energy becomes pivotal in climate debate
AP - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2009 7:36 A.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nuclear energy, once vilified by environmentalists and facing a dim future, has become a pivotal bargaining chip as Senate Democrats hunt for Republican votes to pass climate legislation....
Global events mark magic number on climate change
AP - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2009 8:45 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Activists held events around the world Saturday to mark the number they say the world needs to reach to prevent disastrous climate change: 350....
Hawaii regulators approve first US tuna farm
AP - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2009 6:37 A.M.
HONOLULU (AP) -- Hawaii regulators have approved a Honolulu startup company's plan to build the nation's first tuna farm in waters off the Big Island....
Largest solar panel plant in US rises in Fla.
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009 1:55 P.M.
ARCADIA, Fla. (AP) -- Greg Bove steps into his pickup truck and drives down a sandy path to where the future of Florida's renewable energy plans begin: Acres of open land filled with solar panels that will soon power thousands of homes and business....
Denmark urges agreement on climate change funds
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009 6:45 A.M.
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Denmark urged the European Union, the United States and other rich countries to commit to financing for a new climate change deal, saying Friday that billions of dollars are needed....
Scientists seek origins of obesity in the womb
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009 4:16 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- When Kathy Perusse had weight-loss surgery and shed 120 pounds, she may have done more than make her own life easier....
Kan., Okla. conduct joint livestock disease drill
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009 12:13 A.M.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Trucks that could be hauling livestock along the Kansas and Oklahoma border were detained and their drivers questioned Thursday, during a drill aimed at protecting the nation's food supply from foot-and-mouth disease....
Panel says NASA should skip moon, fly elsewhere
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009 11:28 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- NASA needs to make a major detour on its grand plans to return astronauts to the moon, a special independent panel told the White House Thursday....
Poll: US belief in global warming is cooling
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009 11:01 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming....
Fishermen contest plans for Calif. ocean reserves
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009 9:21 P.M.
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- There's nothing pacific about the ocean off Southern California these days....
Feds designate polar bear habitat in Alaska
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009 5:56 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said Thursday it is designating more than 200,000 square miles in Alaska and off its coast as "critical habitat" for polar bears, an action that could add restrictions to future offshore drilling for oil and gas....
EU probes mismanagement in prized Spanish wetland
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009 7:32 A.M.
MADRID (AP) -- The European Union has launched an investigation into a prized Spanish wetland that has turned bone dry through mismanagement of water resources and is now on fire underground, white smoke now rising from areas where fish once swam....
Seasonal ladybug swarms pester even bug experts
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2009 5:35 P.M.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Pest-control specialist Gene Scholes even gets bugged by them - legions of ladybugs lately swarming his rural Missouri home and other stretches across the country, exploiting gaps in door and window seals for cozier climes inside....
Primate fossil called only a distant relative
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2009 5:34 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Remember Ida, the fossil discovery announced last May with its own book and TV documentary? A publicity blitz called it "the link" that would reveal the earliest evolutionary roots of monkeys, apes and humans. Experts protested that Ida wasn't even a close relative. And now a new analysis supports their reaction....
India, China agree to cooperate on climate change
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2009 6:29 A.M.
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India and China, both major polluters and crucial players in fighting global warming, agreed Wednesday to stand together on climate change issues at a major global conference later this year....
Scientists ID fossil bones of smallest dinosaur
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009 7:18 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Fossil bones housed at a Los Angeles museum belong to the smallest dinosaur discovered in North America, scientists said Tuesday....
EU OKs tougher penalties for illegal fishing
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009 6:18 A.M.
LUXEMBOURG (AP) -- The European Union agreed Tuesday on tougher penalties to counter illegal fishing, considered a major cause of the depletion of fish stocks in European waters, particularly of prized cod and bluefin tuna....
Europeans find 32 new planets outside solar system
AP - MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009 5:46 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- European astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system, adding evidence to the theory that the universe has many places where life could develop. Scientists using the European Southern Observatory telescope didn't find any planets quite the size of Earth or any that seemed habitable or even unusual. But their announcement increased the number of planets discovered outside the solar system to more than 400....
NASA delays Nov. shuttle launch for test flight
AP - MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009 2:58 P.M.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA is delaying its November space shuttle launch by four days to provide more breathing room for a test flight of its new rocket....
UK's Brown urges progress on climate pact
AP - MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009 2:27 P.M.
LONDON (AP) -- The world has less than two months to agree on how to avoid catastrophic global warming whose impact would be felt for generations, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday, a stark warning that puts pressure on the United States to finalize its position before this year's global climate conference in Denmark....
Climate concerns turn city's smell into cash cow
AP - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2009 3:55 A.M.
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) -- The smell of manure hangs over Greeley as it has for half a century....
Cargo craft docks with space station
AP - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2009 2:35 A.M.
MOSCOW (AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the International Space Station....
NASA photos show moon strike created plume
AP - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2009 10:56 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- NASA's much-hyped mission to hurl a spacecraft into the moon turned out some worthwhile data after all, scientists said....
Maldives government dives for climate change
AP - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2009 1:27 P.M.
GIRIFUSHI, Maldives (AP) -- Members of the Maldives' Cabinet donned scuba gear and used hand signals Saturday at an underwater meeting staged to highlight the threat of global warming to the lowest-lying nation on earth....
NASA flies over Antarctica to measure icemelt
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2009 12:56 P.M.
ABOVE ANTARCTICA (AP) -- Hoping to better understand how a melting Antarctica could swamp the planet, a NASA plane outfitted with lasers and ground-penetrating radar made its first flight over the icy continent on Friday....
How your tongue tastes the bubbly: Sour taste buds
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2009 4:14 A.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Like the fizz of a soft drink? Thank your tongue's sour-sensing taste buds....
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2009 2:56 A.M.
KABUL (AP) -- US military says 4 American service members die in roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan....
Winter forecast: Warmer West, North; cooler South
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2009 12:52 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Midwest and Northern United States are likely to get a warmer winter, while the Southeast can expect just the opposite: cooler and wetter conditions....
Treasury Department freezes al-Qaida member assets
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2009 9:45 A.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Treasury Department says it is freezing the assets of a German national and al-Qaida member believed to be operating on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan....
Explorers: North Pole summers ice free in 10 years
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009 5:59 P.M.
LONDON (AP) -- The North Pole will turn into an open sea during summer within a decade, according to data released Wednesday by a team of explorers who trekked through the Arctic for three months...
JPMorgan earns $3.6B, but loan losses remain high
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009 3:17 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. reported strong third-quarter earnings Wednesday as its thriving investment banking business more than offset rising loan losses that the bank warned would continue for the foreseeable future....
Report: 5 foreign snake species threaten US
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009 7:13 P.M.
MIAMI (AP) -- Watch out, animals of South Florida: It's a wild world out there. There are five species of foreign snakes just waiting to eat you....
Scientist: Dinos trampled after death by own kind
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009 5:16 P.M.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A vast collection of broken dinosaur bones unearthed in southeast Utah indicates they were smashed underfoot by other dinosaurs shortly after they died, according to paleontologists....
Tropical Storm Patricia approaches Mexico
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009 2:08 P.M.
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) -- Officials closed schools and readied emergency shelters as Tropical Storm Patricia neared Mexico's Los Cabos resorts on Tuesday....
Billionaire calls his trip to space a success
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009 8:06 A.M.
STAR CITY, Russia (AP) -- Guy Laliberte, a billionaire who once worked as a stilt-walker and fire-eater, said Tuesday that he accomplished his mission by using a 10-day trip to the International Space Station to promote a humanitarian cause....
Experts warn glaciers in Indian Kashmir melting
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009 3:54 A.M.
SRINAGAR, India (AP) -- Indian Kashmir's glaciers are melting fast because of rising temperatures, threatening the water supply of millions of people in the Himalayan region, a new study by Indian scientists says....
Phase 1 of PCB removal on Hudson wrapping up
AP - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2009 2:18 P.M.
FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) -- Crews dredging a polluted stretch of the upper Hudson River this year battled high water, old logging debris and unexpected levels of PCB contamination that slowed progress....
Russian spacecraft with circus tycoon lands safely
AP - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2009 12:20 P.M.
MOSCOW (AP) -- The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other space travelers landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday, ending the entertainment tycoon's mirthful space odyssey....
Circus billionaire hosts show aboard space station
AP - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2009 7:17 A.M.
MONTREAL (AP) -- Canadian space tourist and circus billionaire Guy Laliberte mixed star power, science lectures, music and poetry in hosting a show from the International Space Station that was broadcast on television and the Internet....
French arrest physicist suspected of al-Qaida link
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2009 1:57 P.M.
GENEVA (AP) -- A physicist working at the world's largest atom smasher has been arrested on suspicion of links to al-Qaida, adding to the woes of the $10 billion project that ceased operation a year ago - just days after its celebrated start up....
No deal on crucial issues as UN climate talks end
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2009 8:59 A.M.
BANGKOK (AP) -- The United States was heavily criticized Friday at the U.N. climate talks in Bangkok for failing to offer emission cuts or financing for developing countries - both considered crucial to reaching a global warming pact this year....
Israelis bring green power to West Bank village
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2009 2:58 A.M.
SUSYA, West Bank (AP) -- Residents of a West Bank village with no electricity have been helped out of the darkness by unlikely benefactors - a group of Israelis who installed solar panels and wind turbines to illuminate the Palestinians' makeshift homes....
Moon crashing probes complete major milestone
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2009 9:46 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- NASA's moon probe has separated into two pieces as planned, a major milestone toward a Friday morning double-barreled crash into the lunar surface....
Calif. citrus farmers fear tree-killing disease
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2009 1:15 A.M.
ORANGE COVE, Calif. (AP) -- Tom Mulholland is girding for battle against a tiny enemy that could devastate the orange grove he has spent his life cultivating. His adversary: the Asian citrus psyllid, a fruit-fly-sized insect with red eyes and a long, leaf-penetrating beak....
Feds give sea otters habitat protection in Alaska
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009 6:33 P.M.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Four years after being placed on the Endangered Species List, the dwindling sea otters of southwest Alaska on Wednesday were given an important recovery tool....
Big dino prints found in Jurassic park in France
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009 3:27 P.M.
PARIS (AP) -- Now that's one big foot. Paleontologists in eastern France have reported the discovery of some of the largest dinosaur footprints ever documented, measuring about 1.4 meters to 1.5 meters (4.6 feet to 4.9 feet) in diameter....
NASA downgrades threat of large asteroid
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009 12:48 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Earth can breathe a sigh of relief....
2 Americans, 1 Israeli win Nobel chemistry prize
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009 11:56 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Two Americans and an Israeli won a Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for creating detailed blueprints of the protein-making machinery within cells, research that's being used to develop new antibiotics....
NASA telescope discovers giant ring around Saturn
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009 8:47 A.M.
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- The Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the biggest but never-before-seen ring around the planet Saturn, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced late Tuesday....
Study: Endangered AK beluga whale group declining
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009 6:35 P.M.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A government study found that a group of endangered beluga whales in Alaska is declining, raising concern that bolstered protection for the animals is not coming quickly enough....
3 Americans share Nobel physics prize
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009 3:27 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The next time you snap a digital photo and post it to Facebook, you can probably thank the three men who won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday....
Bill would counter Supreme Court age bias ruling
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009 3:18 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats in Congress are trying to counter another Supreme Court decision on employment discrimination, this time taking aim at a ruling that makes it harder for older workers to prove age bias....
Ohio considering bone, muscle for lethal injection
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009 12:59 P.M.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio is considering injecting lethal drugs into inmates' bone marrow or muscles as an alternative to - or a backup for - the traditional intravenous execution procedure, a prisons department spokeswoman said Tuesday....
EU sets out new science plan
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009 11:39 A.M.
BRUSSELS (AP) -- European authorities and industry must increase funding for scientific research and improve cooperation to try to close the technology gap with the United States, the European Commission said Tuesday....
Find: Stonehenge could be part of funeral complex
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009 10:03 A.M.
LONDON (AP) -- The discovery of a small prehistoric circle of stones near Stonehenge may confirm the theory that the mysterious monument in southwest England was part of a massive funeral complex built around a river, researchers said Tuesday....
Rich circus man says space trip worth $35 million
AP - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009 9:09 A.M.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The rich circus showman who bought a $35 million ticket to the International Space Station said Tuesday it's been worth every penny - and more....
Italian group claims to debunk Shroud of Turin
AP - MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009 6:11 P.M.
ROME (AP) -- Scientists have reproduced the Shroud of Turin - revered as the cloth that covered Jesus in the tomb - and say the experiment proves the relic was man-made, a group of Italian debunkers claimed Monday....
Rich Ross named head of Disney studio
AP - MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009 5:13 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. on Monday named Disney Channels Worldwide top executive Rich Ross as its movie studios chairman, following a year of disappointing movie results and the abrupt departure of its former chief, Dick Cook....
3 Americans share Nobel medicine prize
AP - MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009 5:01 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Three Americans won the Nobel prize in medicine on Monday for discovering how chromosomes protect themselves as cells divide, work that has inspired experimental cancer therapies and may offer insights into aging....
Stem cell pioneers among Nobel Prize candidates
AP - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2009 7:35 A.M.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Two Canadian scientists whose discovery of stem cells has paved the way for controversial research could be candidates for the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine, the winners of which will be announced Monday....
T. rex still looking for home after Vegas auction
AP - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2009 6 P.M.
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex is still looking for a home after bidders failed to meet the minimum price Saturday at a Las Vegas auction....
Space tourism yet to fly, 5 years since 1st flight
AP - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2009 12:20 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- When a private spaceship soared over California to claim a $10 million prize, daredevil venture capitalist Alan Walton was 68 and thought he'd soon be on a rocket ride of his own....
Lone llama rescued after month on Pikes Peak
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2009 8:33 P.M.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- A lone llama wandering near the summit of Pikes Peak for a month has been captured and is heading to a new home....
Before Lucy came Ardi, new earliest hominid found
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009 3:33 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The story of humankind is reaching back another million years as scientists learn more about "Ardi," a hominid who lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia. The 110-pound, 4-foot female roamed forests a million years before the famous Lucy, long studied as the earliest skeleton of a human ancestor....
EPA moves to regulate smokestack greenhouse gases
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009 4:26 A.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Proposed regulations would require power plants, factories and refineries to reduce greenhouse gases by installing the best available technology and improving energy efficiency whenever a facility is significantly changed or built....
EU unveils more precise satnav system
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009 2:37 A.M.
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union has unveiled an updated satellite navigation system that is up to five times more precise than the current GPS system....
Conditions combined for devastating tsunami
AP - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 4:25 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Because of a lethal combination of geology and geography, the people of American Samoa didn't stand much of a chance. Almost every condition that triggers bad tsunamis was in place this time, generating waves that raced toward the island territory at speeds approaching 530 mph, or as fast as a 747 jumbo jet. And there was almost nothing to slow the water down....
