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Polar bear cub opens eyes for first time
Jan 17 2008 8:42PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Germany's latest famous polar bear cub opened her eyes for the first time on Tuesday _ and it appears she may be cross-eyed. Though her eyes have just opened as tiny slits, zoo keeper Stefanie Krueger said it appears she is "a little crossed-eyed."
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Polar bear cub opens eyes for first time
Jan 17 2008 8:42PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Germany's latest famous polar bear cub opened her eyes for the first time on Tuesday _ and it appears she may be cross-eyed. Though her eyes have just opened as tiny slits, zoo keeper Stefanie Krueger said it appears she is "a little crossed-eyed."
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Scientists make human embryo clones
Jan 17 2008 7:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists in California say they have produced embryos that are clones of two men, a potential step toward developing scientifically valuable stem cells. The new report documents embryos made with ordinary skin cells. But it's not the first time human cloned embryos have been made. In 2005, for example, scientists in Britain reported using embryonic stem cells to produce a cloned embryo. It matured enough to produce stem cells, but none were extracted.
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UK OKs human-animal embryo research
Jan 17 2008 7:17PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - British authorities on Thursday approved scientists' use of animal eggs to create human stem cells, a ruling that will boost the supply of stem cells for research.
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Small quake reported at Mount St. Helens
Jan 17 2008 7:16PM (CT)
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Steam seeping from a fracture atop the lava dome in Mount St. Helens' crater and the mountain's first noteworthy seismic activity since 2004 have caught scientists' attention this week as signs that something is moving inside it.
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Scientists: Extinct rodent weighed a ton
Jan 17 2008 7:10PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Eeek! Imagine a rodent that weighed a ton and was as big as a bull. Uruguayan scientists say they have uncovered fossil evidence of the biggest species of rodent ever found, one that scurried across wooded areas of South America about 4 million years ago, when the continent was not connected to North America.
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Scientists: Extinct rodent weighed a ton
Jan 17 2008 7:10PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Eeek! Imagine a rodent that weighed a ton and was as big as a bull. Uruguayan scientists say they have uncovered fossil evidence of the biggest species of rodent ever found, one that scurried across wooded areas of South America about 4 million years ago, when the continent was not connected to North America.
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Scientists: Extinct rodent weighed a ton
Jan 17 2008 7:10PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Eeek! Imagine a rodent that weighed a ton and was as big as a bull. Uruguayan scientists say they have uncovered fossil evidence of the biggest species of rodent ever found, one that scurried across wooded areas of South America about 4 million years ago, when the continent was not connected to North America.
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New tree species found in Madagascar
Jan 17 2008 7:09PM (CT)
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) - A self-destructing palm tree that flowers once every 100 years and then dies has been discovered on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, botanists said Thursday.
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New bird deaths reported in east India
Jan 17 2008 2:28AM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - Health officials Thursday investigated new bird deaths in eastern India to check whether bird flu was spreading to additional areas despite a poultry cull aimed at curbing the disease.
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