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Scientists swap genes in bacteria
Jun 28 2007 10:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Talk about identity theft: Scientists changed one species of bacteria into another by performing a complete gene swap.
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Domestic cats may have ancient roots
Jun 28 2007 10:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Garfield, Morris and the Aristocats get the fame, but look to the origins of today's furry felines and you find "lybica," a Middle Eastern wildcat. Domestic cats can be traced to wild progenitors that interbred well over 100,000 years ago, new research indicates.
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Domestic cats may have ancient roots
Jun 28 2007 10:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Garfield, Morris and the Aristocats get the fame, but look to the origins of today's furry felines and you find "lybica," a Middle Eastern wildcat. Domestic cats can be traced to wild progenitors that interbred well over 100,000 years ago, new research indicates.
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Mars rover to make risky crater descent
Jun 28 2007 10:04PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA's aging but durable Mars rover Opportunity will make what could be a trip of no return into a deep impact crater as it tries to peer further back than ever into the Red Planet's geologic history.
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Inflatable space station design tested
Jun 28 2007 7:07PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A new inflatable, unmanned test module for a proposed private space station was launched into orbit Thursday aboard a Russian rocket, the U.S. company developing the technology said.
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Scientists: Stem cells created from eggs
Jun 28 2007 5:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists say they've created embryonic stem cells by stimulating unfertilized eggs, a significant step toward producing transplant tissue that's genetically matched to women.
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Egypt says mummy is Queen Hatshepsut
Jun 28 2007 5:14PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A tooth found in a relic box led archaeologists to identify a long-overlooked mummy as that of Egypt's most powerful female pharoah _ possibly the most significant find since King Tutankhamun's tomb was uncovered in 1922, experts said Wednesday.
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Egypt says mummy is Queen Hatshepsut
Jun 28 2007 5:14PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A tooth found in a relic box led archaeologists to identify a long-overlooked mummy as that of Egypt's most powerful female pharoah _ possibly the most significant find since King Tutankhamun's tomb was uncovered in 1922, experts said Wednesday.
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Egypt says mummy is Queen Hatshepsut
Jun 28 2007 5:14PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A tooth found in a relic box led archaeologists to identify a long-overlooked mummy as that of Egypt's most powerful female pharoah _ possibly the most significant find since King Tutankhamun's tomb was uncovered in 1922, experts said Wednesday.
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Bald eagle comes off endangered list
Jun 28 2007 5:13PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government took the American bald eagle off the endangered species list Thursday _ an official act of name-dropping that President Bush hailed as "a wonderful way" to celebrate the Fourth of July.
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Squash grown 10,000 years ago in Peru
Jun 28 2007 5:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Agriculture was taking root in South America almost as early as the first farmers were breaking ground in the Middle East, new research indicates. Evidence that squash was being grown nearly 10,000 years ago, in what is now Peru, is reported in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
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NASA moves next shuttle launch to Aug. 7
Jun 28 2007 3:58PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA on Thursday moved up the next scheduled space shuttle mission by two days to give Endeavour more chances to lift off during what looks to be a busy month.
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Puppy awaits prosthesis in Colorado
Jun 28 2007 12:46AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A puppy found hobbling in the Kuwaiti desert has ended up at Colorado State University, where she might be a candidate for an experimental prosthesis that could one day help humans.
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