In Germany, wandering whale creates wonderment BERLIN (AP) -- Germans have been treated to the rare sight of a lone and wayward humpback whale swimming in the Baltic Sea, but marine biologists said it may be doomed because the waterway lacks the conditions such mammals need to survive....August 16, 2008 12:33:31 - Read More Canada to search for Arctic explorers shipsTORONTO (AP) -- For more than 160 years, the fate of British explorer Sir John Franklin and his men has remained locked in the frozen Arctic, but warming temperatures are threatening to change that....August 16, 2008 04:26:31 - Read More Guess what? Military funds mind-reading scienceLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Heres a mind-bending idea: The U.S. military is paying scientists to study ways to read peoples thoughts. The hope is that the research could someday lead to a gadget capable of translating the thoughts of soldiers who suffered brain injuries in combat or even stroke patients in hospitals....August 16, 2008 01:11:04 - Read More More women choosing careers in forensic scienceRICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Kelly Johnson snips pieces from a blood-stained, blue-striped shirt, then swabs the neck and armpits for sweat. Down the hall, Samantha Glass watches as a chemical reaction reveals a fingerprint on a juice bottle....August 15, 2008 11:06:19 - Read More Remains of cemetery found in SaharaWASHINGTON (AP) -- A tiny woman and two children were laid to rest on a bed of flowers 5,000 years ago in what is now the barren Sahara Desert. The slender arms of the youngsters were still extended to the woman in perpetual embrace when researchers discovered their skeletons in a remarkable cemetery that is providing clues to two civilizations who lived there, a thousand years apart, when the region was moist and green....August 15, 2008 07:41:53 - Read More Venomous lionfish prowls fragile Caribbean watersSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- A maroon-striped marauder with venomous spikes is rapidly multiplying in the Caribbeans warm waters, swallowing native species, stinging divers and generally wreaking havoc on an ecologically delicate region....August 14, 2008 03:18:15 - Read More AP IMPACT: Bush to relax protected species rulesWASHINGTON (AP) -- Parts of the Endangered Species Act may soon be extinct. The Bush administration wants federal agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants....August 12, 2008 04:33:09 - Read More Nature group says humpback whales recoveringGENEVA (AP) -- The humpback whale, nearly hunted into history four decades ago, is now on the "road to recovery" and is no longer considered at high risk of extinction, an environmental group said Tuesday....August 12, 2008 03:40:53 - Read More NASA safety panel worries about moon ship designWASHINGTON (AP) -- NASA is not properly emphasizing safety in its design of a new spaceship and its return-to-the-moon program faces money, morale and leadership problems, an agency safety panel found Monday....August 11, 2008 22:23:00 - Read More Some like it hot, but not fungiWASHINGTON (AP) -- Chiliheads who savor the kick of hot peppers are sampling one of the earliest examples of chemical warfare. In this case, its a battle between the peppers and a type of microbial fungus that destroys their seeds, researchers report in Tuesdays edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They studied wild peppers growing in Bolivia....August 11, 2008 21:11:07 - Read More Need Antarctic data: Send in the sealsWASHINGTON (AP) -- Bitter cold and floating sea ice long frustrated scientists seeking to study the ocean around Antarctica in winter. The solution: Send in the seals. The polar regions are expected to be especially sensitive to climate change, but collecting data has been a problem, especially in the wind-whipped Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica....August 11, 2008 21:10:34 - Read More Plants move up mountain as temps rise, study showsLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Striking new research in the Southern California mountains suggests recent warming is behind a massive die-off and rapid migration to higher ground by nine different plants - from desert shrubs to white firs....August 11, 2008 21:01:16 - Read More Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt LakeGREAT SALT LAKE, Utah (AP) -- The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury....August 8, 2008 22:03:12 - Read More | |
