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Endangered manatee spotted off R.I.
Aug 21 2006 7:35PM (CT)
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - An endangered manatee made a rare appearance in Rhode Island waters during the weekend, a state marine biologist said.
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Astronomers offer proof of 'dark matter'
Aug 21 2006 5:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Astronomers say they have found the best evidence to date for "dark matter," that mysterious invisible substance that is believed to account for the bulk of the universe's mass.
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Ant has fastest jaw in the world
Aug 21 2006 5:11PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A tiny ant has the fastest jaw in the animal kingdom _ literally quicker than the blink of an eye.
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Scientists call for water conservation
Aug 21 2006 3:45PM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Scientists on Monday called for radical action to improve global water management, saying one-third of the world's population faces water scarcity.
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Researchers hope bugs speed methane take
Aug 21 2006 3:45PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Researchers are studying whether microbes can be manipulated by science to expand the life of coal-bed methane wells in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming.
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Ozone-friendly chemicals lead to warming
Aug 21 2006 2:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Cool your home, warm the planet. When more than two dozen countries undertook in 1989 to fix the ozone hole over Antarctica, they began replacing chloroflourocarbons in refrigerators, air conditioners and hair spray.
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Miss. continues restoring oyster reefs
Aug 21 2006 11:21AM (CT)
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - State biologists will continue restoration of Mississippi's oyster reefs damaged by Hurricane Katrina by distributing over 8,100 cubic yards of cultch material in the Telegraph Reef area about 6 miles south of the Bay of St. Louis.
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