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Colossal squid may be headed for oven
Mar 21 2007 11:47PM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A colossal half-ton squid, believed to be the largest ever caught, may be destined for the microwave oven.
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Wyo. scientists give dinosaur a makeover
Mar 21 2007 10:05PM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - In a makeover of extraordinary proportions, scientists have dismantled a 75-foot-long sauropod dinosaur that roamed Wyoming 150 million years ago and will rebuild it to reflect the latest paleontological research findings. The fossil display of the plant-eating Apatosaurus that had dominated the University of Wyoming Geological Museum in Laramie for about 45 years will be worked on for a year and then returned to the museum in 2008, according to Brent Breithaupt, director o
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Botanists discover new bamboo species
Mar 21 2007 8:58PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A new species of North American bamboo was recently discovered by Iowa State University and University of North Carolina botanists, making it the third known native species of the hardy grass in the United States. The "hill cane" was discovered in the Appalachian Mountains. It's different from the other two native species of bamboo, which were discovered more than 200 years ago, because it drops its leaves in the fall.
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New carbon-dioxide tracking developed
Mar 21 2007 8:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - With concern growing about global warming, researchers said Wednesday they have developed a new system to track carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Being able to determine where and when this major greenhouse gas increases or decreases should help in projecting future climate change and evaluating efforts to reduce releases of carbon. "This is a pretty exciting opportunity," said Richard Spinrad, head of research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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NASA delays picking next launch date
Mar 21 2007 8:08PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA managers won't decide until next month on a date for Atlantis' next launch, giving technicians more time to assess hail damage to the space shuttle's external fuel tank, officials said Wednesday.
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Consumer group knocks cloned food report
Mar 21 2007 6:13PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials used a flawed analysis when they gave preliminary approval to food from cloned animals, a consumer group charged Wednesday.
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Students' spacesuit to be tested in Utah
Mar 21 2007 3:57PM (CT)
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - A spacesuit developed by students at the University of North Dakota and four other schools will be tested in the Utah desert. UND officials said researchers from the school will travel with the spacesuit to Utah during the first week in April. Students from the Spaceward Bound education program will help the designers test the suit at Utah's Mars Desert Research Station.
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Study to examine dead dolphins in Texas
Mar 21 2007 3:55PM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is conducting a special investigation to determine what caused an unusually high number of dead dolphins to wash ashore in Galveston and Jefferson counties.
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Malaria-resistant mosquito developed
Mar 21 2007 11:55AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Researchers have developed a malaria-resistant mosquito, a step that might one day help block the spread of an illness that has claimed millions of lives around the world.
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Team cracks century-old math puzzle
Mar 21 2007 6:49AM (CT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - An international team of mathematicians says it has cracked a 120-year-old puzzle that researchers say is so complicated that its handwritten solution would cover the island of Manhattan.
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Human handling of polar bear stirs flap
Mar 21 2007 6:36AM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Berlin Zoo's abandoned polar bear cub Knut looks cute, cuddly and has become a front-page media darling, but an animal rights activist insisted Monday he would have been better off dead than raised by humans.
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Human handling of polar bear stirs flap
Mar 21 2007 6:36AM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Berlin Zoo's abandoned polar bear cub Knut looks cute, cuddly and has become a front-page media darling, but an animal rights activist insisted Monday he would have been better off dead than raised by humans.
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Human handling of polar bear stirs flap
Mar 21 2007 6:36AM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Berlin Zoo's abandoned polar bear cub Knut looks cute, cuddly and has become a front-page media darling, but an animal rights activist insisted Monday he would have been better off dead than raised by humans.
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Navy won't list sonar use for whale case
Mar 21 2007 6:23AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - The Navy is refusing to detail its sonar use for a federal court in a case involving potential harm to whales, saying the information could jeopardize national security.
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