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South Korean cloning scientist indicted
May 11 2006 10:55PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean prosecutors indicted disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk Friday on charges of fraud, embezzlement and bioethics violations linked to faked stem cell research.
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Zebra mussels eradicated in Va. quarry
May 11 2006 10:11PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - An infestation of zebra mussels in a Virginia quarry has been eradicated, marking what biologists and environmental experts believe is the first successful extermination of the notoriously invasive species in open waters.
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Doctors ready to separate conjoined twins
May 11 2006 8:15PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Abbigail and Isabelle Carlsen have spent their first five months of life gazing and cooing at each other _ and sometimes batting one another in the face.
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Katrina helps New Orleans fight fire ants
May 11 2006 7:45PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Entomologists believe that Hurricane Katrina provided them with a golden opportunity to knock out, or at least squash, the fire ant population in this city.
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Scientists study rockfish disease
May 11 2006 7:14PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A wasting disease that attacks rockfish is becoming more common in the Chesapeake Bay _ but scientists aren't sure why or what to do about it.
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DNA test confirms hybrid bear in the wild
May 11 2006 7:07PM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - A DNA test has confirmed what zoologists, hunters and aboriginal trackers in the far northern reaches of Canada have dreamed of for years: the first documented case of a grizzly-polar bear in the wild.
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Satellite program over budget, delayed
May 11 2006 7:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new weather satellite system planned to save money and avoid duplication is over budget and behind schedule, Congress was told Thursday.
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Study shows some bird flu fears unfounded
May 11 2006 7:04PM (CT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Fears that the deadly strain of bird flu would move through Africa and Europe in flocks of wild birds have so far proven unfounded, but the danger is not entirely over, a Dutch environmental group said Thursday.
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Researchers suggest expanding DNA searches
May 11 2006 7:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Searching DNA records has become a common practice in criminal investigations. Researchers now suggest this could be taken a step further by looking for close DNA matches that might lead police to a criminal through a relative.
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Newly discovered monkey rates own genus
May 11 2006 7:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A recently discovered type of African monkey is different enough from others that it needs to be listed in a separate genus, scientists have decided.
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Hurricane Center chief: Technology is good
May 11 2006 3:48AM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - If National Hurricane Center director Max Mayfield could have one phrase engraved on his tombstone, it might be "Don't focus on the skinny black line."
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