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Astronomers: Neptune's south pole warmer
Sep 20 2007 11:46PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Scientists say that Neptune, one of the coldest planets in the solar system, has a surprising warm spot _ relatively speaking. An international team of astronomers has found that Neptune's south pole is warmer than other parts of the planet.
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Chinese seabird on verge of extinction
Sep 20 2007 11:05PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese crested tern, a rare sea bird whose eggs are prized by some as a delicacy, is likely to be extinct in five years if authorities do not step up protection efforts, a conservation group said Friday.
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Utah officials alarmed over bullfrogs
Sep 20 2007 7:18PM (CT)
ROOSEVELT, Utah (AP) - Utah wildlife officials are alarmed over the presence of American bullfrogs. Acting on a tip from a golfer, biologists confirmed the frogs were in a pond at Roosevelt Golf Course. They have moved elsewhere in the Uinta Basin in eastern Utah, 150 miles east of Salt Lake City.
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Scientists: Hobbit wasn't a modern human
Sep 20 2007 7:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists, wringing their hands over the identity of the famed "hobbit" fossil, have found a new clue in the wrist. Since the discovery of the bones in Indonesia in 2003, researchers have wrangled over whether the find was an ancient human ancestor or simply a modern human suffering from a genetic disorder.
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Scientists say velociraptor had feathers
Sep 20 2007 7:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Velociraptor, the terrifying predator made famous in the movie "Jurassic Park," appears to have had feathers in real life.
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Meteorite likely caused crater in Peru
Sep 20 2007 5:08PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peruvian astronomers said Thursday that evidence shows a meteorite crashed near Lake Titicaca over the weekend, leaving an elliptical crater and magnetic rock fragments in an impact powerful enough to register on seismic charts.
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Meteorite likely caused crater in Peru
Sep 20 2007 5:08PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peruvian astronomers said Thursday that evidence shows a meteorite crashed near Lake Titicaca over the weekend, leaving an elliptical crater and magnetic rock fragments in an impact powerful enough to register on seismic charts.
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NASA to launch Gamma-ray telescope
Sep 20 2007 4:22PM (CT)
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - A new NASA space telescope will give scientists a peek at some of the most energetic objects and events in the universe. The new Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope to be launched next spring doesn't see visible light like our eyes, but gamma rays, the most energetic photons in the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Sperm ban means some in short supply
Sep 20 2007 4:21PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - For American parents looking for donor sperm to produce blond, blue-eyed Scandinavian babies, the search just got a little trickier. A ban on sperm from all European countries with exposure to mad cow disease means U.S. sperm banks are running low.
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Mystery boy in iron coffin identified
Sep 20 2007 4:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Researchers have solved the mystery of the boy in the iron coffin. The cast-iron coffin was discovered by utility workers in Washington two years ago. Smithsonian scientists led by forensic anthropologist Doug Owsley set about trying to determine who was buried in it, so the body could be placed in a new, properly marked grave.
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