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Nobel laureate Dr. Arthur Kornberg dies
Oct 26 2007 10:20PM (CT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - Dr. Arthur Kornberg, whose test-tube synthesis of DNA earned him the Nobel Prize in 1959, died of respiratory failure Friday at Stanford Hospital, the hospital said. He was 89.
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NASA to search files on '65 UFO incident
Oct 26 2007 9:52PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - NASA has agreed to search its archives once again for documents on a 1965 UFO incident in Pennsylvania, a step the space agency fought in federal court. The government has refused to open its files about what, if anything, moved across the sky and crashed in the woods near Kecksburg, Pa., 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
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Bacteria species may help ethanol output
Oct 26 2007 8:04PM (CT)
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - Scientists say a new bacteria species discovered in Yellowstone's thermal pools could improve the use of bacteria to produce ethanol.
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UN expert seeks to halt biofuel output
Oct 26 2007 8:04PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A U.N. expert on Friday called the growing practice of converting food crops into biofuel "a crime against humanity," saying it is creating food shortages and price jumps that cause millions of poor people to go hungry.
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Astronauts add new room to space station
Oct 26 2007 8:04PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts added a new room to the international space station on Friday in the way of Harmony. That's the name of the school bus-size compartment that was attached by a team of spacewalkers working outside and robot arm operators working inside.
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Astronauts add new room to space station
Oct 26 2007 8:04PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts added a new room to the international space station on Friday in the way of Harmony. That's the name of the school bus-size compartment that was attached by a team of spacewalkers working outside and robot arm operators working inside.
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Astronauts add new room to space station
Oct 26 2007 8:04PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts added a new room to the international space station on Friday in the way of Harmony. That's the name of the school bus-size compartment that was attached by a team of spacewalkers working outside and robot arm operators working inside.
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Astronauts add new room to space station
Oct 26 2007 8:04PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts added a new room to the international space station on Friday in the way of Harmony. That's the name of the school bus-size compartment that was attached by a team of spacewalkers working outside and robot arm operators working inside.
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Snail infection causes waterfowl deaths
Oct 26 2007 5:37PM (CT)
FRENCH ISLAND, Wis. (AP) - The coot slipped from an eagle's talon and plunged into the water near Broken Gun Island, while the waterbird bobbed to the surface of Lake Onalaska but barely moved as two eagles circled overhead.
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Scientists to create fish vaccine pellet
Oct 26 2007 3:26PM (CT)
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) - Researchers at Idaho State University have received a grant to develop a food pellet vaccine for hatchery rainbow that, if successful, could lead to new ways to vaccinate livestock and even humans.
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Report: Primates in danger of extinction
Oct 26 2007 12:50AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Almost a third of all apes, monkeys and other primates are in danger of extinction because of rampant habitat destruction, the commercial sale of their meat and the trade in illegal wildlife, a report released Friday said.
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Report: Primates in danger of extinction
Oct 26 2007 12:50AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Almost a third of all apes, monkeys and other primates are in danger of extinction because of rampant habitat destruction, the commercial sale of their meat and the trade in illegal wildlife, a report released Friday said.
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Report: Primates in danger of extinction
Oct 26 2007 12:50AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Almost a third of all apes, monkeys and other primates are in danger of extinction because of rampant habitat destruction, the commercial sale of their meat and the trade in illegal wildlife, a report released Friday said.
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Report: Primates in danger of extinction
Oct 26 2007 12:50AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Almost a third of all apes, monkeys and other primates are in danger of extinction because of rampant habitat destruction, the commercial sale of their meat and the trade in illegal wildlife, a report released Friday said.
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Report: Primates in danger of extinction
Oct 26 2007 12:50AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Almost a third of all apes, monkeys and other primates are in danger of extinction because of rampant habitat destruction, the commercial sale of their meat and the trade in illegal wildlife, a report released Friday said.
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