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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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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:15:11 GMT
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 AP - John Glenn made his historic spaceflight alone in 1962 but celebrated its 50th anniversary Monday among hundreds of people within his orbit, from fellow headline-making astronauts and NASA's administrator to family, friends and students at Ohio State University, where the public affairs school bears his name.
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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:51:03 GMT
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LiveScience.com - Women who have had migraine headaches are more likely than other women to develop depression, according to a new finding based on 14 years of health data. |
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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 00:17:42 GMT
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AP - Half a dozen drilling companies have agreed to pay $15 million to the federal government over allegations that they underpaid royalties on natural gas produced from leased federal and Indian land. |
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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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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:12:42 GMT
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AP - Environmental and Alaska Native groups will try to keep Shell Oil out of Arctic waters this summer by appealing an air permit that was granted by the Environmental Protection Agency. |
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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:12:56 GMT
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AP - Weather Underground Forecast for Wednesday, February 22, 2012. |
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Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:44:59 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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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:51:07 GMT
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AP - A New York court decision has bolstered a movement among towns determined to prevent the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas within their borders. |
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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:01:01 GMT
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LiveScience.com - VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In 2011, Japan was one of the most prepared countries in the world for a massive earthquake. Yet when a mega-quake hit Japan last March, sparking a huge tsunami, it was shockingly devastating. |
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