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WASHINGTON (UPI) Nov 23, 2004This Thursday an estimated 40 million turkeys will adorn dinner tables across the United States as families gather for the traditional Thanksgiving Day feast. Most Americans will be thinking about how long the in-laws will be staying, what the football scores are, and how to avoid the crowds at the malls the next day - not whether their turkey was fed insect-resistant corn, or if their mashed potatoes were made from fungal-resistant spuds. Vast Water Supplies Hidden Under North China Desert: Study 
Paris, France (AFP) Nov 24, 2004A desert in China's Inner Mongolia that has the highest sand dunes in the world holds a vast store of underground water which, if used wisely, could ease the chronic water shortage afflicting the north of the country, a study says. |
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Brazil To Start Enriching Uranium Next Month: Official
Brasilia, Brazil (AFP) Nov 24, 2004Brazil will start enriching uranium next month after getting the green light from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the government announced Wednesday after months of negotiations. Researchers Probe Marine Mysteries Off The Alaskan Coast 
San Diego CA (SPX) Nov 24, 2004A summer voyage to investigate the causes of one of the most devastating tsunamis in United States history has uncovered new mysteries about biological and geological processes off Alaska. Report On Second Double Star - Cluster Workshop 
Beijing (ESA) Nov 23, 2004The second Double Star Cluster workshop took place on 8-10 November 2004 in the Centre for Space and Applied Research (CSSAR) in Beijing. More than 70 scientists from China, Europe, Russia and USA gathered to discuss the first results of the Double Star mission. Climate Change: Humans Fuss, Animals Adjust 
Boulder CO (UPI) Nov 15, 2004Scientists can argue all they want about how many degrees Celsius - or Fahrenheit - the planet is warming and what the trend portends, but meanwhile Earth's plants, insects and animals are not waiting for the outcome. They already are altering their patterns of behavior in response to what is happening. Top Scientists Lash Australian States Over N-Waste 'Hysteria' 
Sydney (AFP) Nov 22, 2004Two former top scientists accused Australia's state governments Monday of fomenting public "hysteria" over nuclear waste and forcing Canberra to retreat from an earlier plan to store it in on a tailormade outback site. The Makings Of A Breathable World 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 22, 2004Widespread volcanic activity, cyanobacteria and global glaciation may sound like the plot of a new, blockbuster disaster movie, but in reality, they are all events in the mystery surrounding the development of our oxygen-rich atmosphere, according to a Penn State geoscientist. On Alert: Canada's North Pole Command Centre 
Alert, Canada (AFP) Nov 19, 2004A landing strip that ends where the icebergs begin, 20 buildings on stilts and just 75 residents (all temporary) - this is the tiny military and scientific station of Alert, Canada's standard bearer in the Arctic. |
Not Finding Life? Dig Deeper
Atacama desert, Chile (SPX) Nov 19, 2004A place so barren that NASA uses it as a model for the Martian environment, Chile's Atacama desert gets rain maybe once a decade. In 2003, scientists reported that the driest Atacama soils were sterile. Variety Couldn't Save The Dinosaurs 
Kingston RI (SPX) Nov 19, 2004When dinosaurs became extinct from the effects of a massive asteroid hitting Earth 65 million years ago, there were more varieties of the reptiles living than ever before, according to a new analysis of global fossil records by a team of researchers led by a University of Rhode Island paleontologist. New Findings From Arctic Coring Expedition Decipher Arctic Climate Puzzles 
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Nov 18, 2004Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) scientists from ten countries gathered over the last two weeks to analyze sediment cores taken from 430 meters beneath the Arctic Ocean seafloor. Earthquake Simulation Network Launched 
Davis CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2004The University of California, Davis', Center for Geotechnical Modeling joins a national effort in earthquake simulation, with the launch of the George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) on November 15. France Gambles On Nuclear Energy Market 
WASHINGTON (UPI) Nov 11, 2004Now that outgoing French finance minister Nicolas Sakozy has made the long-awaited announcement to partially privatize the state-owned nuclear energy group Areva, it will only be a matter of time before private investors will bite at this high-risk market. Nuclear Waste Dumps Will Become The Pyramids Of Our Age 
Boulder CO (UPI) Nov 12, 2004One thing many of the so-called red states - those that went Republican - had in common in this past election is lots of land owned by the federal government. An issue that almost turned one of those red states, Nevada, blue and in the Democrat column was the Bush administration's effort to move nearly all the nation's nuclear waste products under a mountain on some of that land. China Faces Annual Water Shortfall Of Up To 40 Billion Cubic Metres 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 13, 2004China is facing water shortages of 30-40 billion cubic metres a year, state media said Saturday, threatening public health and economic development. Ministry of Construction official Zhang Qingfeng said some 110 cities in China are "severely short of water," while another 400 are also facing shortages, the Beijing Youth Daily reported. |
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