Member 4032Scientists expose mystery behind northern lights (AP)25-07-2008 14h34AP - Scientists have exposed some of the mystery behind the northern lights. On Thursday, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or aurora borealis, to burst in spectacular shapes and colors, and dance across the sky. Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton (AP)25-07-2008 04h21AP - Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday. EPA: Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases (AP)25-07-2008 07h38AP - Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have "limited potential" to reduce greenhouse gases, according to an internal government watchdog. The Infertility Paradox: Why Making Babies Is So Hard (LiveScience.com)25-07-2008 13h46LiveScience.com - The human male releases about 66 million sperm during each ... encounter. If that act involves a woman with an egg waiting in her fallopian tubes, it's really a crapshoot as to whether one of those sperms fertilizes her egg and fathers a child; since it takes only one sperm to make a baby, there are 59,999,999 extras along for the ride. And yet, many men with millions of sperm to spare are considered infertile; a "low" sperm count is anything under 20 million. ... Dolly dwindles but threatens more flooding in Texas, Mexico (AFP)25-07-2008 11h22AFP - One person was killed as storm Dolly dumped rain over Texas and Mexico on Thursday after pummeling the coast as a hurricane and threatening to trigger more floods even as it weakened into a tropical depression. Viewer's Guide: Aug. 1 Solar Eclipse (SPACE.com)25-07-2008 13h45SPACE.com - Friday, August 1 is a red-letter day for eclipse enthusiasts. On that date, the sun will be partially eclipsed over an immense area that includes western and central Asia, parts of northern and central Europe, all of Greenland and even a small slice of northeastern North America. 117 cats, raccoon, and rabbit found at Omaha home (AP)24-07-2008 08h26AP - Humane society workers have found 117 cats, a raccoon and a rabbit in a north Omaha house. The discovery came Wednesday after Council Bluffs, Iowa, police caught the 54-year-old woman who lives at the house reportedly stealing cat food. Officials say she smelled like cat urine. Unknown insects found in 110-million-year-old amber in Spain (AFP)25-07-2008 05h35AFP - The remains of several unknown insect species which became extinct long before dinosaurs stopped roaming the earth have been discovered in pieces of 110-million-year-old amber found in Spain, researchers said Thursday. Virgin Islands weighs gas pipeline to Puerto Rico (AP)25-07-2008 13h54AP - The U.S. Virgin Islands may build a pipeline to replace diesel-generated power with natural gas brought in from a bigger grid in the nearby U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, the head of the islands' utility company said Thursday. Safety of cloned animal products uncertain: EU agency (Reuters)25-07-2008 01h49Reuters - The European Union's top food safety agency said on Thursday cloned animal products may not be safe and further study was needed, prompting another battle of conscience within the bloc over the merits of new technology. <<< Prev member Next member >>> Randon Members Member 3340 Member 643 Member 3236 Member 1874 Member 3625 Member 1023 Member 5038 Member 1431 Member 3928 Member 1516 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 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 | |
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