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New scanner may replace metal detectors
Oct 10 2007 11:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government will begin testing a body-scanning machine that could eventually be used instead of the metal detectors passengers walk through at airports.
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NASA studies problem with shuttle wings
Oct 10 2007 9:50PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is studying a possible problem with the thermal shielding on Discovery's wings that could force a delay in this month's launch.
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Right whales remain rare and elusive
Oct 10 2007 7:34PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Scientists searching for what is likely the world's most endangered whale came up empty-handed this summer during a one-month tour of an area in the Bering Sea where Pacific right whales like to feed.
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Rocket lifts off for int'l space station
Oct 10 2007 7:32PM (CT)
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - A Russian spacecraft soared from the Kazakh steppe toward the international space station Wednesday, carrying a Malaysian, a Russian, and Peggy Whitson, the American who will become the first woman to command the orbital outpost.
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Rocket lifts off for int'l space station
Oct 10 2007 7:32PM (CT)
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - A Russian spacecraft soared from the Kazakh steppe toward the international space station Wednesday, carrying a Malaysian, a Russian, and Peggy Whitson, the American who will become the first woman to command the orbital outpost.
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Rocket lifts off for int'l space station
Oct 10 2007 7:32PM (CT)
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - A Russian spacecraft soared from the Kazakh steppe toward the international space station Wednesday, carrying a Malaysian, a Russian, and Peggy Whitson, the American who will become the first woman to command the orbital outpost.
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Rocket lifts off for int'l space station
Oct 10 2007 7:32PM (CT)
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - A Russian spacecraft soared from the Kazakh steppe toward the international space station Wednesday, carrying a Malaysian, a Russian, and Peggy Whitson, the American who will become the first woman to command the orbital outpost.
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Study: Rise in humidity caused by humans
Oct 10 2007 7:32PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - With global warming, the world isn't just getting hotter _ it's getting stickier, due to humidity. And people are to blame, according to a study based on computer models published Thursday.
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Biofuels plans may cause water shortages
Oct 10 2007 7:26PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - China's and India's plans to produce more biofuels could cause shortages of water, which is needed for crops to feed their growing populations, according to study results released Thursday.
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Greenpeace to monitor endangered whales
Oct 10 2007 4:20PM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Greenpeace announced a satellite-based tracking system to monitor endangered South Pacific humpback whales Wednesday, saying it is not necessary to kill the animals as Japan does to study them.
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Ancient graveyard said found in Denmark
Oct 10 2007 4:19PM (CT)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Archaeologists have discovered a Roman cemetery from about 300 A.D. in suburban Copenhagen with about 30 graves, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
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German wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
Oct 10 2007 3:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A German scientist received a startling present Wednesday on his 71st birthday: a $1.5 million Nobel Prize to honor his groundbreaking studies of how chemical reactions take place on surfaces.
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German wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
Oct 10 2007 3:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A German scientist received a startling present Wednesday on his 71st birthday: a $1.5 million Nobel Prize to honor his groundbreaking studies of how chemical reactions take place on surfaces.
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German wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
Oct 10 2007 3:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A German scientist received a startling present Wednesday on his 71st birthday: a $1.5 million Nobel Prize to honor his groundbreaking studies of how chemical reactions take place on surfaces.
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Ancient Roman coins found in Portugal
Oct 10 2007 3:34PM (CT)
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Archaeologists excavating a site in northeastern Portugal discovered 4,500 ancient Roman coins tucked away inside a wall.
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Pollution cuts life expectancy in Europe
Oct 10 2007 7:18AM (CT)
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Poor air and water quality, and environmental changes blamed on global warming, have cut Europeans' life expectancy by nearly a year, Europe's environmental agency warned Wednesday.
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