| Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:11:03 GMT
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| AP - Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station.
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| Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:41:13 GMT
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| AP - The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate.
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| Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:39:40 GMT
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| AP - India again successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable missile Sunday that can hit targets across much of Asia and the Middle East, a defense ministry press release said.
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| Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:10:16 GMT
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| LiveScience.com - Are you in a gray mood today? How about a blue funk? Maybe
you're seeing red, because you're green with jealousy. The colors we use to
describe emotions may be more useful than you think, according to new research.
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| Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:54:00 GMT
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| AFP - China on Tuesday named pollution from farms as a major cause for concern, as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases released its first nationwide survey on sources of environmental degradation.
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| Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:30:40 GMT
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| Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp said it is recalling nearly half a million of its flagship Prius and other hybrid cars for braking problems as it seeks to address criticism over the handling of its worst safety crisis.
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| Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:52:18 GMT
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| Reuters - An ex-Boeing Co engineer, found guilty last year of passing space shuttle secrets to China in America's first conviction under a 1996 espionage law, was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in prison.
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| Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:49:47 GMT
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| HealthDay - SUNDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have discovered genetic
variants that are associated with biological aging, a finding that could
explain why some people seem to age faster than others.
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| Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:24:24 GMT
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| AP - The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.
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| Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:51:38 GMT
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| AFP - Anti-whaling activists said Tuesday they had exchanged water cannon fire with Japanese fishermen after ambushing them in Antarctic waters.
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| Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:55:26 GMT
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| AFP - Archaeologists in China have uncovered more than 3,000 dinosaur footprints, state media reported, in an area said to be the world's largest grouping of fossilised bones belonging to the ancient animals.
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| Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:13:00 GMT
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| Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp said it is recalling nearly half a million of its flagship Prius and other hybrid cars for braking problems as it seeks to address criticism over the handling of its worst safety crisis.
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| Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:56:32 GMT
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| AP - A strong winter storm was expected to continue tracking east through the Central U.S. on Monday.
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| Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:16:02 GMT
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| SPACE.com - Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour will scan
their spacecraft overnight to search for any signs of heat shield damage from
their early Monday launch.
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| Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:49:29 GMT
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| HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say they've
developed a new and easier way to create what's known as pluripotent stem
cells -- cells that can develop into one of many cell types for use in
regenerative medicine.
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| Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:38:46 GMT
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| AP - Toyota said Tuesday it is recalling 170,000 Prius hybrid cars in Japan for braking problems and will soon disclose details of its global plans for a fix.
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| Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:11:36 GMT
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| Reuters - Federal government agencies in the capital region will remain closed for a second day on Tuesday as residents brace for another blizzard while trying to clean up from a weekend storm that paralyzed the area with two feet of snow.
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