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Environmentalists sue to save woodpecker
Sep 8 2005 10:01PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Environmentalists who fear a plan to divert water to eastern Arkansas farms will harm the habitat of the recently rediscovered ivory-billed woodpecker filed a federal lawsuit Thursday.
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Genes show signs brain still evolving
Sep 8 2005 9:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The human brain may still be evolving. So suggests new research that tracked changes in two genes thought to help regulate brain growth, changes that appeared well after the rise of modern humans 200,000 years ago.
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Team finds stem cells in heart tissue
Sep 8 2005 8:32PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese researchers have discovered stem cells in human heart tissue, a development that could lead to improved treatments for heart disease and reduce the need for transplants, a Japanese newspaper reported Friday.
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NASA scans hurricane damage to shuttle ops
Sep 8 2005 7:53PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - With two space shuttle facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina and hundreds of workers left homeless, NASA is reassessing the prospects of launching another mission next year.
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Study finds British soil losing carbon
Sep 8 2005 7:53PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Rising temperatures resulting from climate change are likely causing soil in England and Wales to lose large amounts of carbon, possibly further contributing to the greenhouse gas effect, according to a new British study which suggests the same trend could be affecting other countries.
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Report: Ky. 8th in mercury plant emissions
Sep 8 2005 7:50PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky ranked eighth nationally in mercury emissions from power plants that fouled waterways, an environmental group said Thursday.
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Pensacola opposes contaminated soil plan
Sep 8 2005 7:46PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - The city council has voted unanimously to oppose the federal government's plan to leave mounds of contaminated soil untreated at a former wood treating plant.
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Russian ship carrying supplies to station
Sep 8 2005 7:46PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian cargo ship blasted off Thursday from the steppes of Kazakhstan carrying supplies for the international space station, a Russian space official said.
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