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Calif. biologists find finches ailing
Apr 18 2006 9:09PM (CT)
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) - A bacterialike disease that can cause blindness in birds has been detected for the first time in wild finches in California, the state Department of Fish and Game said Tuesday.
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Engineers work on quake-proof buildings
Apr 18 2006 6:54PM (CT)
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - Sometime in the not-so-distant future, newly constructed buildings will be able to withstand earthquakes of the magnitude that destroyed San Francisco one century ago, scientists say.
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Details revealed about huge dinosaurs
Apr 18 2006 6:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists are learning more about what appears to be one of the biggest meat-eating dinosaurs known, a two-legged beast whose bones were found several years ago in the fossil-rich Patagonia region of Argentina.
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Endangered sei whale ends up in Baltimore
Apr 18 2006 6:33PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Marine biologists were conducting a necropsy Tuesday on a 35-foot, 17,000-pound sei whale that apparently became attached to a container ship and was dragged into Baltimore's harbor, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources said.
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IU scientists find strong bacterial glue
Apr 18 2006 6:30PM (CT)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - A common bacteria that clings to the inside of water pipes stays in place with the strongest glue known to exist in nature, according to a team of scientists that includes an Indiana University biologist.
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Indonesian volcano spewing smoke, lava
Apr 18 2006 5:56AM (CT)
MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) - The volcano that looms above his village is spewing smoke and lava, and scientists warn it could erupt anytime. But like many people farming the fertile slopes of Mount Merapi, Ismail says there is no need to panic.
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