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Insect Colonies Function Like Superorganisms (LiveScience.com)

Tue, 01/19/2010 - 20:01
LiveScience.com - Insect colonies, although composed of many critters, function in a manner similar to individual organisms, according to a new study. The results suggest that these colonies act like "superorganisms," at least in terms of their basic physiology.

Making a buzz: French roads to help honey bees (AFP)

Tue, 01/19/2010 - 19:32

Bees are seen in 2008 in one of the 2,200 hives owned by French beekeeper and honey producer Franck Aletru in Saint-Laurent-de la Salle in the western French Vendee region. France is to sow nectar-bearing flowers on the sides of roads in an experiment aimed at helping the honey bee, hit by an alarming worldwide decline, the ministry of sustainable development said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Franck Aletru)AFP - France is to sow nectar-bearing flowers on the sides of roads in an experiment aimed at helping the honey bee, hit by an alarming worldwide decline, the ministry of sustainable development said on Tuesday.


U.S. Senate not seen passing climate bill in 2010 (Reuters)

Tue, 01/19/2010 - 19:31
Reuters - U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan said on Tuesday he did not think the Senate would pass climate change legislation this year, but instead would focus on a separate energy bill that would have more bipartisan support.

German solar industry faces subsidy cut: minister (AFP)

Tue, 01/19/2010 - 19:29

A technician checks the panels of a solar power system on the roof of solar power company Conergy SolarModule GmbH & Co. in Frankfurt/Oder in 2009. Germany, the world's biggest market for solar cells, is poised to slash its subsidies for solar power by as much as 17 percent, Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle said on Tuesday.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Urban)AFP - Germany, the world's biggest market for solar cells, is poised to slash its subsidies for solar power by as much as 17 percent, Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle said on Tuesday.


Deathbed Star Gives Sneak Peak of Our Sun's Demise (SPACE.com)

Tue, 01/19/2010 - 19:00
SPACE.com - A preview of what's in store for our sun is in view across the galaxy, as a similar star balloons in its dying throes.

Microsoft cuts IP address storage to 6 months (AP)

Tue, 01/19/2010 - 18:25
AP - Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it would shorten the time it stores Internet users' addresses from Web search queries from 18 months to six months following a request from a European Union data privacy panel.

Space Shuttle Astronauts Train for February Launch (SPACE.com)

Tue, 01/19/2010 - 18:00
SPACE.com - The six astronauts preparing to fly into orbit aboard NASA's shuttle Endeavour next month arrived at their Florida launch site Monday for some final training sessions as engineers work to replace vital hoses for their cargo – a new space station room.

Dozens of homes flooded after heavy rains in Gaza (AFP)

Tue, 01/19/2010 - 16:34

A Palestinian man walks in a flooded area in the central Gaza Strip following heavy rains. Dozens of homes and farms south of Gaza City were inundated by flood waters as heavy rains drenched parts of the Middle East.(AFP/Mohammed Abed)AFP - Dozens of homes and farms south of Gaza City were inundated by flood waters as heavy rains drenched parts of the Middle East, Palestinian officials and witnesses said on Tuesday.


Google scraps China cell phone launch amid dispute (AP)

Tue, 01/19/2010 - 14:42

In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, women walk past the Google logo outside the Google China headquarters Beijing, China, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010.   Google must obey China's laws and traditions, Beijing said Tuesday, an indication officials won't budge in negotiations after the search giant threatened to pull out of the country if Internet restrictions aren't relaxed. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Google on Tuesday postponed the launch of its mobile phone in China, adding to the potential commercial fallout of its dispute with Beijing over Internet censorship and e-mail hacking.


The nation's weather (AP)

Tue, 01/19/2010 - 10:17

Active weather will persist throughout the West as a strong disturbance moves through the region with rain, snow, gusty winds, and thunderstorms. Meanwhile, another low will spark periods of wet weather in the Northeast.AP - A wet and stormy weather pattern was expected to continue affecting California on Tuesday as a strong Pacific jet stream hurled another potent disturbance into the state.


WWF says China's wild tigers face extinction (AFP)

Tue, 01/19/2010 - 09:35

A tiger is seen in its enclosure at a zoo in Beijing. The World Wildlife Fund has warned that the wild tiger faced extinction in China after having been decimated by poaching and the destruction of its natural habitat.(AFP/File)AFP - The World Wildlife Fund warned on Tuesday that the wild tiger faced extinction in China after having been decimated by poaching and the destruction of its natural habitat.


Rare bird's breeding ground found in Afghanistan (AP)

Tue, 01/19/2010 - 01:05

This undated photo released by the Wildlife Conservation Society shows a large-billed reed warbler. The breeding area of the large-billed reed warbler, one of the world's rarest birds, has been discovered in the remote and rugged Pamir Mountains in war-torn Afghanistan, a New York-based conservation group announced Monday Jan. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Wildlife Conservation Society)AP - The first known breeding area of one of the world's rarest birds has been found in the remote and rugged Pamir Mountains in war-torn Afghanistan, a New York-based conservation group said Monday.


World leaders make new call for clean energy commitments (AFP)

Mon, 01/18/2010 - 18:39

An enormous iceberg breaks off the Knox Coast in the Australian Antarctic Territory, 2008. Foreign leaders raised a fresh alarm on global warming, urging international action to increase use of clean energy at a four-day forum that opened in the oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - World leaders raised a fresh alarm on global warming Monday, urging international action to increase use of clean energy at a four-day forum that opened in the oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi.


Gravel beaches trapping oil from 1989 Exxon spill (AP)

Mon, 01/18/2010 - 05:46

In this 2008 photo provided by Temple University, Temple engineering students dig one of numerous wells along the beach in Alaska. Over a total of six weeks during summers from 2007 to 2009, Michel C. Boufadel, chairman of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and his team dug about 70 pits between 3-feet and 5-feet deep on six beaches. An estimated 20,000 gallons of crude remain in Prince William Sound, even though oil remaining after the nearly 11-million-gallon Exxon Valdez oil spill had been expected to biodegrade and wash away within a few years. (AP Photo/Temple University)  -- NO SALES --AP - An engineering professor has figured out why oil remains trapped along miles of gravel beaches more than 20 years after the Exxon Valdez tanker disaster in Prince William Sound.


DNA sweep finds new genes linked to diabetes (AFP)

Sun, 01/17/2010 - 18:14

This undated illustration shows the DNA double helix. Hundreds of scientists sifting through genetic data from 122,000 people have quintupled the number of gene variants known to boost the risk of diabetes, a pair of studies released Sunday reported.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Hundreds of scientists sifting through genetic data from 122,000 people have quintupled the number of gene variants known to boost the risk of diabetes, a pair of studies released Sunday reported.


Poverty is world's biggest problem: BBC poll (AFP)

Sun, 01/17/2010 - 01:12

Protestors are seen in London in 2009. Poverty is the most serious problem facing the world, according to a major worldwide poll out Sunday which put the issue well ahead of climate change, terrorism and war.(AFP/File/Dominique Faget)AFP - Poverty is the most serious problem facing the world, according to a major worldwide poll out Sunday which put the issue well ahead of climate change, terrorism and war.


EU pushes for deeper carbon emissions cuts (AFP)

Sat, 01/16/2010 - 21:06

Spain's State Secretary for Environment Teresa Ribera (R) and Belgium Minister of Climate and Energy Paul Magnette (L) give a press conference during the Informal meeting of Environment Ministers in Seville. The EU on Saturday stood by its offer to move to a 30 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 despite the failure of last month's UN climate summit to secure a legally-binding deal.(AFP/Cristina Quicler)AFP - The EU on Saturday stood by its offer to move to a 30 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 despite the failure of last month's UN climate summit to secure a legally-binding deal.


Moon Shadow Seen From Space (SPACE.com)

Sat, 01/16/2010 - 20:31
SPACE.com - On Friday, Jan. 15, a solar eclipse graced parts of Asia and Africa. The moon got between Earth and the sun and blocked out most of the sun.

Angry Flies May Help Explain Human Aggression (LiveScience.com)

Sat, 01/16/2010 - 14:35
LiveScience.com - This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.

The nation's weather (AP)

Sat, 01/16/2010 - 10:48

The forecast for noon, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 shows low pressure will move into the Southeast, bringing wet weather and thunderstorms to the region over the weekend.  In the Northwest, a Pacific storm will roar ashore bringing rain to the coast and low elevations with snow expected in the mountains. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)AP - A storm was expected to bring moderate to heavy rain and strong winds to parts of the Southeast on Saturday, and to get more powerful as the day progressed.



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