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Greek archaeologists unearth rich tomb
Apr 4 2007 10:43PM (CT)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Archaeologists on a Greek island have discovered a large Roman-era tomb containing gold jewelry, pottery and bronze offerings, officials said Wednesday. The building, near the village of Fiscardo on Kefalonia, contained five burials including a large vaulted grave and a stone coffin, a Culture Ministry announcement said.
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Greek archaeologists unearth rich tomb
Apr 4 2007 10:43PM (CT)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Archaeologists on a Greek island have discovered a large Roman-era tomb containing gold jewelry, pottery and bronze offerings, officials said Wednesday. The building, near the village of Fiscardo on Kefalonia, contained five burials including a large vaulted grave and a stone coffin, a Culture Ministry announcement said.
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Remains are not those of Joan of Arc
Apr 4 2007 8:34PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - A rib bone supposedly found at the site where French heroine Joan of Arc was burned at the stake is actually that of an Egyptian mummy, according to researchers who used high-tech science to expose the fake.
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Pollen can hinder lifting fingerprints
Apr 4 2007 7:04PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - All the pollen-covered cars in the South may be an eyesore to drivers, but the yellow dust might be a bandit's best friend. Pollen can make it difficult for crime scene investigators to lift fingerprints from outdoor surfaces, since the dust absorbs the moisture people normally leave behind.
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Kan. team helps study sea level changes
Apr 4 2007 6:24PM (CT)
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - In a cramped laboratory, graduate student Nazia Ahmed tinkers with a radar system that will soon withstand some of the harshest conditions on Earth. Across campus, Richard Hale is putting the final touches on a model of an unmanned aerial vehicle that will eventually carry Ahmed's contraption over the polar ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica.
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Kan. team helps study sea level changes
Apr 4 2007 6:24PM (CT)
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - In a cramped laboratory, graduate student Nazia Ahmed tinkers with a radar system that will soon withstand some of the harshest conditions on Earth. Across campus, Richard Hale is putting the final touches on a model of an unmanned aerial vehicle that will eventually carry Ahmed's contraption over the polar ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica.
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Prehistoric whale found in inland Italy
Apr 4 2007 4:18PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Italian researchers have excavated the skeleton of a 4 million-year-old whale in the Tuscan countryside, a discovery that could help reconstruct the prehistoric environment of the sea that once covered the region, officials said Tuesday.
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Prehistoric whale found in inland Italy
Apr 4 2007 4:18PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Italian researchers have excavated the skeleton of a 4 million-year-old whale in the Tuscan countryside, a discovery that could help reconstruct the prehistoric environment of the sea that once covered the region, officials said Tuesday.
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Apes to name neighboring trumpeter swans
Apr 4 2007 4:18PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The eight bonobos at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa howled Tuesday as they watched two trumpeter swans dip into a lake for the first time. Who can blame them? Not only will the apes get new neighbors, they'll get a chance to name the rare birds. "They were very excited," said scientist Karyl Swartz. "It's something new in their environment."
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Russians, U.S. 'tourist' ready for space
Apr 4 2007 4:14PM (CT)
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - In one of their last days before blasting off in a closet-sized capsule, two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. billionaire computer programmer enjoyed an array of earthly pleasures Wednesday _ a springtime stroll, a game of pingpong and a freshly cooked lunch.
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Russians, U.S. 'tourist' ready for space
Apr 4 2007 4:14PM (CT)
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - In one of their last days before blasting off in a closet-sized capsule, two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. billionaire computer programmer enjoyed an array of earthly pleasures Wednesday _ a springtime stroll, a game of pingpong and a freshly cooked lunch.
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Russians, U.S. 'tourist' ready for space
Apr 4 2007 4:14PM (CT)
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - In one of their last days before blasting off in a closet-sized capsule, two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. billionaire computer programmer enjoyed an array of earthly pleasures Wednesday _ a springtime stroll, a game of pingpong and a freshly cooked lunch.
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Russians, U.S. 'tourist' ready for space
Apr 4 2007 4:14PM (CT)
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - In one of their last days before blasting off in a closet-sized capsule, two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. billionaire computer programmer enjoyed an array of earthly pleasures Wednesday _ a springtime stroll, a game of pingpong and a freshly cooked lunch.
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Scientists meet, debate climate change
Apr 4 2007 4:10PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Scientists and diplomats from more than 120 countries debated the urgency of changes in the Earth's climate Wednesday as they tried to finalize a report on global warming that will guide policymakers for decades to come.
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2 bald eagles hatch on Catalina Island
Apr 4 2007 7:43AM (CT)
AVALON, Calif. (AP) - Two bald eagles have hatched in the wild on Santa Catalina Island for the first time since chemical contamination there wiped out the majestic birds decades ago, conservation officials said.
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