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Iraq displays hundreds of recovered artifacts
(AP)
AP - Iraq displayed hundreds of recovered artifacts Tuesday that were among the country's looted heritage and span the ages from a 4,400-year-old statue of a Sumerian king to a chrome-plated AK-47 bearing Saddam Hussein's image.
Microbes munch oil, haven't robbed Gulf of oxygen
(AP)
AP - Federal scientists are reporting the best possible scenario for BP's leaked oil: Microbes are munching the underwater oil, but not robbing the Gulf of Mexico of much needed oxygen or creating so-called "dead zones."
Report: Money can buy you happiness, to a point
(AP)
AP - They say money can't buy happiness. They're wrong.
The Down Side to Downsizing Your Waistline
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Weight loss may have an unwanted side effect, according to a new study
in the journal Nature: It may send a flood of environmental pollutants
into the bloodstream.
DOE giving $575 million in carbon capture grants
(AP)
AP - The Energy Department said Tuesday it was awarding $575 million for carbon capture research-and-development projects in 15 states.
BP to publish oil spill report on Wednesday: company
(AFP)
AFP - BP has announced it will publish an eagerly awaited report on the causes of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Wednesday.
2 asteroids to whiz harmlessly past Earth
(AP)
AP - NASA says two small asteroids discovered just days ago will zip harmlessly past Earth on Wednesday, a double flyby that should be visible through a telescope.
U.S. judge refuses to lift ban on govt stem cell funds
(Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. judge refused on Tuesday to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research despite Obama administration warnings it would set back key research and cost more than a thousand jobs.
Ancient city by the sea rises amid Egypt's resorts
(AP)
AP - Today, it's a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt's wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown rich on the wheat and olive trade.
Greenpeace urges Japan to probe whaling graft
(AFP)
AFP - Greenpeace urged Japan on Tuesday to probe graft claims in its state-funded whaling programme, a day after two of its activists received suspended jail terms for committing theft during an investigation.
Scientists Drill into Ancient, Underwater Coral Reef
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - A voyage to the outer edges of Australia's Great Barrier Reef has
brought back pieces of an ancient, fossilized ancestor to the vast,
living ecosystem.
Conservatives hammer candidates over 'cap and trade'
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - FREDERICA, Del. — Conservative Republicans around the country are using cap and trade — a way to limit global-warming pollution — as a political weapon to attack GOP moderates as well as Democrats.
AP - Tropical Storm Hermine was forecast to continue losing strength as it moved over southern Texas and northeastern Mexico on Tuesday.
2 Asteroids to Pass Earth Closer Than the Moon
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - In an unprecedented
event for astronomers, two asteroids will swing past the Earth Wednesday at a
distance closer than the moon.
EU summons BASF over 'illegal' potatoes in Swedish field
(AFP)
AFP - Europe slapped a summons on German chemical giant BASF on Monday after a "blunder" allowed seed from a new genetically modified potato to remain in a field in Sweden.
NIH to use BP cash to study spill health effects
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. National Institutes of Health said on Tuesday it would use $10 million from BP to start a multiyear study to look at the potential health effects from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Hermine lashes south Texas, 3 other storms possible
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tropical Storm Hermine barely maintained its tropical storm status on Tuesday as 40 mile per hour winds kept lashing south Texas and the storm moved further inland about 15 miles south-southeast of San Antonio, Texas, the National Hurricane Center said.