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Superfast Muscles Power Songbird Singing
(LiveScience.com)
(09 July 07:26) |
| LiveScience.com - Some songbirds can contract their vocal muscles with the
fastest muscle movements yet described - about 100 times faster than humans can
blink an eye, according to new rese... |
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U of Iowa: Floods caused more than $230M in damage
(AP)
(09 July 04:59) |
| AP - University of Iowa officials on Tuesday more than tripled their estimated cost for flood damage at the campus, with the tab now expected to exceed $231 million. |
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Wolverine advocates give notice of intent to sue
(AP)
(09 July 04:45) |
| AP - Nine environmental groups said Tuesday they plan to sue the federal government if wolverines aren't granted protection under the Endangered Species Act within 60 days. |
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Polar bear harassment by oil companies challenged
(AP)
(09 July 04:42) |
| AP - Two conservation groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Bush administration's decision to let oil companies unintentionally harass or harm polar bears and walruses off the no... |
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ND tornado victims get lots of volunteer help
(AP)
(09 July 04:33) |
| AP - Scores of volunteers Tuesday helped tornado-damaged communities in northern North Dakota clear away debris from a storm that destroyed six homes and seriously injured one man. |
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US, allies want global pollution cuts -- by 2050
(AP)
(09 July 04:19) |
| AP - World leaders embraced for the first time on Tuesday an ambitious but nonbinding goal of slashing greenhouse-gas emissions in half by midcentury to stave off global warming. Unimpressed... |
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Fringe autism treatment could get federal study
(AP)
(09 July 04:02) |
| AP - Pressured by desperate parents, government researchers are pushing to test an unproven treatment on autistic children, a move some scientists see as an unethical experiment in voodoo me... |
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Feather Fossils Could Yield Dinosaur Colors
(LiveScience.com)
(09 July 03:51) |
| LiveScience.com - Artists may now be able to paint dinosaurs and ancient birds and mammals in their true colors, thanks to the discovery of pigment residues in fossilized feathers.
In recen... |
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US, Czech Republic sign defense agreement
(AP)
(09 July 03:13) |
| AP - The United States and leaders of the Czech Republic agreed Tuesday to place a radar system in this former Soviet satellite that would warn of long-range missiles coming to Europe from t... |
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Firefighters tighten grip on California blaze as heatwave looms
(AFP)
(09 July 02:22) |
| AFP - Firefighters took advantage of cool weather and calm winds to tighten their grip on wildfires in California as the prospect of a forecast heatwave loomed over the region on Tuesday. |
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Most Popular Baby Names Change Dramatically
(LiveScience.com)
(09 July 02:11) |
| LiveScience.com - The 1960s brought us baby names such as April and Sunshine, and naming new Americans has never been the same. |
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End in Sight: Final Space Shuttle Missions Slated
(SPACE.com)
(09 July 01:31) |
| SPACE.com - NASA has set target launch dates for the eight space
shuttle missions in 2009 and 2010 that are expected to be the fleet's last. |
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US, allies want global pollution slashed by 2050
(AP)
(09 July 01:10) |
| AP - World leaders embraced for the first time on Tuesday an ambitious but nonbinding goal of slashing greenhouse-gas emissions in half by midcentury to stave off global warming. Unimpressed... |
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NASA shuttle to take last flight in May 2010
(AFP)
(09 July 01:04) |
| AFP - The final flight in NASA's space shuttle program will take off on May 31, 2010, four months before the fleet is retired after 30 years of service, the agency said Tuesday. |
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Activists in Rome urge ban on horse-drawn carriages
(AP)
(09 July 12:32) |
| AP - Tourists love to view the Colosseum and other famous landmarks in Rome from the back of a horse-drawn carriage but animal rights activists said Tuesday it's time to ban the practice. |
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Gasoline prices won't peak until November: EIA
(Reuters)
(08 July 10:47) |
| Reuters - U.S. drivers can expect to shell out
more than $4 a gallon, on average, for gasoline for the rest of
2008 and prices will keep rising until November, the U.S.
Energy Information... |
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Live Longer: The One Anti-Aging Trick That Works
(LiveScience.com)
(08 July 09:21) |
| LiveScience.com - While the quest for the proverbial Fountain of Youth is endless and
typically fruitless, one method known to extend the human lifespan by
up to five years has quietly becom... |
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Final space shuttle flight due May 2010: NASA
(AFP)
(08 July 08:49) |
| AFP - The final flight in NASA's space shuttle program will take off on May 31, 2010, four months before the Endeavour, Discovery and Atlantis are retired, the agency said Tuesday. |
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ND tornado destroys 6 homes, warning sounded
(AP)
(08 July 08:32) |
| AP - Residents say they were warned well before a tornado struck their small town, destroying six homes and damaging others. |
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Hurricane Bertha weakens to Category 2 storm
(AP)
(08 July 08:20) |
| AP - Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha has weakened to a Category 2 storm. |
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Russia faces disease, drought from global warming: WWF
(AFP)
(08 July 05:52) |
| AFP - Russia faces an increase in disease, drought and damage to infrastructure because of climate change, the environmental group WWF said on Tuesday, urging the authorities to "take a lead... |
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Dry, hot weather threatens California fire gains
(AP)
(08 July 05:06) |
| AP - A day of gains on the California firelines could be giving way to days of trouble. The return of some residents to their homes Monday marked progress against the siege of wildfires, but... |
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Most Sunscreens Fail to Protect
(LiveScience.com)
(08 July 04:25) |
| LiveScience.com - The simple rule of sunscreen - the higher the SPF and the thicker the slather, the better - has come under doubt. |
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Michigan stem cell research proposal advances
(AP)
(08 July 01:36) |
| AP - Supporters of a ballot measure that would loosen Michigan's restrictions on embryonic stem cell research took a big step toward placing it on the November ballot. |
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Homeland Secretary chief visits flooded Missouri
(AP)
(08 July 01:27) |
| AP - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff got a firsthand look at damage from recent Missouri flooding and an update about how recovery is going. |
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G-8 endorses halving global emissions by 2050
(AP)
(08 July 01:07) |
| AP - The Group of Eight leading industrial nations on Tuesday endorsed halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, edging forward in the battle against global warming but stopping s... |
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1st Atlantic season hurricane becomes Category 3
(AP)
(08 July 11:14) |
| AP - Hurricane Bertha strengthened to a Category 3 storm Monday as it swirled in the central Atlantic, but it posed no immediate threat to land. |
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15 dead or missing in landslides in southwest China
(AFP)
(08 July 08:52) |
| AFP - Up to 15 people were dead or missing after torrential rains in southwest China triggered landslides in mountainous areas toppling houses and burying villagers, state press said on Tues... |
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NASA sets date for final shuttle mission in 2010
(AP)
(08 July 08:45) |
| AP - NASA has tentatively set the final space shuttle mission for May 31, 2010, four months before the shuttle fleet retires. |
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GM to build world's biggest rooftop solar station: report
(AFP)
(08 July 08:03) |
| AFP - US automobile giant General Motors (GM) will announce on Tuesday that it will build the world's largest rooftop solar power station at its biggest factory in Europe, the Financial Time... |
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How Baseball Is Rigged For Lefties
(LiveScience.com)
(08 July 07:50) |
| LiveScience.com - In the general public, about 10 percent of people are left-handed.
In Major League Baseball, about 25 percent of players are lefties. Any
serious fan knows some of the reas... |
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Alaska governor announces in-state pipeline plan
(Reuters)
(08 July 07:09) |
| Reuters - Alaska is joining forces with
Enstar to build an in-state natural gas pipeline to send some
of the state's untapped reserves to its population centers,
Gov. Sarah Palin announce... |
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Wikipedia opens online library on human genes
(AFP)
(08 July 07:09) |
| AFP - A group of US researchers laid out the foundations Monday for a new online library on human genetics stored within the existing framework of open-access encyclopedia Wikipedia. |
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Satellites launched for Arab League and U.S. firm
(Reuters)
(08 July 06:54) |
| Reuters - An Ariane-5 rocket
blasted off from Europe's space base in French Guiana on
Monday, putting into orbit satellites for the Arab League and a
U.S.-linked telecommunications firm, ... |
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First hurricane of season strengthens in Atlantic
(AFP)
(08 July 03:42) |
| AFP - The first hurricane of the 2008 season formed in the center of the Atlantic Ocean and quickly gained strength Monday, but it was too early to forecast if it will make landfall, the Nat... |
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NOAA report: US coral reefs in severe decline
(AP)
(08 July 02:32) |
| AP - Almost half the coral reef ecosystems in United States territory are in poor or fair condition, mostly because of rising ocean temperatures, according to a government report released Mo... |
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Secret to Better Golf Scores Discovered
(LiveScience.com)
(08 July 02:21) |
| LiveScience.com - Better golfers are more likely to view the hole as larger than their bogey-prone counterparts, finds a new study. |
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Animal rights protesters torment scientists
(AP)
(08 July 01:47) |
| AP - In the hills above the University of California's Berkeley campus, nine protesters gathered in front of the home of a toxicology professor, their faces covered with scarves and hoods de... |
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Agency calls on Congress to end drilling ban
(Reuters)
(08 July 01:12) |
| Reuters - Lifting the congressional ban on
offshore drilling would likely increase U.S. oil and natural
gas production above the government's current estimates, the
U.S. Interior Departme... |
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Natural Bio-Army Trained to Fight Cancer
(LiveScience.com)
(08 July 12:41) |
| LiveScience.com - This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. |
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Diamonds Rained Down During Ice Age
(LiveScience.com)
(07 July 09:25) |
| LiveScience.com - Diamonds and precious metals found in the eastern United States
might have rained down during the last Ice Age after a comet shattered
over Canada and set North America abl... |
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First hurricane of 2008 forms in distant Atlantic
(Reuters)
(07 July 09:02) |
| Reuters - The first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic
storm season formed on Monday, hundreds of miles (kilometers)
away from the United States and the Caribbean islands, the U.S.
National H... |
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Bertha strengthens, no threat to Gulf of Mexico
(Reuters)
(07 July 09:00) |
| Reuters - Hurricane Bertha strengthened over the
central Atlantic Ocean Monday morning and could reach Category
2 strength later in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center
said in an ... |
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Why We're All Moral Hypocrites
(LiveScience.com)
(07 July 07:06) |
| LiveScience.com - Most of us, whether we admit it or not, are moral hypocrites. We judge others more severely than we judge ourselves. |
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Thailand stages tsunami drill in Phuket
(AFP)
(07 July 03:47) |
| AFP - Sirens blared Monday across the resort isle of Phuket as Thailand tested its new tsunami warning system meant to prevent a repeat of the 2004 Indian Ocean tragedy. |
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Proposal to euthanize wild horses spurs debate
(AP)
(07 July 03:18) |
| AP - Animal rights activists and ranchers are clashing over a federal proposal to euthanize wild horses as a way to deal with their surplus numbers. |
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Bertha becomes first hurricane of Atlantic season
(AP)
(07 July 02:52) |
| AP - Tropical storm Bertha has strengthened to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. |
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How Captain Cook Changed the World
(LiveScience.com)
(07 July 10:01) |
| LiveScience.com - Each Monday, this column turns a page in history to explore the
discoveries, events and people that continue to affect the history
being made today. |
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Saturn Surprises Spur Cassini Mission Reprise
(SPACE.com)
(07 July 10:01) |
| SPACE.com - Saturn's
rings and moons turned out wilder than any scientist could have imagined, but
unknowns remain as the Cassini spacecraft concludes its primary mission and embarks
on a ne... |
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Tropical Storm Bertha likely to become hurricane
(AP)
(07 July 09:15) |
| AP - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Bertha likely will become the Atlantic season's first hurricane on Monday. |
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