Life in Antarctic lake? It's everywhere else
WASHINGTON (AP) — If scientists find microbes in a frigid lake two miles beneath the thick ice of Antarctica, it will illustrate once again that somehow life finds a way to survive in the strangest and harshest places. More »
La Nina going away, but too late for Texas drought
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal weather forecasters say the La Nina weather phenomenon that contributed to the southwestern U.S. drought is winding down. More »
Judge tosses case seeking rights for orcas
SAN DIEGO (AP) — An effort to free whales from SeaWorld by claiming they were enslaved made a splash in the news but flopped in court Wednesday. More »
In scientific coup, Russians reach Antarctic lake
MOSCOW (AP) — Opening a scientific frontier miles under the Antarctic ice, Russian experts drilled down and finally reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake, an achievement the mission chief likened to placing a man on the moon. More »
Unplanned 9/11 analysis links noise, whale stress
BOSTON (AP) — An ocean experiment that was accidentally conducted amid the shipping silence after Sept. 11 has shown the first link between underwater noise and stress in whales, researchers reported Wednesday. More »
Romanian accused of hacking NASA-JPL computers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Romanian citizen on charges he hacked into 25 climate-research computers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. More »
New Obama plan to help math, science teacher prep
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama called on Tuesday for millions of dollars in new funding to improve math and science education, an effort he said would be crucial to the nation's long-term success. More »