Member 189US lists polar bear as threatened species (AP)15-05-2008 10h06AP - The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but also cautioned the decision should not be viewed as a path to address global warming. Galaxy's youngest known supernova is 140 years old (AP)15-05-2008 08h59AP - Astronomers have discovered the youngest known supernova in the Milky Way galaxy, still just a baby at 140 years old. The scientists, who announced their findings Wednesday, used a radio observatory in New Mexico and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in space to identify when the supernova, or stellar, explosion occurred. They put the star-dying event at sometime around 1868. Scientists are building database of bite marks (AP)15-05-2008 04h15AP - It has sent innocent men to death row, given defense attorneys fits and splintered the scientific community. For a decade now, attorneys and even some forensic experts have ridiculed the use of bite marks to identify criminals as sham science and glorified guesswork. Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics (AP)15-05-2008 09h24AP - In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers. Junk Computers Could Fuel Cars (LiveScience.com)15-05-2008 06h51LiveScience.com - Potentially toxic computer waste could instead wind up fueling your car one day. China: Troops rush to plug dam cracks (AP)15-05-2008 07h09AP - Hundreds of dams around the epicenter of China's earthquake have been damaged and Chinese troops scrambled Wednesday to plug cracks and open sluices to prevent flooding of already devastated communities. Astronomers spot Milky Way's youngest supernova (AFP)15-05-2008 11h34AFP - Astronomers have discovered the most recent supernova in our Milky Way, hoping it will further knowledge about the spectacular stellar explosions and the workings of our galaxy, a research paper said Wednesday. US lists polar bears as threatened (AFP)15-05-2008 10h47AFP - The US government Wednesday listed polar bears as a threatened species owing to a drastic reduction in Arctic sea ice, but insisted the step did not mark a policy shift to attack global warming. Earth Extinctions Blamed on Cosmic Speed Bump (SPACE.com)13-05-2008 20h02SPACE.com - The sun bounces up and down as it roams the Milky Way, and such wavering might have hurled showers of comets Earth's way that caused mass extinctions, including the one that killed the dinosaurs, a new study claims. Senate sends oil bill to president (AP)15-05-2008 11h27AP - The Senate late Wednesday approved and sent to the White House legislation directing President Bush to temporarily halt oil shipments into the government's emergency reserve, hoping to lower energy prices. <<< Prev member Next member >>> Randon Members Member 2814 Member 2212 Member 3666 Member 4705 Member 2409 Member 4664 Member 2696 Member 1425 Member 2081 Member 4622 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 | |
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