Reuters - The Australian government has issued its
first license allowing scientists to create cloned human
embryos to try and obtain embryonic stem cells.
U.S. News & World Report - The
House of Representatives took a small step last night toward expanding
domestic offshore oil drilling, and so far most of the rhetoric coming
out of the fractious chamber has focused on whether the move goes far
enough in the face of high gas prices. -- read full article
AP - It was bare skin for bearskin on Wednesday, as animal rights protesters took Britain to task for dressing Buckingham Palace guards in ceremonial bearskin hats. -- read full article
SPACE.com - Nuclear power could make a comeback beyond Earth if NASA
goes forward with a proposed a fission reactor in its future moon base. -- read full article
AP - Tens of thousands across the Midwest snapped up batteries, generators and coolers as they waited Wednesday for crews to restore power amid the soggy mess left behind by Hurricane Ike. -- read full article
LiveScience.com - Adam Hammond, a former U.S. Army parachutist, had logged more than
1,000 jumps. But his most recent jump, and perhaps his last, was just
for fun. Unfortunately the chute malfunctioned, and Hammond slammed
into the ground at 45 mph. -- read full article
AP - Facing a third straight day without power, residents across the Midwest snapped up batteries, generators and coolers as they waited for crews to restore electricity knocked out by the remnants of Hurricane Ike. -- read full article
LiveScience.com - The big glaciers of Greenland get most of the attention in terms of global warming's impact on melting and rising sea levels, but it's actually the little glaciers that count the most, a new study finds.
AP - Federal wildlife officials on Tuesday proposed more protection for the threatened California red-legged frog, providing up to four times as much habitat than was set aside two years ago.
AP - The government won't immediately try to take gray wolves in the Northern Rockies off the endangered species list, a federal wildlife official said Tuesday. -- read full article
AP - The majestic grizzly bear, once king of the Western wilderness but threatened with extinction for a third of a century, has roared back in Montana.
AFP - A Nigerian rebel group said Tuesday it had blown up and destroyed a Royal Dutch Shell pipeline in the latest attack in its "oil war" on the government and Western firms.
AFP - Australian scientists were hopeful Tuesday that two tonnes of bones found in the country's northeast are the remains of a new species of dinosaur.
