- New map pinpoints Lyme disease risk areas
(AP)
AP - Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.
- NASA says Russian space woes no worry
(AP)
AP - NASA says it still has confidence in the quality of Russia's manned rockets, despite an embarrassing series of glitches and failures in the Russian space program.
- Where's the snow? Not in Lower 48, but elsewhere
(AP)
AP - Snow has been missing in action for much of the U.S. the last couple months. But it's not just snow. It's practically the season that's gone AWOL.
- Sandia Labs engineers create 'self-guided' bullet
(AP)
AP - A bullet that directs itself like a tiny guided missile and can hit a target more than a mile away has the potential to change the battlefield for soldiers without costing too much, engineers at Sandia National Laboratories said Wednesday.
- Mammogram Readers Could Take a Cue from Film-Making
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - The accuracy of a person reading a mammogram is improved when their gaze is subtly shifted toward suspicious areas, and nudged around to ensure that they look at every part of the scan, according to new research.
- Could the Wind Turbines of Chile Harm Blue Whales?
(Time.com)
Time.com - The energy-starved country needs wind power but environmental critics say it will not only mar the landscape but harm the wildlife
- Sierra Club Received Millions from Natural Gas Industry
(ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - According to a blog post from Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, the environmentalist organization accepted millions of donated dollars from the natural gas industry to fight against coal-fired plants nationwide. Here are the details.
- Congress OKs bill to prod US aviation into new era
(AP)
AP - After five years of legislative struggling, 23 stopgap measures and a two-week shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, Congress finally has passed a bill aimed at prodding the nation's aviation system into a new high-tech era in which satellites are central to air traffic control and piloted planes share the skies with unmanned drones.
- Same Genes Key to Early & Late-Onset Alzheimer's: Study
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- People who develop
Alzheimer's disease late in life may have the same gene mutations linked
to the inherited, early onset form of the condition, according to a new
study.
- AP Enterprise: Monkey owners flee La. crackdown
(AP)
AP - Even in their Texas hideout, Jim and Donita Clark are terrified that wildlife agents from their home state of Louisiana will descend on their motorhome and seize the four Capuchin monkeys they've reared for 10 years.
- Commercial Composting a Growth Industry in Austin
(ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - While Austin, like most Texas cities, has a recycling program, the capital of the state is experimenting with commercial composting, using food and other organic waste to create mulch and potter's soil for commercial use, according to the Austin American Statesman.
- The nations weather
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AP - Weather Underground Forecast for Tuesday, February 07, 2012.
- Skydiver to Attempt Record-Breaking Supersonic Space Jump
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - One man's quest to make a record-breaking leap from near the edge of space is nearing make-or-break time.
- Sex & Parenting Genes Discovered in Mice
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Men are from Mars and women are from Venus, but how did they get there? Our gender differences might be a function of how our brains react to hormones, a new study on mice suggests.
- Clinton urges Bulgaria to be energy independent
(AP)
AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Bulgaria, urging the country to break its energy dependence on Russia by diversifying its oil and gas supplies.
- Rescuers dig to reach trapped in Philippines quake
(AP)
AP - Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by a strong earthquake Monday that shook a central Philippine island and set off landslides.