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Group: Lake Erie gets sewage overflows
Nov 30 2005 9:59PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - At least 8.9 billion gallons of untreated sewage flows yearly into Lake Erie and the rivers that feed it during storms that overwhelm sewer systems _ the same as if 2.5 billion toilets flushed simultaneously into the lake, an environmental group reported Wednesday.
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Possible miniature solar system discovered
Nov 30 2005 8:38PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Astronomers have discovered what they believe is the birth of the smallest known solar system. Peering through ground- and space-based telescopes, scientists observed a brown dwarf _ or failed star _ less than one hundredth the mass of the sun surrounded by what appears to be a disk of dust and gas.
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Climatologists to study hurricane surge
Nov 30 2005 8:35PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Climatologists at Florida State University are creating new models of the behavior of walls of sea water created by hurricanes in efforts to better predict where they'll come ashore and how big they'll be.
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Report examines ancient Mexican footprints
Nov 30 2005 8:34PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Footprints discovered in Mexico are either more than 1 million years older than other evidence of humans in the Western Hemisphere or not footprints at all, according to a new report to be published in the journal Nature on Thursday.
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Saturn's largest moon has dramatic weather
Nov 30 2005 8:34PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Saturn's planet-size moon Titan has dramatic weather, with turbulent high-altitude winds, periodic floods of liquid methane and possibly lightning, scientists said Wednesday in describing a world that may look like Earth before life developed.
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Study cites risks of eating farmed salmon
Nov 30 2005 8:33PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Before rushing to make salmon a staple of a heart-healthy diet, consumers should check the origin of their fish supply, a new study recommends.
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Water scorpion fossil found in Scotland
Nov 30 2005 8:33PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A scientist in Scotland has discovered tracks made by a huge water scorpion 330 million years ago, the first of the species ever discovered and the only evidence showing it could survive outside of the water, according to the journal Nature's edition to be published Thursday.
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Scientists: Too many fish snared
Nov 30 2005 8:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Commercial fisheries in the U.S. kill a pound of fish for every four pounds intentionally caught, jeopardizing efforts to restore some struggling stocks, scientists said Wednesday.
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Japanese probe collects asteroid samples
Nov 30 2005 7:58AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's space agency said Wednesday a spacecraft that landed on an asteroid last week had successfully collected surface samples in an unprecedented mission to bring the extraterrestrial material to Earth.
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