|
05/10/2008 01:03 AM
|
|
Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident
(AP)
|
|
AP - Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003.
|
|
05/10/2008 06:06 AM
|
|
Artificial reef near Miami is cemetery, diving attraction
(AP)
|
|
AP - About 45 feet beneath the ocean's surface lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches.
|
|
05/09/2008 06:11 PM
|
|
A crash course in true political science
(AP)
|
|
AP - Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task — getting elected to public office.
|
|
05/09/2008 05:41 PM
|
|
New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye
(AP)
|
|
AP - Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest — dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain.
|
|
05/11/2008 01:41 PM
|
|
Frogs Go Ultrasonic for Sex
(LiveScience.com)
|
LiveScience.com - Keep the racket down, I'm trying to find a mate! That could
be the plea of nocturnal Chinese tree frogs, which have developed unique,
high-frequency vocal skills to make themselves heard by potential mates in
their noisy habitat.
|
|
05/12/2008 06:06 AM
|
|
Evacuations in progress in coastal Delaware
(AP)
|
AP - Delaware officials say evacuations are in progress in flooded coastal communities.
|
|
05/12/2008 07:01 AM
|
|
Piece of Missing Cosmic Matter Found
(SPACE.com)
|
SPACE.com - Astronomers
have found a piece of the universe's puzzle that's been missing for awhile: a
type of extremely hot, dense matter that is all but invisible to us.
|
|
05/12/2008 04:45 AM
|
|
Rare Kashmiri deer on verge of extinction - census report
(Reuters)
|
|
Reuters - A rare species of red deer found only in Indian Kashmir is on the verge of extinction, with only 160 animals in existence, a preliminary census by India's wildlife authorities showed on Monday.
|
|
05/05/2008 07:57 PM
|
|
US to return Argentine dinosaur eggs
(AP)
|
AP - A senior U.S. Homeland Security official is in Argentina to discuss money laundering, human trafficking — and dinosaur eggs.
|
|
05/11/2008 02:07 PM
|
|
Oil powered Norway gradually turns into the wind
(AFP)
|
|
AFP - As Norway prepares for a future after oil, the gale-force potential of harvesting wind power off its long coastline has become an increasingly attractive proposition.
|
|
05/11/2008 01:58 PM
|
|
Genetically modified crops get mixed response in Asia
(AFP)
|
|
AFP - With food prices hitting record highs the jury is still out in Asia as to whether genetically modified crops hold the key to future food security.
|