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Divers claim largest underwater cave
Mar 5 2007 11:41PM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A pair of cave divers said Monday they have found subterranean passages in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula that constitute the world's longest underwater cave system.
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Government hears polar bear concerns
Mar 5 2007 11:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Environmental activists, hunters and oil industry representatives spoke at a public hearing Monday night on whether the U.S. government should list polar bears as a threatened species.
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Scientists try to predict intentions
Mar 5 2007 10:59PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - At a laboratory in Germany, volunteers slide into a donut-shaped MRI machine and perform simple tasks, such as deciding whether to add or subtract two numbers, or choosing which of two buttons to press. They have no inkling that scientists in the next room are trying to read their minds _ using a brain scan to figure out their intention before it is turned into action.
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Scientists try to predict intentions
Mar 5 2007 10:59PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - At a laboratory in Germany, volunteers slide into a donut-shaped MRI machine and perform simple tasks, such as deciding whether to add or subtract two numbers, or choosing which of two buttons to press. They have no inkling that scientists in the next room are trying to read their minds _ using a brain scan to figure out their intention before it is turned into action.
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Families flee active volcano in Ecuador
Mar 5 2007 9:42PM (CT)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Authorities evacuated about 100 families from the slopes of a volcano in central Ecuador which began showering villages with flaming rocks and ash last month.
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USDA trying to block rice planting
Mar 5 2007 9:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Agriculture Department is trying to block the planting and distribution of a long-grain rice seed because it may contain traces of genetically engineered rice, officials said Monday.
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Some fear Iran space program is hostile
Mar 5 2007 8:15PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's announcement that it launched a research rocket has called new attention to a space program that Tehran says is peaceful but which some fear aims to produce long-range ballistic missiles that could reach Europe or the United States.
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Arborist finds Smokies' heftiest hemlock
Mar 5 2007 8:14PM (CT)
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - An arborist from North Carolina had to climb an eastern hemlock in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to confirm what had been estimated: The Laurel Branch Leviathan is the heftiest hemlock of its kind.
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Va. scientists refine fish kill search
Mar 5 2007 8:08PM (CT)
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - With spring approaching, Virginia scientists are planning a more comprehensive attack to find the cause of the mysterious fish kills in the Shenandoah River and its tributaries.
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Asian pollution affects Pacific storms
Mar 5 2007 8:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pollution from Asia is helping generate stronger storms over the North Pacific, according to new research. Changes in the North Pacific storm track could have an impact on weather across the Northern Hemisphere. Satellite measurements have shown an increase in tiny particles generated from coal burning in China and India in recent decades, researchers report in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Cowbirds run 'mafia racket' over eggs
Mar 5 2007 8:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Raise my kids, or else! People have long wondered how cowbirds can get away with leaving their eggs in the nests of other species, who then raise the baby cowbirds. Why don't the hosts just toss the strange eggs out? Now researchers seem to have an answer _ if the host birds reject the strange eggs, the cowbirds come back and trash the place.
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NASA can't pay for killer asteroid hunt
Mar 5 2007 8:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - NASA officials say the space agency is capable of finding nearly all the asteroids that might pose a devastating hit to Earth, but there isn't enough money to pay for the task so it won't get done.
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Total lunar eclipse wows stargazers
Mar 5 2007 4:41PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The moon darkened, reddened, and turned shades of gray and orange Saturday night during the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years, thrilling stargazers and astronomers around the world.
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Total lunar eclipse wows stargazers
Mar 5 2007 4:41PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The moon darkened, reddened, and turned shades of gray and orange Saturday night during the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years, thrilling stargazers and astronomers around the world.
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Total lunar eclipse wows stargazers
Mar 5 2007 4:41PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The moon darkened, reddened, and turned shades of gray and orange Saturday night during the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years, thrilling stargazers and astronomers around the world.
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Total lunar eclipse wows stargazers
Mar 5 2007 4:41PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The moon darkened, reddened, and turned shades of gray and orange Saturday night during the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years, thrilling stargazers and astronomers around the world.
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Total lunar eclipse wows stargazers
Mar 5 2007 4:41PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The moon darkened, reddened, and turned shades of gray and orange Saturday night during the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years, thrilling stargazers and astronomers around the world.
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Total lunar eclipse wows stargazers
Mar 5 2007 4:41PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The moon darkened, reddened, and turned shades of gray and orange Saturday night during the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years, thrilling stargazers and astronomers around the world.
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Total lunar eclipse wows stargazers
Mar 5 2007 4:41PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The moon darkened, reddened, and turned shades of gray and orange Saturday night during the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years, thrilling stargazers and astronomers around the world.
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Total lunar eclipse wows stargazers
Mar 5 2007 4:41PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The moon darkened, reddened, and turned shades of gray and orange Saturday night during the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years, thrilling stargazers and astronomers around the world.
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Report: China aims for 2008 space flight
Mar 5 2007 2:18AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China is aiming for its third manned flight next year with two astronauts making space walks, a state-run newspaper reported Monday.
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