| Next-generation telescope may spot alien oceans The next generation of telescopes could reveal the presence of oceans on planets beyond our Solar System. bbc.co.uk |
Deep secrets The remarkable Russian telescope operating in the frigid darkness of Lake Baikal bbc.co.uk |
Western lawmakers turn sights on endangered wolves By MATTHEW BROWN 2010-10-04T01:19:24ZBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Two decades after the federal government spent a half-million dollars to study the reintroduction of gray wolves to the Northern Rockies, lawmakers say it's time for Congress to step in again - this time to clamp down on the endangered animals.... hosted.ap.org |
Patients protest Chinese doctor's risky surgery By GILLIAN WONG 2010-10-19T14:37:41ZBEIJING (AP) -- At one moment, the Chinese urologist seemed to be at the height of his career: He had invented a surgical procedure to help patients overcome incontinence and was training doctors in America and elsewhere. The next, Dr. Xiao Chuanguo was in handcuffs, confessing that he'd hired thugs to attack two persistent critics who called him a fraud.... hosted.ap.org |
Still life Images from the Landscape Photographer of the Year bbc.co.uk |