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Divers find Caesar bust that may date to 46 B.C.
(AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 04:55:12 GMT AP - Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France's Culture Ministry said Tuesday could be the oldest known.
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Israel Museum puts Dead Sea scroll on rare display
(AP)
Tue, 13 May 2008 23:57:37 GMT AP - One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week more than four decades after it was last seen by the public. The 24-foot scroll with the text of the Bible's Book of Isaiah had been in a dark, temperature-controlled room at the Israel Museum since 1967. It went on display two years earlier, but curators replaced it with a facsimile after noticing new cracks in the calfskin parchment.
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Britain releases batch of files on UFO sightings
(AP)
Tue, 13 May 2008 23:58:00 GMT AP - The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official report.
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Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens
(AP)
Tue, 13 May 2008 20:07:13 GMT AP - Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday.
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Sloths are Not Total Sloths
(LiveScience.com)
Tue, 13 May 2008 22:21:47 GMTLiveScience.com - In the first brain-wave study of any animal sleeping in the wild, scientists have discovered the three-toed sloth naps much less than commonly believed. News open new window >>
NOAA chief urges creating National Climate Service
(AP)
Tue, 13 May 2008 21:20:39 GMTAP - With concerns about global warming rising along with the planet's temperature, the head of the federal agency in change of weather research and forecasting is proposing creation of a new National Climate Service. News open new window >>
Phoenix lander set for May 25 touchdown on Mars: NASA
(AFP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 05:46:11 GMT AFP - A US space probe sent to Mars to dig for signs of life is nearing the end of its nine-month voyage and should touch down on the Red Planet on schedule, NASA said Tuesday.
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Canadian zoo investigates puzzling stingray deaths
(Reuters)
Wed, 14 May 2008 01:46:47 GMT Reuters - Officials at the Calgary Zoo
remained baffled on Tuesday as they tried to puzzle out just
why 34 of their stingrays suddenly died.
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Earth Extinctions Blamed on Cosmic Speed Bump
(SPACE.com)
Tue, 13 May 2008 11:02:11 GMTSPACE.com - The sun bounces up and down as it roams the Milky Way, and such
wavering might have hurled showers of comets Earth's way that caused mass
extinctions, including the one that killed the dinosaurs, a new study claims. News open new window >>
Oil prices slightly higher
(AFP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 05:01:59 GMT AFP - Crude oil prices were slightly higher in Asian trade on Wednesday despite a forecast for slower energy demand growth, analysts said.
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Genetically modified human embryo stirs criticism
(AP)
Tue, 13 May 2008 20:31:50 GMTAP - News that scientists have for the first time genetically altered a human embryo is drawing fire from some watchdog groups that say it's a step toward creating "designer babies." News open new window >>
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