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New Orleans sinking faster than thought
May 31 2006 10:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Everyone has known New Orleans is a sinking city. Now new research suggests parts of the city are sinking even faster than many scientists imagined _ more than an inch a year.
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Study: Yellowstone air quality worsening
May 31 2006 7:12PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Air quality in four of six categories is worsening at Yellowstone National Park, a new study by the National Park Service shows.
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Iowa ape research facility to offer tours
May 31 2006 7:07PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The three orangutans and eight bonobos living at the Great Ape Trust will interact with more humans starting in June when the research facility is opened to the public.
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Astronauts to improvise on next spacewalk
May 31 2006 7:07PM (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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Ancient skeleton unearthed in Rome
May 31 2006 7:07PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Archaeologists say 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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Scientists say warming threatening Fla.
May 31 2006 7:05PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's governor cautiously entered the debate Wednesday over whether rising global temperatures are to blame for an increase in the number of strong hurricanes, meeting with two researchers who say global warming is threatening Florida with a long-term future of more bad storms.
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Scientists say Arctic once was tropical
May 31 2006 7:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have found what might have been the ideal ancient vacation hotspot with a 74-degree Fahrenheit average temperature, alligator ancestors and palm trees. It's smack in the middle of the Arctic.
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NASA: All systems go for Discovery launch
May 31 2006 7:02PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - All systems are "go" for a July launch of space shuttle Discovery, NASA officials said Wednesday after a two-day review of the dangers posed by foam falling off the vehicle's external tank.
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