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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.
Google Earth Update Erases Underwater 'Atlantis' Error
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - A Google Earth map that raised rumors of the lost city of Atlantis has gotten a much-needed update, ridding the seafloor of a gridlike pattern that some vigilant users suspected were sunken streets from the mythological underwater city.
China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax
(AP)
AP - China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost of combatting climate change.
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.
Wanted: Mock Astronauts for Mission to Mars ... in Hawaii
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - If you've ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut and have four months to spare, you might have the "right stuff" to fly to Mars … well, sort of.
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.
Fire at Moscow nuclear institute, Russia says no risk
(Reuters)
Reuters - There was no risk of a radiation leak after a fire broke out at a Moscow nuclear research center housing a non-operational 60-year-old atomic reactor Sunday, said officials, but Greenpeace Russia expressed serious concern about the incident.
The nations weather
(AP)
AP - Weather Underground Forecast for Monday, February 06, 2012.
Virgin Galactic's Private Spaceship Ramping Up Toward Passenger Flights
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - LOS ANGELES, Calif. — This year is key for Virgin Galactic's bid to become the first commercial spaceliner service, as rocket-powered flights of its SpaceShipTwo are on the books for summer.
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.
