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NASA to try 5th launch attempt Saturday
Sep 8 2006 9:35PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - For the fourth time in two weeks, NASA nixed the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, this time for a faulty fuel tank sensor _ the same glitch that has thwarted two other missions.
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UN climate chief praises warming actions
Sep 8 2006 6:11PM (CT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - American states and private companies are adopting laudable initiatives on global warming, but the United States will lag behind Europe for years to come, the new U.N. climate chief said Friday.
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Redwood may be tallest living thing
Sep 8 2006 6:06PM (CT)
REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - A redwood in a remote Northern California coastal forest has been tentatively measured as the world's tallest living thing.
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Sumatran rhino seen in Borneo jungles
Sep 8 2006 6:05PM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Wildlife rangers have made the first-ever sighting of a Sumatran rhino deep in the jungles of Borneo, taking video and photos of a single male after a decade-long search, conservationists said Friday.
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Atomic clocks are getting more precise
Sep 8 2006 5:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Some physicists are creating a revolution in the arcane world of ultra-precise clocks. And among them is a researcher who has trouble getting anywhere on time. "I do tend to be a little bit late," said Jim Bergquist, 58. "Quite a bit late."
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Astronauts bear up to delays with humor
Sep 8 2006 5:52PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - For go-go astronauts, the way to cope with the no-go of a launch delay is with a joke. Even at their own expense. NASA's king of launch delays, former astronaut Steve Hawley, had some advice for Atlantis' six astronauts awaiting a fifth liftoff attempt Saturday: Have a little pessimism and a lot of humor.
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