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NASA drops deal with Rocketplane
Oct 18 2007 11:12PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - NASA said Thursday it dropped a multimillion-dollar contract with an aerospace company because the firm failed to secure enough private financing to develop a new commercial spaceship.
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Pre-flight drinking report irks spacemen
Oct 18 2007 9:10PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - This weekend as the seven astronauts relax before Tuesday's blastoff into space, the beer will be cold and waiting at crew quarters at Kennedy Space Center. No one will monitor how much they drink, no breath tests given.
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Pre-flight drinking report irks spacemen
Oct 18 2007 9:10PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - This weekend as the seven astronauts relax before Tuesday's blastoff into space, the beer will be cold and waiting at crew quarters at Kennedy Space Center. No one will monitor how much they drink, no breath tests given.
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Scientist apologizes for hurtful remarks
Oct 18 2007 9:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - James Watson, the 79-year-old scientific icon made famous by his work in DNA, has set off an international furor with comments to a London newspaper about intelligence levels among blacks.
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Agency to quicken study on lakes erosion
Oct 18 2007 8:18PM (CT)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Under pressure from Congress, a U.S.-Canadian agency Thursday agreed to quicken a study of whether erosion from dredging on the St. Clair River is causing water levels to plummet in Lakes Huron and Michigan.
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Mass. aquarium houses pregnant anaconda
Oct 18 2007 7:41PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Man-made rain and flooding, along with some extra food, were enough to convince the trio of anacondas at the New England Aquarium to breed in captivity for the first time. One of the aquarium's two female anacondas is confirmed pregnant by the lone male.
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Mass. aquarium houses pregnant anaconda
Oct 18 2007 7:41PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Man-made rain and flooding, along with some extra food, were enough to convince the trio of anacondas at the New England Aquarium to breed in captivity for the first time. One of the aquarium's two female anacondas is confirmed pregnant by the lone male.
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Mass. aquarium houses pregnant anaconda
Oct 18 2007 7:41PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Man-made rain and flooding, along with some extra food, were enough to convince the trio of anacondas at the New England Aquarium to breed in captivity for the first time. One of the aquarium's two female anacondas is confirmed pregnant by the lone male.
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Mass. aquarium houses pregnant anaconda
Oct 18 2007 7:41PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Man-made rain and flooding, along with some extra food, were enough to convince the trio of anacondas at the New England Aquarium to breed in captivity for the first time. One of the aquarium's two female anacondas is confirmed pregnant by the lone male.
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Experts help Gore address climate change
Oct 18 2007 6:09PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Virginia Dale likes to say the scientific process is all about studying vast amounts of evidence over time. In the case of global climate change, the Department of Energy lab has crunched 100 trillion bytes of information in its high-performance computers. The results went into the international studies credited by Al Gore for his Nobel Peace Prize.
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Report: Moonlight spurs corals to spawn
Oct 18 2007 5:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - By the light of the silvery moon, corals get in tune, and soon, it's a spawning delight. While that silvery moon was written about people, the songwriter understood the motivation. Now, scientists think they may have found out how reef-building corals manage to coordinate their sex lives in moonlight bay.
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Invasive crayfish concern Md. officials
Oct 18 2007 4:22PM (CT)
WOODSBORO, Md. (AP) - The rusty crayfish has marched across the Mason-Dixon line into Maryland, alarming state officials who are concerned the fast-growing crustacean will displace its native cousins.
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Trout return to once-contaminated creek
Oct 18 2007 4:15PM (CT)
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) - Silver Bow Creek, contaminated for more than a century by tailings and other mine waste, appears to be responding to environmental cleanup.
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Security, science panel is suggested
Oct 18 2007 8:32AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new commission should be established to help balance the need for scientific openness and security concerns in a world facing terrorism, the National Research Council urged Thursday.
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Program helps protect Alaskan humpbacks
Oct 18 2007 6:00AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Visitors to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve were in for a treat this summer: A record number of humpback whales were sighted either in Glacier Bay or in waters just outside the stunning marine wilderness in southeast Alaska.
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Russia launches ballistic missile
Oct 18 2007 2:13AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia on Thursday carried out a successful test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
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