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Norway to house seeds in doomsday vault
Jun 18 2006 8:42PM (CT)
OSLO, Norway (AP) - It sounds like something from a science fiction film _ a doomsday vault carved into a frozen mountainside on a secluded Arctic island ready to serve as a Noah's Ark for seeds in case of a global catastrophe.
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Experts hope rocks unravel Earth's secrets
Jun 18 2006 2:10PM (CT)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - The small gray and black rocks stored in 3-foot-long clear plastic tubes at a Texas A&M University lab could be mistaken for the leftovers after a kitchen countertop installation.
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America's national parks face pressures
Jun 18 2006 10:58AM (CT)
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Mont. (AP) - The ice-covered mountaintops are shrouded by fog. A stream gushes against the rocks on a headlong rush to the lake. High above the deserted visitors' parking lot, an elk stares at a lone hiker. Glacier National Park is an island, a sanctuary from the outside world.
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Kazakhstan satellite enters orbit
Jun 18 2006 10:20AM (CT)
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - Kazakhstan launched its first satellite into orbit Sunday, the first step in the ex-Soviet republic's plan to join the exclusive club of spacefaring nations.
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UAF gets $1M to study sea ice in Arctic
Jun 18 2006 10:17AM (CT)
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - A team of scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks have received more than $1 million in federal grant money to study how sea ice affects the movement of water in the Arctic Ocean.
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American chestnut trees reappear in N.H.
Jun 18 2006 9:56AM (CT)
LEE, N.H. (AP) - The discovery of two more American chestnut trees growing naturally in a local preserve is giving fresh hope to people in New England who want to see the once common tree restored to the northeastern landscape.
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Aerial photos highlight Hawaiian coastline
Jun 18 2006 9:51AM (CT)
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) - It started as a simple online advertising gimmick, but Brian Powers' aerial photography project grew into something quite different. Powers, owner of Hawaiian Images Photography and Video, has photographed the entire coastline of the Big Island and posted the work on his Web site.
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Coral reef ecosystem may fight illnesses
Jun 18 2006 9:49AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Biomedical researchers who dove down nearly 3,000 feet to search a newly-discovered coral reef found treasures they say may help doctors fight cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other illnesses.
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NASA, despite dissent, sets shuttle date
Jun 18 2006 9:49AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA managers on Saturday picked July 1 to launch the first space shuttle in almost a year, despite recommendations against a liftoff attempt by the space agency's chief engineer and safety offices.
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