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NASA clears Discovery to return to Earth
Aug 4 2005 9:55PM (CT)
SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) - After much soul-searching and analysis, NASA cleared Discovery to return to Earth next week, concluding Thursday that there was no need to send the astronauts out on another spacewalk to repair a torn thermal blanket near a cockpit window.
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South Korean stem cell pioneer clones dog
Aug 4 2005 9:06PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Pioneer South Korean stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk and his research colleagues have succeeded in cloning a dog, a global first that extends the remarkable string of laboratory successes by the Seoul National University professor.
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Scientists study patterns on ancient teeth
Aug 4 2005 9:06PM (CT)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Studying wear patterns on prehistoric teeth, scientists hope to determine what types of food their owners ate _ and what kind of food humans were designed to eat.
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Coffin from Civil War uncovers mystery
Aug 4 2005 9:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The rusty iron coffin stubbornly resisted hammer and chisel as researchers in a warm Smithsonian laboratory sought a glimpse of an American who lived more than a century and a half ago.
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Reseachers study human, pig genomes
Aug 4 2005 9:02PM (CT)
URBANA, Ill. (AP) - While it's easy to see that pigs and humans are very different, beneath the skin are striking similarities, researchers at the University of Illinois are finding.
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Giant ocean waves more common than thought
Aug 4 2005 8:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Last year's Hurricane Ivan generated an ocean wave that towered higher than 90 feet at one point, says a study that also suggests such giants may be more common than once thought.
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Trees are killed to save rare woodpecker
Aug 4 2005 8:58PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - In a sort of ecological trade-off, conservationists headed into the Arkansas woods Thursday to kill dozens of trees in hopes of helping the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird that up until recently was feared extinct.
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Crew to track Monarch butterflies
Aug 4 2005 2:48AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The annual arrival of millions of Monarch butterflies from the forests of eastern Canada to the central Mexican mountains for the winter is an aesthetic and scientific wonder. And this year, they won't be flying alone.
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Bugs chewing up trees, raising fire danger
Aug 4 2005 2:45AM (CT)
VAIL, Colo. (AP) - The mountain views along Red Stone Road suggest early autumn, with splashes of red, orange and rusty brown dotting the green hillsides above the homes and condominiums of this Colorado resort town. But this is summer and the colors represent dead pine needles on hundreds of pine trees that have been killed by beetles.
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