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Commander: Shuttle launch date unimportant
Jul 22 2005 8:17PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - On the verge of a second launch countdown, the astronaut who will lead NASA's return to space said Friday it's not important when she and her crew fly, but that "we do it right."
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Mount St. Helens still shaking
Jul 22 2005 8:17PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - There's a whole lotta shakin' going on at Mount St. Helens these days as the restless peak does what it has done for thousands of years: build new lava domes that totter and fall and become the foundations for still more new ones.
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Scientists: More right whales may be dying
Jul 22 2005 8:13PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Many more endangered right whales may be dying than previously believed, marine scientists said Friday in an appeal for emergency action to prevent human-caused deaths of the animal.
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Geologist maps underseas terrain in Mass.
Jul 22 2005 8:10PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - When geologist Page Valentine steams out for a trip off the state's picturesque coastline, he's far more interested in what he can't see. Valentine has been using sophisticated sonar to map 1,400 square miles of ocean floor off the Massachusetts coast for 11 years.
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House endorses NASA missions to moon, Mars
Jul 22 2005 8:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Friday overwhelmingly endorsed President Bush's vision to send man back to the moon and eventually on to Mars as it passed a bill to set NASA policy for the next two years.
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Smog fight aided by self-cleaning elements
Jul 22 2005 7:02AM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - From catalytic converters to alternative fuels, the fight against big-city smog has for years been fought inside combustion engines and exhaust pipes. Now, scientists are taking the fight to the streets by developing "smart" building materials designed to clean the air with a little help from the elements.
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Expert questions existence of woodpecker
Jul 22 2005 6:58AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An expert on the ivory-billed woodpecker is questioning evidence that purportedly shows the rare bird, once thought to be extinct, in the swamps of southeast Arkansas.
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Hawaiian caterpillar has unique taste
Jul 22 2005 6:56AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A type of caterpillar with a taste for escargot rather than the normal vegetable diet has been discovered in Hawaii. The caterpillar is the first ever observed to eat any kind of mollusk, researchers report in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
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King George's madness linked to arsenic
Jul 22 2005 6:53AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Scientists have found high levels of arsenic in the hair of King George III and say the deadly poison may be to blame for the bouts of apparent madness he suffered.
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