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Arctic ice melt opens Northwest Passage
Sep 16 2007 3:39AM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers will become an open shipping lane.
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Arctic ice melt opens Northwest Passage
Sep 16 2007 3:39AM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers will become an open shipping lane.
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Arctic ice melt opens Northwest Passage
Sep 16 2007 3:39AM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers will become an open shipping lane.
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Arctic ice melt opens Northwest Passage
Sep 16 2007 3:39AM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers will become an open shipping lane.
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Arctic ice melt opens Northwest Passage
Sep 16 2007 3:39AM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers will become an open shipping lane.
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NASA to test tile patch on next mission
Sep 16 2007 1:47AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA hopes to test a thermal tile patch on the next space shuttle mission that could have been used to fix the gouge that was carved into the bottom of Endeavour during last month's launch.
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Agencies work on DNA 'barcodes' database
Sep 16 2007 1:46AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - To help shoppers avoid mislabeled toxic pufferfish and pilots steer clear of birds, federal agencies are starting to tap into an ambitious project that is gathering DNA "barcodes" for the Earth's 1.8 million known species.
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Bison face hunting at Wyoming refuge
Sep 16 2007 1:46AM (CT)
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - In the three decades since 18 bison stumbled onto a federal elk feeding ground outside this mountain town, the herd has ballooned to 1,200 animals _ one of the largest groups of bison in the United States.
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Calif. stem cell agency gets new chief
Sep 16 2007 1:46AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A renowned Australian scientist was named to run California's $3 billion stem cell agency, the nation's biggest financial backer of human embryonic research.
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Island building aids river's habitat
Sep 16 2007 1:45AM (CT)
BROWNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) - On the Mississippi River below the verdant bluffs that mark the far southern Minnesota-Wisconsin line, the federal government is waging a multi-million dollar campaign against the elements.
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Island building aids river's habitat
Sep 16 2007 1:45AM (CT)
BROWNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) - On the Mississippi River below the verdant bluffs that mark the far southern Minnesota-Wisconsin line, the federal government is waging a multi-million dollar campaign against the elements.
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Island building aids river's habitat
Sep 16 2007 1:45AM (CT)
BROWNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) - On the Mississippi River below the verdant bluffs that mark the far southern Minnesota-Wisconsin line, the federal government is waging a multi-million dollar campaign against the elements.
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Island building aids river's habitat
Sep 16 2007 1:45AM (CT)
BROWNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) - On the Mississippi River below the verdant bluffs that mark the far southern Minnesota-Wisconsin line, the federal government is waging a multi-million dollar campaign against the elements.
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Yale to return Machu Picchu artifacts
Sep 16 2007 1:44AM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Yale University has agreed to return thousands of Inca artifacts taken from Peru's famed Machu Picchu citadel almost a century ago, the government said Saturday.
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Ancient records help test climate change
Sep 16 2007 1:44AM (CT)
EINSIEDELN, Switzerland (AP) - A librarian at this 10th century monastery leads a visitor beneath the vaulted ceilings of the archive past the skulls of two former abbots. He pushes aside medieval ledgers of indulgences and absolutions, pulls out one of 13 bound diaries inscribed from 1671 to 1704 and starts to read about the weather.
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Ancient records help test climate change
Sep 16 2007 1:44AM (CT)
EINSIEDELN, Switzerland (AP) - A librarian at this 10th century monastery leads a visitor beneath the vaulted ceilings of the archive past the skulls of two former abbots. He pushes aside medieval ledgers of indulgences and absolutions, pulls out one of 13 bound diaries inscribed from 1671 to 1704 and starts to read about the weather.
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Prestigious Lasker awards announced
Sep 16 2007 1:43AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two researchers who opened up the field of heart-valve replacement and a scientist who discovered a type of cell that plays a key role in the immune system have won prestigious medical prizes.
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