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Ancient female skeleton found in Rome
May 30 2006 9:52PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Archaeologists said Tuesday they have dug up a woman skeleton dating to the 10th century B.C. in an ancient necropolis in the heart of Rome.
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Judge: Sea lion research violates laws
May 30 2006 8:12PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A judge has ruled the federal government must halt studies of threatened and endangered Steller sea lions because it did not properly asses how certain research techniques might harm the animals.
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Astronauts to improvise on next spacewalk
May 30 2006 7:30PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - It's easy to misplace your car keys or reading glasses in your own home. Imagine how easy it would be to lose them amid thousands of tools and construction supplies if you were building your house. That's how NASA officials described life on the international space station Tuesday as they explained why some equipment needed for this week's spacewalk is missing.
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Expert downplays underwater volcano risk
May 30 2006 6:36PM (CT)
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) - A visiting scientist is downplaying the risks of underwater volcanoes, which surround the Northern Marianas Islands.
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Ancient pottery operation found in Ind.
May 30 2006 6:31PM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - An archaeological dig at southern Indiana's Angel Mounds complex has uncovered a pottery-making operation that reveals the artistic skills of the Indians who lived there hundreds of years ago.
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Beijing unlikely to meet air quality goal
May 30 2006 6:29PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Smoggy Beijing is unlikely to meet its target for "blue sky" days with acceptable air quality this year, the government said Tuesday, amid efforts to clean up the Chinese capital in preparation for the 2008 Olympics.
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States restrict firewood to stop bug
May 30 2006 6:22PM (CT)
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) - A tiny green beetle that decimates ash trees is nibbling away at traditional summer campfires as states try to halt the insect's spread through infested firewood that campers unwittingly haul into parks.
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Study: global warming boosts poison ivy
May 30 2006 6:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Another reason to worry about global warming: more and itchier poison ivy. The noxious vine grows faster and bigger as carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere rise, researchers report Monday.
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Mount St. Helens shoots steam into air
May 30 2006 12:40AM (CT)
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Mount St. Helens shot a steam and ash plume at least 16,000 feet into the air Monday after a large rockfall from the lava dome in the volcano's crater, scientists said.
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