Daily News Alert | Sunday, February 1, 2009 12:03 AM PST |
Scientist see holes in glacier at Alaska volcano
Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:19 pm PST
 AP - Geologists monitoring Mount Redoubt for signs of a possible eruption noticed that a hole in the glacier clinging to the north side of the volcano had doubled in size overnight — and now spans the length of two football fields. Full Story | Top |
Common chemical causes locusts to swarm
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:15 pm PST
 AP - A chemical that affects people's moods also can transform easygoing desert locusts into terrifying swarms that ravage the countryside, scientists report. "Here we have a solitary and lonely creature, the desert locust. But just give them a little serotonin, and they go and join a gang," observed Malcolm Burrows of the University of Cambridge in England. Full Story | Top |
SKorean firm says it cloned dogs using stem cells
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:15 pm PST
AP - A South Korean biotech company claimed Thursday to have cloned dogs using a stem cell technology for the first time in the world. Seoul-based RNL Bio said it created two black puppies this week using stem cells from fat tissue of a female beagle, in cooperation with a team of Seoul National University scientists who created the world's first cloned canine — Snuppy — in 2005. Full Story | Top |
How Ancient Greeks Chose Temple Locations
Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:10 am PST
LiveScience.com - To honor their gods and goddesses, ancient Greeks often poured blood or wine on the ground as offerings. Now a new study suggests that the soil itself might have had a prominent role in Greek worship, strongly influencing which deities were venerated where. Full Story | Top |
Birds cause emergency landings, aborted takeoffs
Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:40 am PST
 AP - Commercial airline crews reported more than two dozen emergency landings, aborted takeoffs or other hair-raising incidents due to collisions with birds in the past two years, according to a confidential database managed by NASA. Full Story | Top |
New species of babbler bird discovered in China
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:09 am PST
 AP - A new species of the fist-sized babbler bird has been found in a network of underground caves in southwestern China, raising the prospect the country could become a hot spot for other discoveries, a conservation group said Thursday. Full Story | Top |
Dino-right! Fix is in for misnamed Texas dinosaur
Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:57 pm PST
 AP - Pleurocoelus has served ably as the official dinosaur of Texas. Sure, it was a plant-noshing herbivore in a fiercely barbecue-proud state, but the sauropod dwarfed most other dinos and lumbered with a 20-ton swagger. Full Story | Top |
Stem Cell Transplants Help MS Victims
Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:48 pm PST
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Stem cell transplantation seems to stop and, in some cases, undo neurological damage in people with multiple sclerosis, a small study shows. Full Story | Top |
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