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Astronaut may face another shuttle repair
Aug 3 2005 10:22PM (CT)
SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) - With a gentle tug of his gloved right hand, Discovery astronaut Stephen Robinson removed two worrisome pieces of filler material from the shuttle's belly Wednesday in an unprecedented space repair job that drew a big sigh of relief from NASA.
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Grad student believes wood may replace oil
Aug 3 2005 10:08PM (CT)
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - A University of Idaho graduate student believes the answer to the world's crude oil crisis grows on trees. Juan Andres Soria says he has developed a process that turns wood into bio-oil, a substance similar to crude oil.
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Scientists drill into San Andreas Fault
Aug 3 2005 9:18PM (CT)
PARKFIELD, Calif. (AP) - Geologists drilling a borehole into the San Andreas Fault to better understand the physics of earthquakes have hit a seismically active section of the fault for the first time.
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Official says pelican exodus not alarming
Aug 3 2005 7:39PM (CT)
CHASE LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.D. (AP) - A top federal wildlife official says the pelican mystery at the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge may be a natural correction.
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Scan finds mummy between 4 and 6 years old
Aug 3 2005 7:35PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Researchers led by Stanford University and Silicon Graphics Inc. have uncovered some of the mysteries surrounding a 2,000-year-old mummy without peeling back any of its bandages, or even opening its gold-plated coffin.
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Scientists deem Saturn moon Titan dry
Aug 3 2005 7:30PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Scientists peering through a ground-based telescope say the surface of Saturn's planet-sized moon Titan appears dry and not awash in oceans of liquid hydrocarbons as is commonly believed.
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