Telescopes Spot One of Earliest Galaxies
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Astronomers took pictures of a far-off lumpy galaxy just forming 13 billion years ago, putting it among the earliest and most distant cosmic objects ever photographed.... hosted.ap.org
Human Shadows on the Seas
Scientists are building the first worldwide portrait of human impacts on the oceans, which have left just 4 percent of the seas pristine. nytimes.com
North Dakota Gravel Sparks Fears
KILLDEER, N.D. (AP) -- The sounds of children playing baseball has been silenced at one ball field in this western North Dakota city. Officials fear the ground itself is simply too unsafe.... hosted.ap.org
Humans flirted with extinction 70,000 years ago
Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests. The number of early humans may have shrunk as low as 2,000 before numbers began to expand again in the early Stone Age, according to an analysis released Thursday. rssfeeds.usatoday.com