LiveScience.com - A bundle bearing a mummy has been found in Peru's historic Huaura Valley. The mummy is thought to have been an elite member of the Chancay culture, a civilization that thrived in the central coast of Peru from about A.D. 1000 to 1400. -- read full article
AP - Idaho members of a group that advocates for the right to openly carry handguns in public are turning heads by touring Zoo Boise while packing guns on their hips. -- read full article
SPACE.com - A dwarf
planet circling the sun out beyond the orbit of Neptune has been rechristened
Makemake after a Polynesian god and designated the third of the solar system's
new class of plutoids, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced
Saturday. -- read full article
AP - Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches, rescuers and penguin experts said Friday.
Reuters - NASA has began unofficial negotiations
with Japan's space agency on purchasing units of an unmanned
cargo transfer spacecraft as the successor to its space
shuttles, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Sunday.
AP - Tropical Storm Cristobal skirted the North Carolina coast Sunday, dumping heavy rain and churning up rough surf, but so far sparing the seaboard of any severe weather.
LiveScience.com - Kevlar is great stuff. It's strong, lightweight and fire resistant,
making it an ideal material for suits worn by firefighters, police and
other emergency workers. It is used in everything from tires to body
armor. -- read full article
Reuters - NASA has began unofficial negotiations
with Japan's space agency on purchasing units of an unmanned
cargo transfer spacecraft as the successor to its space
shuttles, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Sunday.
AP - Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches, rescuers and penguin experts said Friday.
AFP - Thousands of workers continued search and rescue operations Saturday after Tropical Storm Kalmaegi wreaked havoc across Taiwan, leaving at least 18 people dead and seven missing, officials said.
AP - The Army says it's critical to saving the lives of wounded soldiers. Animal-rights activists call the training cruel and outdated. -- read full article
AP - Tropical Storm Fausto became a hurricane Friday far off Mexico's Pacific coast, while Bertha strengthened back into a hurricane in the open Atlantic.
