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02/08/2006 04:23 AM
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Feds Move to Protect Polar Bears (AP)
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AP - Amid concerns that global warming is melting away the icy habitats where polar bears live, the federal government is reviewing whether they should be considered a threatened species.
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02/07/2006 10:28 PM
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Scientists Find 'Lost World' in Indonesia (AP)
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AP - Soon after scientists landed by helicopter in the mist-shrouded mountains of one of Indonesia's most remote provinces, they stumbled on a primitive egg-laying mammal that simply allowed itself to be picked up and brought to their field camp.
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02/07/2006 10:28 PM
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Archaeologists Unearth Headless Sphinx (AP)
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AP - Archaeologists who have been digging for more than a year at the villa of Roman Emperor Hadrian in Tivoli have unearthed a monumental staircase, a statue of an athlete and what appears to be a headless sphinx.
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02/07/2006 10:31 PM
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Canada Unveils Park to Protect Grizzlies (AP)
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AP - Canada unveiled a 16-million acre preserve Tuesday, including parkland covering an area twice the size of Yellowstone, teeming with grizzly bears, wolves and wild salmon in the ancestral home of many native tribes.
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02/07/2006 08:26 PM
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January Was America's Warmest on Record (AP)
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AP - Recording the warmest January on record allowed Americans to save on their heating, but like all good things, last month's mildness seems to have been too good to last.
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02/08/2006 05:14 AM
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The Nation's Weather (AP)
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AP - Lake-effect snow was expected to persist near the Great Lakes, while rain was predicted for the Pacific Northwest. Record highs were possible in the Southwest.
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02/07/2006 04:00 PM
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Europa Mission: Lost In NASA Budget (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)
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SPACE.com / LiveScience.com - NASA's
newly issued budget has lowered a flagship mission of exploration to half-mast.
Backed by scientists and study groups, a mission to Jupiter's moon Europa is
missing in action within the pages of NASA's Fiscal Year 2007 budget unveiled
yesterday.
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02/07/2006 03:23 AM
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Animal-Rights Group Trial Set to Begin (AP)
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AP - The Web site run by Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty offers undercover video of beagles being slapped, force-fed and otherwise manhandled, allegedly by workers at a research lab that uses animals to test the safety of drugs and chemicals.
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02/02/2006 05:10 PM
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The secret of dinosaur crests: honk if you like me (Reuters)
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Reuters - Duckbilled dinosaurs of about 90
million years ago had huge crests with complex nasal passages,
and used them to honk sexual and social messages, according to
a new study in the journal Paleobiology.
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02/08/2006 02:57 AM
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Bush Budget Cuts Back on Energy Programs (AP)
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AP - As gasoline and winter heating costs soar, the Bush administration's short-term answer has been conservation, even unveiling a cartoon mascot dubbed "Energy Hog" to bring home the case for lowering thermostats.
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02/08/2006 03:00 AM
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Sharks' Sixth Sense Related to Human Genes (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)
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SPACE.com / LiveScience.com - The same genes that give sharks
their sixth
sense and allow them to detect electrical signals are also responsible for
the development of head and facial features in humans, a new study suggests.
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