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Study: Left-handed snails have advantage
Mar 23 2006 10:51PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Left-handed snails are better than righties at defending against predators, according to a new study that suggests lefties have the same competitive advantage in nature that they enjoy on the baseball diamond or in the boxing ring.
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Melting ice threatens sea-level rise
Mar 23 2006 10:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Earth is already shaking beneath melting ice as rising temperatures threaten to shrink polar glaciers and raise sea levels around the world.
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Navy uncovers centuries-old Spanish ship
Mar 23 2006 9:58PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Navy construction crews unearthed a rare Spanish ship, which had been buried for centuries under sand on Pensacola's Naval Air Station.
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NASA gives green light for spacewalks
Mar 23 2006 9:56PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA said Thursday it approved a new method for crew members to attach themselves to the outside of the international space station for U.S. spacewalks, which were put on hold a day earlier.
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Cyclone spooks creatures in Australia
Mar 23 2006 8:56PM (CT)
INNISFAIL, Australia (AP) - Since Cyclone Larry hit early Monday, Joey the wallaby hasn't been seen. And the whereabouts of nearly 50 other kangaroos and related species at Margaret Tabone's crocodile farm are unknown.
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2nd probe ordered in space center accident
Mar 23 2006 8:55PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - For the second time in a week, NASA has taken the infrequent step of appointing a board to investigate an accident at the Kennedy Space Center.
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Beetle 'epidemic' rends Northwest forests
Mar 23 2006 7:51PM (CT)
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - The region's largest infestation of mountain pine beetles in 20 years has hit more than a million acres of forests in northern Idaho and Montana, while 2.5 million acres in Washington face disease and insect problems.
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Britannica says it was wronged by Nature
Mar 23 2006 6:51PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Encyclopaedia Britannica has completed an exhaustive research article on an unlikely new topic _ questions about its accuracy.
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U. of Ariz. to open pollution study center
Mar 23 2006 6:34PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The University of Arizona won a $1.5 million Environmental Protection Agency grant that will help pay for a new U.S-Mexico center focused on cleaning the environment along the border.
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Groups debate 'endangered' whale status
Mar 23 2006 9:09AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Farming and industry groups in Washington state sued to remove Puget Sound's several dozen killer whales from the endangered species list, saying the designation will result in unnecessary water and land-use restrictions.
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