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ESA spacecraft completes flyby of Steins asteroid
(AP)
AP - The Rosetta deep space probe successfully passed close to an asteroid 250 million miles from Earth, the European Space Agency said Friday night.
Oldest gorilla in captivity dies in Dallas at 55
(AP)
AP - The oldest gorilla in captivity, a 55-year-old female named Jenny, has died at the Dallas Zoo — her home for more than half a century, a spokesman said Friday.
Feds warn climate change could harm giant sequoias
(AP)
AP - Federal researchers are warning that warming temperatures could soon cause California's giant sequoia trees to die off more quickly unless forest managers plan with an eye toward climate change and the impact of a longer, harsher wildfire season.
Asian soot, smog may boost global warming in US
(AP)
AP - Smog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing add to global warming and may raise summer temperatures in the American heartland by three degrees in about 50 years, says a new federal science report released Thursday.
Urban Surprise: More Bicyclists Means Fewer Accidents
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - In a study that at first glance seems counterintuitive, researchers
at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, reviewed
safety studies from 17 countries and 68 cities in California and found
that the more people bike in a community, the less they collide with
motorists.
Hurricane Ike targets Gulf, Hanna's toll rises
(Reuters)
Reuters - Fierce Hurricane Ike
weakened as it charged across the Atlantic on Friday and took
aim at south Florida and the oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico,
while Tropical Storm Hanna buffeted the Carolinas after killing
at least 529 people in Haiti.
European freighter detaches from space station
(AFP)
AFP - A European robot freighter decoupled from the International Space Station (ISS), positioning itself for a fiery, suicide descent into Earth's atmosphere.
Environmentalists can't corral Palin
(AP)
AP - At the National Governors Association conference where she first met John McCain, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had other business: making her case to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne against classifying the polar bear as a threatened species.
Finder of key hominid fossil disputes 7-million-year dating
(AFP)
AFP - A fresh storm has broken out over an ancient fossil presented by its defenders as a forebear of humanity and dismissed by its critics as the remains of a vulgar chimp.
Alaskans to receive state payouts topping $3,200
(AP)
AP - It's the season for Alaskans to be rewarded just for living here and this year's take is extra sweet: $3,269, a record share of the state's oil wealth combined with a special cash payout to help with stratospheric energy prices.
Scientists ID 2 New Genes for Bowel Disease in Kids
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Variations of two new genes
appear to increase the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease in
childhood, researchers say.