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Solar sail spacecraft stops communicating
Jun 21 2005 9:54PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - The world's first solar sail spacecraft was launched Tuesday from a Russian submarine under the Barents Sea but suddenly stopped communicating early in the flight, triggering deep concern that it may not have safely reached orbit.
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ACLU says Bush is restricting science
Jun 21 2005 8:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union charged Tuesday that the Bush administration is placing science under siege by overzealously tightening restrictions on information, individuals and technology in the name of homeland security.
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Anatahan volcano north of Saipan rumbles
Jun 21 2005 7:56PM (CT)
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) - The Anatahan Volcano north of Saipan has resumed rumbling in recent days, spewing steam and ash as high as 50,000 feet, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday.
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Brain areas shut off during female orgasm
Jun 21 2005 7:35PM (CT)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - New research indicates parts of the brain that govern fear and anxiety are switched off when a woman is having an orgasm but remain active if she is faking.
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Russia cargo ship docks with space station
Jun 21 2005 6:20AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian cargo ship successfully docked with the international space station early Sunday in a manually controlled maneuver after a communications problem switched off the autopilot system, Russian Mission Control said.
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S.C. officials investigate bird deaths
Jun 21 2005 6:19AM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina wildlife officials are warning residents and visitors to stay away from sick sea birds they may see on the shore. The birds, many of which usually stay well offshore, are showing up by the dozens on South Carolina beaches and they are dead or dying.
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Pelicans return to N.D.'s Chase Lake
Jun 21 2005 6:18AM (CT)
CHASE LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.D. (AP) - From an airplane a half-mile above white pelican nesting grounds here, the giant birds are hard to miss. Measuring 6 feet from bill to tail and weighing up to 20 pounds each, the birds look like moving patches of snow on the islands of Chase Lake. Wildlife officials estimate 18,850 breeding adults have returned to this 4,385-acre refuge in central North Dakota, which had been known for a century as the home of the largest nesting colony of white p
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