AP - A congressional investigator asserted Wednesday that at least four Interior Department officials may have inappropriately interfered in decisions on protection of endangered species. -- read full article
Reuters - Excited astronomers said on
Wednesday they had for the first time caught a supernova on
camera just as it was exploding, and they may now learn how to
spot others.
AP - In a stroke of cosmic luck, astronomers for the first time witnessed the start of one of the universe's most fiery events: the end of a star's life as it exploded into a supernova.
SPACE.com - While
peering at her computer screen four months ago, astronomer Alicia Soderberg
expected to see the small glowing smudge of a month-old supernova. But what she
and her colleague saw instead was a strange, extremely bright, five-minute
burst of X-rays. -- read full article
LiveScience.com - A frog-like creature with a stubby tail once paddled through a quiet pond in what is now Texas, snapping up mayflies while keeping an ear out for bellowing mates, new fossil evidence suggests. -- read full article
AFP - Researchers say they have found about half of the universe's missing matter hidden in the spaces between billions of galaxies thanks to the Hubble telescope.
AFP - A US biotech company on Wednesday announced it will auction off the right for five dog owners to have their furry best friend cloned, with bidding starting at 100,000 dollars.
Reuters - Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday
attempted to link record gasoline prices to cozy ties between
President George. W. Bush - a former Texas oil man - and five
big energy companies who logged $36 billion in profits in the
first quarter of 2008.
Reuters - Scientists have discovered the tracks of
a herd of 11 long-necked sauropods walking along a coastal
mudflat in what is now the Republic of Yemen, the first
discovery of dinosaur footprints on the Arabian peninsula.
AP - A congressional investigator says at least four top Interior Department officials may have inappopriately interfered in decisions on protection of endangered species. -- read full article
AP - In a stroke of cosmic luck, astronomers for the first time witnessed the start of one of the universe's most fiery events: the end of a star's life as it exploded into a supernova. -- read full article
LiveScience.com - Looking like a gear-head grasshopper, a new robot can jump distances
more than 27 times its body length. The contraption, about the size of a locust
and weighing only about a quarter of an ounce (7 grams), could aid in search
and rescue operations and explore rough terrain. -- read full article
AP - Conservation groups returned to court to challenge Bush administration efforts to help save the polar bear, saying federal officials' refusal to include steps against global warming violates the Endangered Species Act.
