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Scientists hope for kangaroo contraceptive
Aug 22 2006 11:05PM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Scientists are hoping to develop an oral contraceptive for female kangaroos that will keep pouches empty as they hop around the national capital's grassy fringes.
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CDC releases blueprints of flu viruses
Aug 22 2006 10:39PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - U.S. health officials have placed the genetic blueprints of more than 650 flu viruses into a public data base, in an attempt to increase flu research and set an example for other nations.
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Pujols aces tests given to Babe Ruth
Aug 22 2006 10:38PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - How does El Hombre match up against the Sultan of Swat? This spring, Washington University scientists, at the request of GQ magazine, put Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols through a series of tests similar to those given to Babe Ruth 85 years ago _ tests ranging from finger tapping to visual responses to bat speed.
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Space station lined up for golf stunt
Aug 22 2006 10:16PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A Russian cosmonaut will whack a golf ball from the international space station in a publicity stunt on Thanksgiving Day, NASA officials said Tuesday.
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Astronaut lets new moonship name slip
Aug 22 2006 6:02PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The name of the new vehicle that NASA hopes will take astronauts back to the moon was supposed to be hush-hush until next week.
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Entangled whale tracked by satellite
Aug 22 2006 5:36PM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Rescuers have partially disentangled a curtain of fishing net from the tail of a humpback whale in a waterway southeast of Juneau, officials said Tuesday.
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Experts: Snail venom may have benefits
Aug 22 2006 5:18PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Venom from an ocean snail may have benefits for people with addictions, depression and Parkinson's disease, University of Utah researchers reported Monday. They said they produced a synthetic version of the toxin that can block or stimulate receptors that release chemicals in the brain.
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Astronomers offer proof of 'dark matter'
Aug 22 2006 5:15PM (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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Astronaut reveals name of new moonship
Aug 22 2006 2:07PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The name of the new vehicle that NASA hopes will take astronauts back to the moon was supposed to be hush-hush until next week.
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France winds up bear repopulation effort
Aug 22 2006 12:19PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - French wildlife officials released a fifth bear in the Pyrenees, the final step in a program to repopulate the region in southwestern France, the Environment Ministry said Tuesday.
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Psycho killer raccoons terrorize Olympia
Aug 22 2006 9:52AM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) - A fierce group of raccoons has killed 10 cats, attacked a small dog and bitten at least one pet owner who had to get rabies shots, residents of Olympia say.
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Dying salt marshes puzzle scientists
Aug 22 2006 2:36AM (CT)
WELLFLEET, Mass. (AP) - Pockmarked muck blots this formerly lush marsh on Cape Cod. Dead plant roots jut from barren mud once covered with wavy mats of marsh hay. New England scientists began noticing dead patches like this one near Lieutenant Island four years ago and called it sudden wetland dieback. Then more such spots were found.
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