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Calif. eagle-breeding program to be halted
Jun 23 2005 10:35PM (CT)
AVALON, Calif. (AP) - Federal and state officials will stop funding a program to reintroduce bald eagles on Santa Catalina Island, but they could restart the project after 2007.
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Solar sail official blames rockets
Jun 23 2005 10:30PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Officials in charge of the Russian rocket that failed during launch of a spacecraft carrying a solar sail believe that the booster's stages never separated, the project director said in a statement.
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Study: Chickadee song warns of danger
Jun 23 2005 10:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The chirp of the chickadee is charming to humans. To other chickadees, it can convey a lot of vital information. When the little black-capped songbird whistles "chick-a-dee-dee" it can warn flock mates to watch out: A predator is near.
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Contraceptives lower Ore. Geese hatchings
Jun 23 2005 10:14PM (CT)
BEND, Ore. (AP) - Bait laced with a contraceptive shows promise in combating burgeoning populations of Canada geese, sharply reducing the fertility of eggs, according to a study by the National Wildlife Research Center.
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Wis. Assembly votes to ban cloning embryos
Jun 23 2005 9:38PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Assembly approved one of the nation's toughest bans on human cloning Thursday despite concerns the bill would cripple embryonic stem cell research in the state where it was discovered.
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Study examines flight of hummingbirds
Jun 23 2005 8:43PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Not much bigger than a honey bee, the tiny hummingbird is able to hover gently over a flower because it uses some of the same wing motion as an insect _ but not as much as previously thought, a new study says.
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Texas stops quarantine over 'killer bees'
Jun 23 2005 8:36PM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - When Africanized "killer bees" first buzzed into South Texas, alarmists warned the rest of the state to brace for deadly swarms.
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Intelsat satellite launch called a success
Jun 23 2005 8:35PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - An Intelsat communications satellite was successfully launched into orbit Thursday from an oceangoing platform in the Pacific, Sea Launch Co. said.
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Reasearchers: New Madrid quake possible
Jun 23 2005 8:12PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The New Madrid seismic zone remains under enough strain to unleash devastating earthquakes, University of Memphis researchers say.
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Scientist Charles D. Keeling dies
Jun 23 2005 1:53PM (CT)
HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) - Charles D. Keeling, a scientist whose measurements showing a carbon-dioxide buildup in the atmosphere helped trigger fears of global warming, has died at 77.
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U.S. may develop tsunami warning system
Jun 23 2005 11:49AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is discussing with other nations a joint venture to develop an early-warning system to detect tsunamis in the Indian Ocean.
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Brain cells 'recognize' famous people
Jun 23 2005 6:42AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Halle Berry? Jennifer Aniston? Everybody knows them. And now a surprising study finds that even individual cells in your brain act as if they recognize them.
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Koa trees seeing comeback in Hawaii
Jun 23 2005 6:42AM (CT)
HAKALAU FOREST NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Hawaii (AP) - Yellowed grasses cover the lower southern slopes of Mauna Kea where impenetrable koa forests once stood on the Big Island.
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Warm water temps may be harming sockeye
Jun 23 2005 6:41AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - As many as 200,000 sockeye salmon disappeared last year between the Ballard Locks and spawning grounds above Lake Washington. Scientists suspect rising water temperatures could be the culprit.
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Stem cell conference opens in California
Jun 23 2005 6:41AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Despite optimism and enthusiasm, stem cell researchers arriving here Thursday for a conference are rowing hard against strong currents of financial, political and technical turmoil.
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Slim hope seen for solar sail spacecraft
Jun 23 2005 3:28AM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Though their history-making endeavor stalled, organizers of a bold attempt to fly the world's first solar sail spacecraft say they have no regrets and that future efforts will benefit from what they learned.
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