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Amazon Tribe Sighting Raises Dilemma of Contact

Friday, May 30, 2008 8:10:00 PM

Dramatic photographs of previously unfound Amazon Indians have highlighted the precariousness of the few remaining "lost" tribes and the dangers they face from contact with outsiders.   Full Story

Technical Hitch Scrubs Ariane Rocket Launch

Friday, May 30, 2008 1:23:00 PM

A technical hitch scrubbed the launch of an Ariane rocket carrying a British military satellite and a Turkish telecoms satellite.   Full Story

Deep Climate Cuts Urged; Food Price a Wake-up Call

Friday, May 30, 2008 1:14:00 PM

OSLO—Governments will have to cut greenhouse gases far more deeply than planned to control global warming and high food prices linked to droughts are a wake-up call, four leading scientists said on Th ...   Full Story

Canada Blocks Bid to Outlaw 'Frankentrees'

Friday, May 30, 2008 1:10:00 PM

Environmentalists are condemning the Canadian government for blocking a moratorium on genetically engineered trees at the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity currently taking place in Bonn, German ...   Full Story

Archaeologists Find Ancient Army Base in Sinai

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:28:00 PM

CAIRO—Egyptian archaeologists have discovered what they say was the ancient headquarters of the Pharaonic army guarding the northeastern borders of Egypt for more than 1,500 years, the government said ...   Full Story

Big Quakes Spark Jolts Worldwide

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 1:23:00 PM

Until 1992, when California's magnitude-7.3 Landers earthquake set off small jolts as far away as Yellowstone National Park, scientists did not believe large earthquakes sparked smaller tremors at ...   Full Story

U.S. Spacecraft Lands at Mars North Pole

Sunday, May 25, 2008 10:00:00 PM

PASADENA, Calif.—A small science probe blazed through the salmon-colored skies of Mars on Sunday, touching down on a frozen desert at the planet's north pole to search for water and assess cond ...   Full Story

Race for Antarctic Krill a Test for Green Management

Saturday, May 24, 2008 1:40:00 PM

SINGAPORE—In the global rush for resources, a tiny pink crustacean living in the seas around Antarctica is testing man's ability to manage one of the world's last great fisheries without damag ...   Full Story

Space Station Crew May Face Another Bumpy Re-Entry

Saturday, May 24, 2008 1:26:00 PM

MOSCOW—The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) could have a rough return to Earth because their re-entry capsule has the same glitch that caused problems on the last two landings, a Russian ...   Full Story

'Crazy Rasberry Ants' Invade Houston

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 1:35:00 PM

They're small, fast, and only an eighth-of-an-inch long, but swarms of tiny ants are causing big pains for homeowners in the Houston area.   Full Story

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