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As Chile shook, cities rolled to the west a bit (AP)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 21:15

AP - The Earth really did move during the massive Chile quake: Researchers say cities and islands physically shifted west a bit.

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'Extinct' frog species found again after 30 years (AP)

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 17:07

This undated photo provided by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service shows a pair of Yellow-spotted Bell Frogs in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales state of Australia. The species of frog thought to have been extinct for 30 years has been discovered in rural Australian farmland, officials said Thursday, March 4, 2010. (AP Photo/New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, David Hunter) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - A species of frog thought to have been extinct for 30 years has been found in rural Australian farmland, officials said Thursday.

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Toyota Prius tops Japan sales despite recall woes (AP)

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 11:46

Visitors are silhouetted as they watch a video showing the assembly line of a Toyota Motor Corp.'s plant at the automaker's exhibition hall in Toyota, central Japan, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Toyota's Prius remains the top-selling car in Japan despite the automaker's global recall woes that included braking problems with the hit hybrid. More than 27,000 of the gas-electric hybrids were sold in February, making the Prius the best selling model for the 10th straight month, according to Japan Automobile Dealers Association figures released Thursday. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)AP - Toyota's Prius remains the top-selling car in Japan despite the automaker's global recall woes that included braking problems with the hit hybrid.

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Northwest at risk of megaquake like one in Chile (AP)

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 00:57

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010 file photo, people walk past a collapsed building in Concepcion, Chile. The disaster in Chile has brought new attention to an undersea fault along the Pacific Northwest capable of producing the same type of mega earthquake and inflicting heavy damage on bustling cities like Seattle, Portland and Vancouver. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Just 50 miles off the Pacific Northwest coast is an earthquake hotspot that threatens to unleash on Seattle, Portland and Vancouver the kind of damage that has shattered Chile.

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Chile earthquake may have shortened Earth's day (AP)

Tue, 03/02/2010 - 20:08

AP - Earth's days may have gotten a little bit shorter since the massive earthquake in Chile, but don't feel bad if you haven't noticed.

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Fossils of snake eating dino eggs found in India (AP)

Tue, 03/02/2010 - 15:42

In this 2007 photo released by Monica Wilson, field assistant Shiva Rathore carries two recently excavated sauropod eggs back to a truck in at Gujarat, central India. The fossilized remains of a 67 million-year-old snake found coiled around a dinosaur egg offer rare insight into the ancient reptile's dining habits and evolution, scientists said Tuesday, March 2, 2010. The findings, which appeared in Tuesday's issue of the PLoS Biology journal, provide the first evidence that the 11.5-foot-(3.5-meter-) long snake fed on eggs and hatchlings of saurapod dinosaurs, meaning it was one of the few predators to prey on the long-necked herbivores.</p /> </a></p><!-- google_ad_section_end --></div> <div class=»

World warming unhindered by cold spells: scientists (Reuters)

Thu, 02/25/2010 - 09:56

United Nations Environment Programme director Adrian Steiner (L) and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono listen during the opening session of the Global Ministerial Environment Forum in Nusa Dua. Countries will have to make far greater cuts in greenhouse gas emissions if the world is to limit the rise in global temperatures to two degrees Celsius or less, the UN has warned.(AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka)Reuters - The pace of global warming continues unabated, scientists said on Thursday, despite images of Europe crippled by a deep freeze and parts of the United States blasted by blizzards.

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Shuttle back on Earth after rare night landing (AP)

Mon, 02/22/2010 - 07:06

Space shuttle Endeavour returns to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010, after a 14-day mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts closed out the last major construction mission at the International Space Station with a smooth landing in darkness that struck many as bittersweet.

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Japan says Australia whaling threat 'unfortunate' (AFP)

Sun, 02/21/2010 - 06:11

AFP - Japan's foreign minister Sunday described Australia's threat of legal action against its controversial whaling activities as "unfortunate" but said he did not believe it would hurt ties.

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NASA: Weather iffy for space shuttle return Sunday (AP)

Sun, 02/21/2010 - 03:12

In this photo provided by NASA, NASA astronaut George Zamka, STS-130 commander, is pictured in a window of the newly-installed Cupola of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Space shuttle Endeavour aimed for a Sunday night landing back at NASA's spaceport, but rainy and cloudy weather threatened to delay the astronauts' homecoming.

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