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Saturn's rings older than first thought?
Dec 12 2007 11:55PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Saturn's shimmering rings may be as old as the solar system, scientists said Wednesday, debunking earlier theories that the rings were formed during the dinosaur age.
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Saturn's rings older than first thought?
Dec 12 2007 11:55PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Saturn's shimmering rings may be as old as the solar system, scientists said Wednesday, debunking earlier theories that the rings were formed during the dinosaur age.
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Study: Why pregnant women don't topple
Dec 12 2007 10:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists think they have figured out why pregnant women don't lose their balance and topple over despite ever-growing weight up front. Evolution provided them with slight differences from men in their lower backs and hip joints, allowing them to adjust their center of gravity, new research shows.
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Gas quickly produced from old wells
Dec 12 2007 6:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A vast new energy supply in hard-to-tap older oil fields may be generated simply by feeding fertilizer to some deep-dwelling, gas-making microbes, new research suggests.
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Energy source of northern lights found
Dec 12 2007 6:36PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Scientists think they have discovered the energy source of auroras borealis, the spectacular color displays seen in the upper latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Ominous Arctic melt worries experts
Dec 12 2007 6:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed an ominous tipping point. One even speculated that summer sea ice would be gone in five years.
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Ominous Arctic melt worries experts
Dec 12 2007 6:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed an ominous tipping point. One even speculated that summer sea ice would be gone in five years.
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21 crocodile-like reptiles die in India
Dec 12 2007 6:36PM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - At least 21 endangered crocodile-like reptiles have died mysteriously in a river sanctuary in central India, raising fears that one of India's last unpolluted waterways has become toxic.
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Stem cells ease disease symptoms in mice
Dec 12 2007 2:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists eased symptoms of muscular dystrophy in mice by injecting modified stem cells from human patients, a preliminary result that raises hopes for treating patients with tissue from their own bodies.
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UN chief cautions on climate targets
Dec 12 2007 11:32AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - In the face of U.S. opposition, the U.N. chief said Wednesday that guidelines on greenhouse gas emissions cuts favored by Europe and developing countries may be "too ambitious" to include in a final statement on climate change.
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UN chief cautions on climate targets
Dec 12 2007 11:32AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - In the face of U.S. opposition, the U.N. chief said Wednesday that guidelines on greenhouse gas emissions cuts favored by Europe and developing countries may be "too ambitious" to include in a final statement on climate change.
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UN chief cautions on climate targets
Dec 12 2007 11:32AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - In the face of U.S. opposition, the U.N. chief said Wednesday that guidelines on greenhouse gas emissions cuts favored by Europe and developing countries may be "too ambitious" to include in a final statement on climate change.
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UN chief cautions on climate targets
Dec 12 2007 11:32AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - In the face of U.S. opposition, the U.N. chief said Wednesday that guidelines on greenhouse gas emissions cuts favored by Europe and developing countries may be "too ambitious" to include in a final statement on climate change.
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Gore: US blocking climate talks progress
Dec 12 2007 6:47AM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore on Wednesday accused the U.S. of blocking progress at U.N. climate talks in Bali but said a breakthrough was possible in the final days of the conference.
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Poor hit hardest by climate change
Dec 12 2007 4:38AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Surrounded by rising seas and short of water, the glitzy city state of Singapore has built one of the world's largest desalination plants and is paying Dutch experts tens of millions of dollars to devise ways to protect their island.
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Poor hit hardest by climate change
Dec 12 2007 4:38AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Surrounded by rising seas and short of water, the glitzy city state of Singapore has built one of the world's largest desalination plants and is paying Dutch experts tens of millions of dollars to devise ways to protect their island.
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Poor hit hardest by climate change
Dec 12 2007 4:38AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Surrounded by rising seas and short of water, the glitzy city state of Singapore has built one of the world's largest desalination plants and is paying Dutch experts tens of millions of dollars to devise ways to protect their island.
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Poor hit hardest by climate change
Dec 12 2007 4:38AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Surrounded by rising seas and short of water, the glitzy city state of Singapore has built one of the world's largest desalination plants and is paying Dutch experts tens of millions of dollars to devise ways to protect their island.
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