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Lake Vostok (SPX) Aug 05, 2004Controversy has erupted over Lake Vostok, one of Earth's last unexplored frontiers, which lies deep under the Antarctic ice. Last week a team of Russian and French scientists claimed the lake is sterile. But American scientists insist that it is a potential source of undiscovered life forms, and are worried that Russian plans to drill right through the ice will contaminate it. Early Humans Adapted Well To Different Climates 
Arlington VA (SPX) Aug 05, 2004Early human ancestors seem to have taken different climates and vegetation types in stride as they evolved from apelike populations in Africa to a worldwide, highly diverse human species. |
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NHGRI Adds 18 Organisms To Sequencing Pipeline
Bethesda MD (SPX) Aug 05, 2004As part of its ongoing effort to enhance understanding of the human genome, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the National Institutes of Health, announced Wednesday that the Large-Scale Sequencing Research Network has received the green light to begin sequencing 18 strategically selected organisms, including the orangutan, African savannah elephant and domestic cat. Study Suggests Humans Can Speed Evolution 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Aug 05, 2004It's no secret that life in the 21st century moves at a rapid pace. Human inventions such as the Internet, mobile phones and fiber optic cable have increased the speed of communication, making it possible for someone to be virtually in two places at once. Rocking The Cradle Of Life 
by Astrobiology MagazineMoffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 05, 2004 To find what many consider to be the earliest fossil evidence for life on Earth, one starting point might be to book a flight to the Pilbara region in Western Australia. Endangered Turtles' Trek Along Ocean Currents Revealed By Satellite 
French Guiana (ESA) Aug 04, 2004The site where Europe's spacecraft are launched into orbit, the Atlantic shoreline of French Guiana, is also the starting point for another hardly less remarkable journey: the epic migration of the critically endangered leatherback turtle. Retreating Glaciers Spur Alaskan Earthquakes 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 03, 2004In a new study, NASA and United States Geological Survey (USGS) scientists found that retreating glaciers in southern Alaska may be opening the way for future earthquakes. Francis Crick Remembered
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 02, 2004The British molecular biologist Francis Harry Crick died on Wednesday at the age of 88. Crick changed our understanding of life when, in 1953, he and James Watson announced that DNA came packaged in an elegant double helix structure. Crick reportedly claimed they had found 'the secret of life,' and many scientists agree. Research Traces Origins, Uplift Of California's Highest Mountains 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 30, 2004A new study of California's southern Sierra Nevada range by a University of Colorado at Boulder research team has located a massive body of rock that sank into Earth's mantle some 3.5 million years ago, allowing the mountains to pop up. |
Whale Carcass Yields Bone-Devouring Worms
Monterey Canyon CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2004Scientists studying a whale carcass in Monterey Canyon recently announced the discovery of two new species of unique worms that feed on the bones of dead whales. In the July 30 issue of Science, the researchers describe these worms, whose bodies and feeding strategies differ from those of any other known animal. Anti-HIV Protein Evolved Millions Of Years Before The Emergence Of AIDS 
Seattle WA (SPX) Jul 30, 2004A protein that the body uses to attack the AIDS virus is actually a stealthy defense mechanism that evolved 32 million years before the emergence of HIV, according to new findings from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The AI Problem: An Interview With Ken Ford 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 29, 2004The Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC) was established in 1990 as an interdisciplinary research unit of the University of West Florida. Plant Gene Discovery Could Reduce Fertilizer Needs And Phosphate Pollution 
Lake Buena Vista FL (SPX) Jul 29, 2004Scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Cornell University have uncovered the genes that enable plants to interact with beneficial soil dwelling fungi and to access phosphate delivered to the roots by these fungi - a first step, they say, toward enhancing the beneficial relationship for crop plants, while reducing fertilizer use and phosphate pollution in the environment. Ocean Study Explores Link With Australian And Indonesian Rainfall 
Darwin (SPX) Jul 29, 2004A five-nation oceanographic team is taking the first steps in a $3.6 million project studying the major flow of ocean currents between Asia and Australia and how they influence rainfall across Southern Australia and Indonesia. Researchers Unearth Ancient Continental Rift Activity 
Edmonton AB (SPX) Jul 29, 2004Researchers at the University of Alberta have found evidence that a 2,000-kilometre corridor stretching diagonally across northern Canada was under tremendous pressure to split in two about 2.7 billion years ago. It is the first evidence suggesting enormous continental landforms and plate tectonics existed that long ago. Delta Digs Show Sea Is Rising 
Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 28, 2004Living in New Orleans means having to live with water. It's everywhere. The city's elevation ranges from about 12 feet (3.65 meters) above sea level to as much as six-and-a-half feet (2 meters) below sea level. Some believe the city faces an ongoing battle against submersion by the rising Gulf of Mexico. |
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