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Plane in restricted area at space center
May 22 2007 11:01PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A pilot in a single-engine plane entered restricted air space over the Kennedy Space Center and was escorted down Tuesday, officials said. The incident did not disrupt the planned launch of space shuttle Atlantis next month.
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Study: Female sharks fertilize own eggs
May 22 2007 10:01PM (CT)
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Female sharks can fertilize their own eggs and give birth without sperm from males, according to a new study of the asexual reproduction of a hammerhead in a U.S. zoo.
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Wayward whales circle near Calif. bridge
May 22 2007 7:33PM (CT)
RIO VISTA, Calif. (AP) - Two whales that lost their way more than a week ago spent a second day circling near a Sacramento River bridge Tuesday, about 70 miles from the open waters of the Pacific Ocean.
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Wayward whales circle near Calif. bridge
May 22 2007 7:33PM (CT)
RIO VISTA, Calif. (AP) - Two whales that lost their way more than a week ago spent a second day circling near a Sacramento River bridge Tuesday, about 70 miles from the open waters of the Pacific Ocean.
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Expert: Aquatic virus hits 2 Great Lakes
May 22 2007 7:24PM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - A deadly, fast-spreading aquatic virus is reaching epidemic proportions in New York's two Great Lakes and has already spread into the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York, a Cornell University fisheries expert said Tuesday.
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Tomato-killing virus detected in Calif.
May 22 2007 7:23PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - An insect-borne virus that has killed tomato plants across Central America, Florida and Georgia has been detected in California for the first time.
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Tomato-killing virus detected in Calif.
May 22 2007 7:23PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - An insect-borne virus that has killed tomato plants across Central America, Florida and Georgia has been detected in California for the first time.
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Tomato-killing virus detected in Calif.
May 22 2007 7:23PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - An insect-borne virus that has killed tomato plants across Central America, Florida and Georgia has been detected in California for the first time.
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Bird watcher spots snail kite in S.C.
May 22 2007 7:23PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A bird watcher spotted the endangered snail kite in South Carolina for the first time, and the animal's steady diet of crawfish may help scientists find the species an alternate food source, wildlife officials said.
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Bird watcher spots snail kite in S.C.
May 22 2007 7:23PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A bird watcher spotted the endangered snail kite in South Carolina for the first time, and the animal's steady diet of crawfish may help scientists find the species an alternate food source, wildlife officials said.
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Scientists to study flow of contaminants
May 22 2007 4:43PM (CT)
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) - Scientists will put red dye in the Grand River to study how it helps to transport E. coli and other potentially hazardous contaminants to Lake Michigan's beaches.
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Smokies to rid areas of nonnative plants
May 22 2007 3:37PM (CT)
GREENBRIER, Tenn. (AP) - Privet, multiflora rose bushes and Japanese honeysuckle all have their place in the suburban landscape, but not in the wetlands of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Study: Climate change may imperil plants
May 22 2007 3:20PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Climate change could drive many wild relatives of plants such as the potato and the peanut into extinction, threatening a valuable source of genes necessary to help these food crops fight pests and drought, an international research group said Tuesday.
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London museum to mark plastic centennial
May 22 2007 3:02PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Strap on your PVC boots and hike up your nylon stockings. It's time to celebrate the 100th birthday of the world's first entirely synthetic material, one that revolutionized manufacturing, transportation, fashion and more: plastic. An exhibition opening Wednesday at London's Science Museum looks to a future that includes plastic blood and airplanes that can shift shapes in flight.
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London museum to mark plastic centennial
May 22 2007 3:02PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Strap on your PVC boots and hike up your nylon stockings. It's time to celebrate the 100th birthday of the world's first entirely synthetic material, one that revolutionized manufacturing, transportation, fashion and more: plastic. An exhibition opening Wednesday at London's Science Museum looks to a future that includes plastic blood and airplanes that can shift shapes in flight.
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London museum to mark plastic centennial
May 22 2007 3:02PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Strap on your PVC boots and hike up your nylon stockings. It's time to celebrate the 100th birthday of the world's first entirely synthetic material, one that revolutionized manufacturing, transportation, fashion and more: plastic. An exhibition opening Wednesday at London's Science Museum looks to a future that includes plastic blood and airplanes that can shift shapes in flight.
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Group: European mammals face extinction
May 22 2007 2:54PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Dozens of European mammals, including the Iberian lynx, the Saiga antelope and the Mediterranean monk seal, face extinction unless immediate measures are taken to protect them, a conservation group said Tuesday.
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