| Remains of sick whale tested Samples from a whale that was put down in Albany yesterday are being sent to a laboratory for tests. abc.net.au |
NASA inspector general faults space agency boss By MARCIA DUNN 2010-09-20T17:09:40ZCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA's chief found himself mired in another controversy Monday, this time for making "inappropriate" contact with an oil company while considering an alternative fuel project.... hosted.ap.org |
Giant penguins with no tux? Fossil feathers say so By LAURAN NEERGAARD 2010-09-30T21:12:25ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Some ancient penguins may have been twice as big as today's Emperor penguin but they lacked the dashing tuxedo. Researchers unearthed remains of a nearly 5-foot-tall penguin that roamed what is now Peru about 36 million years ago, and they also discovered fossilized feathers that show back then, the flightless bird was a more motley mix of reddish-brown and gray.... hosted.ap.org |
Jump in whale deaths blamed on krill, ship traffic By 2010-10-11T01:06:16ZSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- An increase in the population of a tiny crustacean and busy shipping lanes are being blamed for a jump in the number of whale deaths in Northern California waters this year.... hosted.ap.org |
Smarter Than You Think : War Machines: Recruiting Robots for Combat New robots — none of them very human-looking — are being designed to handle a broad range of tasks, despite controversy about the impact on future warfare. feeds.nytimes.com |