Environmental group WWF urges G8 to make climate pledge (AFP)
AFP - The environmental group WWF on Friday urged the Group of Eight industrialised nations to show global leadership by making a commitment to keep climate change in check at their summit next week.
How the Declaration of Independence Changed the World (LiveScience.com)
GMO corn: France rejects report by EU food agency (AFP)
AFP - France on Friday rejected a report by the European Union's food safety watchdog that said a controversial strain of genetically-modified corn was safe.
Wild Fireworks Spotted in Space (SPACE.com)
Australia discovers 3 new large dinosaurs (Reuters)
Reuters - Fossils of three new species of dinosaurs have been discovered in Australia, including a meat-eater larger than Velociraptor from the Jurassic Park movies, suggesting Australia may have a more complex prehistoric past.
No Fireworks in Space on July 4 (SPACE.com)
Australian dinosaur that lived 98M years ago found (AP)
AP - Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator.
Indian FM urges 'ambitious but fair' climate targets (AFP)
AFP - India's foreign minister on Friday called for an ambitious but fair greenhouse gas reduction target under a new climate treaty, saying any pact should not hinder the economic growth of developing countries.
Three new dinosaur species found in Australia (AFP)
AFP - Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong.
The Nation's weather (AP)
AP - Strong thunderstorms were expected Friday across the Northern Plains as a weak area of low pressure in the upper atmosphere slides down the eastern slopes of the Rockies. A few of these storms could be capable of producing damaging weather.
Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard (AP)
Japan may add noise to quiet hybrid cars for safety (AFP)
AFP - Japan's near-silent hybrid cars have been called dangerous by the vision-impaired and some users, prompting a government review on whether to add a noise-making device, according to an official.
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu patient found in Japan: govt (AFP)
AFP - A genetic mutation of swine flu that is resistant to the anti-viral Tamiflu has been discovered in Japan, the first such case in the country, the health ministry said.
Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people (AP)
AP - With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is so far more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire. The new virus, H1N1, has a protein on its surface that is not very efficient at binding with receptors in people's respiratory tracts, researchers at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
The Strange Ingredients in Fireworks (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Fireworks for the 4th of July are all about light, color and sound.
But inside, there are some bizarre ingredients, from aluminum to
Vaseline and even the stuff of rat poison.
NASA astronaut takes Twitter to space en Espanol (AP)
Climate change shrinks wild sheep: scientists (AFP)
AFP - Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday.
Spain backtracks on nuclear power phase-out (AFP)
AFP - Spain's government said Thursday it would allow the country's oldest nuclear reactor to operate beyond its intended 40-year lifespan, reversing a policy of gradually phasing out nuclear power.
Details of Snowfall on Mars Explained (SPACE.com)
Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheep (AP)
AP - Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.