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Scientists create cloak of invisibility
Oct 19 2006 9:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists are boldly going where only fiction has gone before _ to develop a Cloak of Invisibility. It isn't quite ready to hide a Romulan space ship from Capt. James T. Kirk or to disguise Harry Potter, but it is a significant start and could show the way to more sophisticated designs.
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Russia launches Europe weather satellite
Oct 19 2006 8:07PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian booster rocket on Thursday successfully launched a European Space Agency weather satellite after a series of delays.
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Scientists: Ozone hole size sets record
Oct 19 2006 7:19PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - This year's Antarctic ozone hole is the biggest ever, government scientists said Thursday. The so-called hole is a region where there is severe depletion of the layer of ozone _ a form of oxygen _ in the upper atmosphere that protects life on Earth by blocking the sun's ultraviolet rays.
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U.N.: Number of ocean 'dead zones' rise
Oct 19 2006 6:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have found 200 "dead zones" in the world's oceans _ places where pollution threatens fish, other marine life and the people who depend on them. The United Nations report Thursday showed a 34 percent jump in the number of such zones from just two years ago.
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Experts: Some women perform well in math
Oct 19 2006 6:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Telling women they can't do well in math may turn out be a self-fulfilling statement. In tests in Canada, women who were told that men and women do math equally well did much better than those who were told there is a genetic difference in math ability.
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Hawaii quake damages special telescopes
Oct 19 2006 12:40PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - The massive jolt that rocked Hawaii damaged some of the world's most advanced equipment for gazing into outer space.
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Companies invest in fish-farming project
Oct 19 2006 12:32PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A Maine company and its Virginia partner are investing $30 million in a project to raise the saltwater game fish cobia, which is growing in popularity in restaurants and supermarkets.
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Expert sees Northwest getting more rain
Oct 19 2006 12:24PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A climate researcher at the University of Washington says Pacific Northwest winters will be getting more gray and rainy over the next 50 to 100 years, due to a low-pressure system near the Aleutian Islands that is moving farther to the north and east.
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California presents Salton Sea proposals
Oct 19 2006 4:25AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A plan to save California's largest lake calls for possible fixes including laying in rocks and constructing berms to manage areas high in saline, according to an executive summary obtained by The Associated Press.
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Scientists say Hawaii hit by two quakes
Oct 19 2006 12:06AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Scientists are investigating whether a magnitude-6.0 earthquake that rocked Hawaii within minutes of Sunday's 6.7 temblor was a separate quake and not an aftershock.
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