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Europe: Proton beams circulate in Big Bang machine
Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher Friday night for the first time since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago.
updated: 29 minutes ago
Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher Friday night for the first time since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago.
updated: 29 minutes ago
Report: Bangladeshi mom doesn't want twins back
The mother of recently separated conjoined Bangladeshi twins does not want custody of the daughters she gave up for adoption and wants them to have new lives in Australia, newspapers reported Saturday.
updated: Nov 20th - 6:53pm
The mother of recently separated conjoined Bangladeshi twins does not want custody of the daughters she gave up for adoption and wants them to have new lives in Australia, newspapers reported Saturday.
updated: Nov 20th - 6:53pm
Astronauts await word of baby girl on Earth
Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word Friday on the birth of a crewman's daughter as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spacewalk.
updated: Nov 20th - 6:39pm
Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word Friday on the birth of a crewman's daughter as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spacewalk.
updated: Nov 20th - 6:39pm
Measure to change U. of Neb. stem-cell rule fails
The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were expanded after President Barack Obama took office.
updated: Nov 20th - 6:08pm
The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were expanded after President Barack Obama took office.
updated: Nov 20th - 6:08pm
Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier
Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.
updated: Nov 20th - 5:08pm
Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.
updated: Nov 20th - 5:08pm
Ask AP: Shuttle complexity, credit union agency
A space shuttle is no tinker toy. But is it the most complex machine ever built?
updated: Nov 20th - 2:46pm
A space shuttle is no tinker toy. But is it the most complex machine ever built?
updated: Nov 20th - 2:46pm
3 new ancient crocodile species fossils found
A 20-foot-long crocodile with three sets of fangs _ like wild boar tusks _ roamed parts of northern Africa millions of years ago, researchers reported Thursday. While this fearsome creature hunted meat, not far away another newly found type of croc with a wide, flat snout like a pancake was fishing for food.
updated: Nov 19th - 3:25pm
A 20-foot-long crocodile with three sets of fangs _ like wild boar tusks _ roamed parts of northern Africa millions of years ago, researchers reported Thursday. While this fearsome creature hunted meat, not far away another newly found type of croc with a wide, flat snout like a pancake was fishing for food.
updated: Nov 19th - 3:25pm
Correction: Vaccine Revolution story
In a Nov. 18 story about the vaccine industry, The Associated Press misspelled the surname of a government official quoted in the story. The director of the federal Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority is Robin Robinson, not Robertson.
updated: Nov 19th - 12:07pm
In a Nov. 18 story about the vaccine industry, The Associated Press misspelled the surname of a government official quoted in the story. The director of the federal Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority is Robin Robinson, not Robertson.
updated: Nov 19th - 12:07pm
UN: Fight climate change with free condoms
The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday.
updated: Nov 18th - 8:21am
The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday.
updated: Nov 18th - 8:21am
Rare crocs found hiding in plain sight in Cambodia
Conservationists searching for one of the world's most endangered crocodile species say they have found dozens of the reptiles lounging in plain sight _ at a wildlife rescue center in Cambodia.
updated: Nov 18th - 6:53am
Conservationists searching for one of the world's most endangered crocodile species say they have found dozens of the reptiles lounging in plain sight _ at a wildlife rescue center in Cambodia.
updated: Nov 18th - 6:53am
Meteor showers in Asia disappoint
Thousands of stargazers across Asia stayed awake overnight to catch a glimpse of what was advertised as an intense Leonid meteor shower, but the show fizzled rather than sizzled for many because of cloudy conditions.
updated: Nov 18th - 5:34am
Thousands of stargazers across Asia stayed awake overnight to catch a glimpse of what was advertised as an intense Leonid meteor shower, but the show fizzled rather than sizzled for many because of cloudy conditions.
updated: Nov 18th - 5:34am
Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes
Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.
updated: Nov 18th - 3:52am
Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.
updated: Nov 18th - 3:52am
Led by China, carbon pollution up despite economy
Pollution typically declines during a recession. Not this time. Despite a global economic slump, worldwide carbon dioxide pollution jumped 2 percent last year, most of the increase coming from China, according to a study published online Tuesday.
updated: Nov 17th - 3:57pm
Pollution typically declines during a recession. Not this time. Despite a global economic slump, worldwide carbon dioxide pollution jumped 2 percent last year, most of the increase coming from China, according to a study published online Tuesday.
updated: Nov 17th - 3:57pm
Denmark seeks specific pledges at climate talks
Denmark's premier indicated Tuesday he expected the United States to bring specific pledges to cut greenhouse gases to next month's climate change conference.
updated: Nov 17th - 12:57pm
Denmark's premier indicated Tuesday he expected the United States to bring specific pledges to cut greenhouse gases to next month's climate change conference.
updated: Nov 17th - 12:57pm
Hiccups that bother Big Bang machine
The Sept. 19, 2008, failure of the Large Hadron Collider is costing 40 million Swiss francs ($40 million) to fix and it set back experiments for more than a year. But the world's largest atom smasher has lesser hiccups to contend with:
updated: Nov 17th - 11:32am
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The Sept. 19, 2008, failure of the Large Hadron Collider is costing 40 million Swiss francs ($40 million) to fix and it set back experiments for more than a year. But the world's largest atom smasher has lesser hiccups to contend with:
updated: Nov 17th - 11:32am
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