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Hawking flies weightless aboard jet
Apr 26 2007 8:37PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Free of his wheelchair and tethered only to heart rate and blood pressure monitors, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking on Thursday fulfilled a dream of floating weightless on a zero-gravity jet, a step he hopes leads to further space adventures.
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Hawking flies weightless aboard jet
Apr 26 2007 8:37PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Free of his wheelchair and tethered only to heart rate and blood pressure monitors, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking on Thursday fulfilled a dream of floating weightless on a zero-gravity jet, a step he hopes leads to further space adventures.
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Timeline for particle collider in doubt
Apr 26 2007 5:33PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The world's most ambitious particle collider _ which scientists hope could reveal what matter is made of _ might not be fully functional until next year, months after its scheduled startup date, officials at the European Organization for Nuclear Research said Thursday.
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NASA launches satellite to study clouds
Apr 26 2007 5:30PM (CT)
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - A NASA spacecraft was launched aboard a rocket Wednesday on the first mission to study mysterious clouds that float 50 miles above Earth.
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Scientists predict next solar cycle peak
Apr 26 2007 5:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The peak of the next sunspot cycle is expected in late 2011 or mid-2012 _ potentially affecting airline flights, communications satellites and electrical transmissions. But forecasters can't agree on how intense it will be.
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Swiss scientist: Search for life next
Apr 26 2007 5:29PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Swiss scientist Michel Mayor, who heads the European team that announced the discovery of a new potentially habitable planet, has his sights set on an even bigger target, detecting signs of extraterrestrial life.
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Destructive mite threatens Hawaii bees
Apr 26 2007 5:28PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - A tiny mite that began infesting mainland honeybee populations in the 1980s showed up in Honolulu hives for the first time this month and has now been confirmed in bee colonies across Oahu.
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Cambodian rangers trained to help bears
Apr 26 2007 5:27PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Park rangers in Cambodia are being trained to survey wild bears to help protect them from being hunted for their bile which is used in traditional Chinese medicines, a conservationist said Thursday.
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Cambodian rangers trained to help bears
Apr 26 2007 5:27PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Park rangers in Cambodia are being trained to survey wild bears to help protect them from being hunted for their bile which is used in traditional Chinese medicines, a conservationist said Thursday.
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Cambodian rangers trained to help bears
Apr 26 2007 5:27PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Park rangers in Cambodia are being trained to survey wild bears to help protect them from being hunted for their bile which is used in traditional Chinese medicines, a conservationist said Thursday.
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Astronaut to catch early flight home
Apr 26 2007 3:57PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - NASA managers decided Thursday to bring U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams back to Earth on an earlier shuttle flight than planned so she doesn't spend more than six months in the cosmos.
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Dutch consider tough biofuels criteria
Apr 26 2007 3:09AM (CT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - It's the new climate change dilemma: finding alternatives for oil and gas without doing more harm than good.
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