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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:35:46 GMT
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AP - With the month of March looming, tornado chasers are already watching the Southeast as a nasty storm brews with the potential to spin off a batch of tornadoes. |
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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:08:01 GMT
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AP - In the field of climate science, when someone — especially skeptics — did something ethically questionable or misrepresented facts, scientist Peter Gleick was usually among the first and loudest to cry foul. He chaired a prominent scientific society's ethics committee. He created an award for what he considered lies about global warming. |
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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:41:05 GMT
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 AP - Since before the age of dinosaurs it has burrowed unbothered beneath the monsoon-soaked soils of remote northeast India — unknown to science and mistaken by villagers as a deadly, miniature snake.
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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:25:42 GMT
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 AP - Radioactive contamination from the Fukushima power plant disaster has been detected as far as almost 400 miles off Japan in the Pacific Ocean, with water showing readings of up to 1,000 times more than prior levels, scientists reported Tuesday.
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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:21:00 GMT
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LiveScience.com - A diet rich in citrus fruits, such as oranges and grapefruits, may reduce women's risk of stroke, a new study says. |
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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:20:20 GMT
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AP - An EU committee has failed to decide on a proposal to label so-called oil sands as worse for climate change than average crude oil. |
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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:03:36 GMT
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Reuters - BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp are liable for civil damages under federal pollution laws over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a U.S. judge ruled, exposing them to billions of dollars in potential fines. |
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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:01:12 GMT
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SPACE.com - A surprisingly vivid display of the northern lights dominated the night sky in recent days, offering dazzling weekend light shows as far south as Nebraska for observers with clear weather, according to skywatchers. |
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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:47:33 GMT
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HealthDay - SUNDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new animal study suggests that a
genetic mutation could put certain people at higher risk for becoming
obese if they eat high-fat diets. |
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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:59:00 GMT
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The Christian Science Monitor - Malachy the Pekingese won "Best in Show" from the Westminster Kennel Club, but alas, he didn't win everyone's heart in a dog show televised on Valentine's night. |
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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:44:31 GMT
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AP - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that BP PLC and one of its minority partners in the blown-out Macondo well are liable for civil penalties under the Clean Water Act for their roles in the nation's worst offshore oil spill. |
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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:26:50 GMT
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AP - Weather Underground Forecast for Thursday, February 23, 2012. |
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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:14:59 GMT
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SPACE.com - For the first time, astronomers have discovered the solid form of tiny carbon spheres in deep space inside a vast cloud of particles locked in orbit around two distant stars. |
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Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:44:05 GMT
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Reuters - Scientists studying the human genome have found that each of us is carrying around 20 genes that have been completely inactivated, suggesting that not all switched-off genes are harmful to health. |
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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:19:11 GMT
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AP - A former chief executive of construction giant KBR Inc. faced sentencing Thursday for a federal bribery conviction related to the company's natural gas operations in Nigeria from 1995 to 2004. |
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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:41:46 GMT
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AP - Strong gusts Wednesday delayed flights arriving in Denver for part of the day, downed power lines and trees, and fueled two wildland fires in Boulder County. |
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