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Two asteroids to pass close to Earth, but won't hit: NASA (AFP)

This NASA image shows an artist's impression of an asteroid belt in orbit around a star. Two asteroids were set to pass close to Earth on Wednesday but posed no risk, the US space agency NASA said.(AFP/NASA/File)AFP - Two asteroids were set to pass close to Earth on Wednesday but posed no risk, the US space agency NASA said.




09/08/2010 11:22 AM

Would you like 1 hump or 2 with your dinosaur? (AP)

This undated handout image provided by the journal Nature shows a hypothetical reconstruction of the flesh-eating dinosaur. The weird world of dinosaurs has just gotten a tad more bizarre. Scientists found a nearly complete fossil of a new dinosaur that sports a noticeable hump, maybe as advertising. (AP Photo/Nature)AP - The weird world of dinosaurs has just gotten a tad more bizarre. Scientists found a nearly complete fossil of a new dinosaur that sports a noticeable hump, maybe as possible advertising.




09/08/2010 11:26 AM

Going Deep: The Future of Technology in the NFL (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - In the years ahead, the National Football League looks set to dial up some new tech blitzes that will make the game fairer and safer.

09/08/2010 02:20 PM

Brain Scientists Discover a Tiny Traffic Cop (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Scientists have discovered a protein that helps direct traffic within brain cells.

09/08/2010 11:45 AM

Rural Pennsylvania town fights big gas (Reuters)
Reuters - In the rush to develop America's biggest new source of domestic energy, one community is fighting to protect its rural way of life from the environmental strains that accompany shale gas drilling.

09/08/2010 01:02 PM

Turtle egg rescue at space center billed success (AP)

FILE - In this July 10, 2010 file photo released by NASA, the first group of hatchlings from endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle eggs brought from beaches along the Gulf Coast are released into the Atlantic Ocean off NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The turtle rescue effort at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is winding down. Nearly 300 sea turtle nests were trucked to the space center from the Gulf Coast in July and August. Wildlife officials organized the relocation because of fears the oil spill might endanger the hatchlings. (AP Photo/NASA, Kim Shiflett, File) EDS NOTE: PHOTOS TAKEN WITH A RED FILTER ON LIGHT AND CAMERA TO PROTECT THE HATCHLINGS; EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - The unprecedented turtle rescue effort at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is winding down.




09/08/2010 01:03 PM

Water main break at space center stalls shuttle (AP)

Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield checks out equipment on the space shuttle Endeavour in 2001. Hadfield in 2013 will become the first Canadian to command the International Space Station (ISS), the Canadian Space Agency announced Thursday.(AFP/NASA-HO/FILE)AP - A water main break at NASA's spaceport put launch preparations on temporary hold Wednesday for the next-to-last shuttle flight.




09/08/2010 11:17 AM

Space Shuttle Move Delayed By Broken Water Pipe (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA's plan to move the space shuttle Discovery out of its hangar in preparation for its final voyage has been delayed at least a day because of a water main break at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

09/08/2010 10:00 AM

Salazar: New inspectors headed to drilling agency (AP)
AP - The Obama administration said Wednesday it will spend $29 million to increase the number and training of offshore drilling inspectors, upgrade enforcement and take others steps to improve the beleaguered agency that oversees offshore drilling.

09/08/2010 01:27 PM

BP seeks to shift blame for oil spill (AFP)

File picture shows Pelicans on a protective boom at Queen Bess Island in Grand Isle, Louisiana. BP sought to spread the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, setting off a battle of oil industry giants with tens of billions of dollars in potential fines and legal liabilities at stake.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Graythen)AFP - BP sought to spread the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, setting off a battle of oil industry giants with tens of billions of dollars in potential fines and legal liabilities at stake.




09/09/2010 12:14 AM

Quasimodo dino leaves experts grappling for a hunch (AFP)

Handout photo released by Nature magazine and the Universidad Nacional de Educacion shows the reconstitution of a new species of dinosaur, Concavenator corcovatus, with an unusual hump-like structure of the vertebrae and a series of small bumps on the ulna, discovered in Spain according to a study published today by Nature Magazine.(AFP/Nature/Raul Martin)AFP - Palaeontologists in Spain have discovered the remains of a strange dinosaur with a hump that they believe is the forerunner of flesh-eating leviathans which once ruled the planet.




09/08/2010 11:24 AM

BP Investigator: 8 failures led to disaster (AP)

BP chief executive Tony Hayward's (C) shoes are checked for oil after he walked along an oil-stained beach at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, in May. BP sought to spread the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, setting off a battle of oil industry giants with tens of billions of dollars in potential fines and legal liabilities at stake.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)AP - The lead BP PLC investigator is saying that eight separate failures had to occur for the company's deepwater well to unleash the largest offshore oil spill in history.




09/08/2010 06:40 AM

Destruction of Giant Algae Doughnut Threatens Lake Michigan (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - An invasive species of mussel called quagga has recently begun eating its way through the phytoplankton population of Lake Michigan, which could have dire effects on the lake's ecosystem, scientists now warn.

09/08/2010 06:02 AM

Regret, apology not part of BP's oil spill report (AP)

A British Petroleum (BP) logo is seen at a petrol station in south London April 27, 2010. BP deflected much of the blame for a rig blast that led to the United States' worst-ever oil spill, releasing an internal report on Wednesday which said that drilling contractor Transocean had missed danger signs. REUTERS/Toby Melville/FilesAP - BP's long-awaited internal report on what it believes went wrong when a rig exploded and started the massive Gulf oil spill never mentions the words blame, regret, apology, mistake or pollution. The word fault shows up 20 times, but only once in the same sentence as the company's name.




09/09/2010 02:40 AM

Cockroach Brains Help Fight Deadly Human Superbugs (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - In the battle against drug-resistant bacterial infections, researchers have identified two possible, if unlikely, allies: cockroaches and locusts.

09/08/2010 01:05 PM

Jupiter Dazzles In the Night Sky (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - The planet Jupiter is back in the night sky and has something for every amateur astronomer to enjoy.

09/08/2010 02:00 PM

Killer Apps: Will Small Business Mourn Death of the Web? (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Wired Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson sees the move from browser-based consumption toward mobile apps as a sign that the days of the web's hegemony are numbered. The cover of the magazine's September issue says it all: "The Web is Dead."

09/08/2010 07:17 AM

BP report on cause of Gulf oil spill spreads the blame (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout that killed 11 men and resulted in the largest oil spill in US history was the result of a series of human and mechanical failures by "multiple companies and work teams," including the companies' own representatives, according to a report by BP released Wednesday.

09/08/2010 07:27 AM

2 Asteroids to Zoom Between Earth and the Moon's Orbit (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Two asteroids will zip close by the Earth Wednesday and may be visible in telescopes as they zip between our planet and the orbit of the moon.

09/07/2010 11:30 PM

Big quake aftershocks plague New Zealand city (AP)

New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key stands in front of a destroyed farm house as he tours earthquake effected Darfield near Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Key inspected smashed buildings, cracked roads and spoke to residents near the earthquake epicenter. The weekend's powerful 7.1-magnitude quake smashed buildings and homes, wrecked roads and disrupted the central city, though nobody was killed and only two people were seriously injured, which authorities attributed to good building codes and the quake's early-morning timing. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - A strong aftershock rocked terrified residents of New Zealand's earthquake-stricken city of Christchurch on Wednesday, as officials doubled their estimate for repairing the damage following nearly 300 temblors in five days.




09/08/2010 04:35 AM
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