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Deep Impact spacecraft gets photo of comet
Apr 29 2005 10:21PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has photographed, for the first time, the target of its comet-smashing mission _ a big ball of dirty ice and rock that scientists hope may yield a glimpse of the frozen primordial ingredients of the solar system.
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NASA delays post-Columbia flight again
Apr 29 2005 10:15PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA on Friday pushed back the first post-Columbia space shuttle flight by at least two months, after last-minute analyses suggested that ice falling off the fuel tank could prove as catastrophic as the foam that doomed the last mission two years ago.
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Argentina celebrates 'Day of the Animal'
Apr 29 2005 10:14PM (CT)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Tomy and Blanquita, two white tigers at the Buenos Aires zoo, bounded from their cave Friday to find an unexpected treat: children and zookeepers had presented them with a gift-wrapped box for the "Day of the Animal" filled with bones, meat and a ball.
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Genetic mingling mixes human, animal cells
Apr 29 2005 7:44PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - On a farm about six miles outside this gambling town, Jason Chamberlain looks over a flock of about 50 smelly sheep, many of them possessing partially human livers, hearts, brains and other organs.
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Report urges increased volcano monitoring
Apr 29 2005 7:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - While Mount St. Helens and Kilauea generate the most attention, many other volcanoes in the United States have little or no regular monitoring and need to be watched for potential eruptions, a new report warns.
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Zoo reverses vasectomy on bush dog
Apr 29 2005 7:32PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Three yapping, cuddly South American bush dog pups at the Saint Louis Zoo are making fertility history among wild canids, with implications for the rest of the animal world.
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Zebra gives birth to foal sired by donkey
Apr 29 2005 7:32PM (CT)
ST. THOMAS, Barbados (AP) - It's male. But what is it? A zonkey? A deebra? That's the debate in Barbados since a zebra gave birth to a foal sired by a donkey.
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Birds may be behind exploding German toads
Apr 29 2005 7:31PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Why are toads puffing up and spontaneously exploding in northern Europe? It began in a posh German neighborhood and has spread across the border into Denmark. It's left onlookers baffled, but one German scientist studying the splattered amphibian remains now has a theory: Hungry crows may be pecking out their livers.
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Experts: New data show global warming
Apr 29 2005 7:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Climate scientists armed with new data from deep in the ocean and far into space have found that Earth is absorbing much more heat than it is giving off, a conclusion they say validates projections of global warming.
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Rare woodpecker's home remote, dangerous
Apr 29 2005 7:31PM (CT)
DIXIE, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas swamp that's home to the recently rediscovered ivory-billed woodpecker is a forbidding place, and visitors searching for birds above are wise to scan for snakes below.
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Ark. man recalls finding rare woodpecker
Apr 29 2005 4:46PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Gene Sparling was kayaking when he spotted a large black-and-white bird. It looked like an ivory-billed woodpecker, last spotted in North America 60 years ago. His eyes must be playing tricks, he thought. Maybe it was a common pileated woodpecker.
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