Risky chemical found in hurricane trailers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many of the government-supplied trailers housing thousands of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina contain potentially dangerous levels of the chemical formaldehyde, U.S. federal health officials said on Thursday. feeds.reuters.com
The Grim Story of Maya Blue
New research suggests that the Maya made their famous paint as part of rituals that sometimes involved human sacrifice. nytimes.com
Russian Scientists Honored for Exploration of Arctic Seabed
The standard view of Arctic life is changing after a team led by Russian scientists plunged through the ice around the North Pole to the ocean bottom in twin submersibles. nytimes.com
Hubble telescope captures crashing galaxies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Images of colliding galaxies show them spinning, sliding and slipping into one another, wreaking stellar destruction that will give birth to new and larger galaxies. feeds.reuters.com