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NASA perplexed by worker accidents
Apr 7 2006 9:45PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Over the past three months, workers at the Kennedy Space Center have tripped, dropped things, banged into sensitive equipment and started fires in a baffling string of accidents that have left one person dead.
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State OKs power line through Ky. forest
Apr 7 2006 9:43PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A state agency has approved an electric cooperative's plan to cut a 100-foot-wide swath across nearly 5 miles of the Daniel Boone National Forest, a project that environmentalists fear could open the woodlands to unwelcome species that would wage war on migratory songbirds.
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Scientists: Don't pollute the Puget Sound
Apr 7 2006 9:16PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - In Puget Sound, pollution is forever. That's the message scientists hope residents of Western Washington will remember the next time they flush chemicals down their toilets or curbside drains.
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Wash. uses de-icer despite harming plants
Apr 7 2006 9:14PM (CT)
LEAVENWORTH, Wash. (AP) - The state Department of Transportation will continue to use road de-icer on U.S. Highway 2 west of Leavenworth, even though it kills an endangered plant growing near the road.
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New red, blue rings found around Uranus
Apr 7 2006 8:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two outer rings, one red the other blue, have been observed around the distant planet Uranus. While Uranus had been known to have inner rings of neutral color, the newly discovered outer rings show color contrasts that researchers think are caused by light reflected off particles that differ in size from one ring to the other.
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Aesthetic meteorites set for auction
Apr 7 2006 8:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The art world's interest in meteorites has skyrocketed, with collectors and curators buying up the outer-space rocks for display in museums, galleries, or on a cocktail table at home.
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Calif. green sturgeon listed as threatened
Apr 7 2006 8:19PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The federal government said Friday it will give protected status to California's green sturgeon, an ancient fish species that can grow to more than 7 feet long and weigh up to 350 pounds.
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Whale guide to be available in Russian
Apr 7 2006 8:15PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A guide widely used by Alaska fishermen to help them avoid the world's most endangered whale will soon be available in Russian.
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OSU researchers propose sea floor map plan
Apr 7 2006 8:13PM (CT)
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Researchers at Oregon State University and other state agencies are proposing the most ambitious mapping ever done of the sea floor off Oregon _ and are hoping for state and federal funding to get it done.
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Largest T. rex skull on display at Museum
Apr 7 2006 8:12PM (CT)
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - A 5-foot-long Tyrannosaurus rex skull, unearthed nearly 40 years ago in eastern Montana, is now on display at the Museum of the Rockies here.
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