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.
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:05 pm
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 w…
Nov 19, 2009 | 1:25 pm
California regulators have adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions, a move that will eventually ban power-hungry sets from the state's store shelves.
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:20 am
Are cramped chickens crazy chickens?
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:10 am
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.
Nov 18, 2009 | 6:20 am
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.
Nov 18, 2009 | 4:55 am
You can't blame this one on McDonald's: Researchers have found signs of heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies.
Nov 17, 2009 | 7:30 pm
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.
Nov 17, 2009 | 1:55 pm
Environmentalists on Monday said an international deal to reduce catches of Atlantic bluefin tuna didn't go far enough to protect the species from extinction.
Nov 16, 2009 | 12:30 pm
A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pulsating mass crowding out the catch of mackerel and sea bass.
Nov 16, 2009 | 10:00 am
Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles.
Nov 14, 2009 | 6:15 pm
The lunar dud for space enthusiasts has become a watershed event for NASA.
Nov 14, 2009 | 6:30 am
Hawaii officials are appealing to the state's tourism authority for funds to restore part of world-famous Waikiki Beach.
Nov 13, 2009 | 11:45 pm
The seals can stay and play at a La Jolla swimming cove.
Nov 13, 2009 | 11:05 pm
All elephants living in Indian zoos and circuses will be moved to wildlife parks and game sanctuaries where the animals can graze more freely, officials said Friday.
Nov 13, 2009 | 7:35 am
Next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen is not likely to produce a legally binding treaty to cut the greenhouse gas emissions that are widely blamed for global warming, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday.
Nov 13, 2009 | 7:15 am
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped nearly 46 percent from August 2008 to July 2009 _ the biggest annual decline in two decades, the government said Thursday.
Nov 13, 2009 | 6:20 am
For NASA's stuck Mars rover, the Spirit may be willing, but the wheels could prove too weak. The space agency on Thursday outlined a rescue plan to try to free the rover Spirit, which has been bogged in a sand trap on the red planet for half a year. The risky operation is expected to last…
Nov 12, 2009 | 3:05 pm
A cargo ship has delivered a Russian research module to the International Space Station.
Nov 12, 2009 | 9:55 am
Fishermen have known for years that they've had to steam farther and farther from shore to find the cod, haddock and winter flounder that typically fill dinner plates in New England.
Nov 12, 2009 | 4:45 am
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