AP - ap.online.headlines.science http://www.comcast.net?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_ AP - ap.online.headlines.science News Wed, 22 May 2013 14:26:48 -0400 Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb Tue, 21 May 2013 20:58:28 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/21/US-SCI--Oklahoma.Tornado-Science/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US-SCI--Oklahoma.Tornado-Science c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:3037 WASHINGTON (AP) — Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima. More tornadoes from global warming? Nobody knows Tue, 21 May 2013 17:15:27 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/21/US--Oklahoma.Tornado-Q_A/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US--Oklahoma.Tornado-Q_A c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:2e8c A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts: Study: Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat Mon, 20 May 2013 18:32:08 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/20/US-SCI-Shipwreck-Oil/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US-SCI-Shipwreck-Oil c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:28b4 WASHINGTON (AP) — Shipwrecks lying deep off America's coasts are more often historical artifacts than present-day threats from leaking old oil tanks, a new federal report says. Curiosity rover drills into second Martian rock Mon, 20 May 2013 17:08:00 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/20/US-SCI--Mars.Curiosity/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US-SCI--Mars.Curiosity c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:29f9 PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA's Curiosity rover drills again. Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus, 1 death Tue, 21 May 2013 09:50:41 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/21/ML--Tunisia-Coronavirus/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_ML--Tunisia-Coronavirus c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:2da8 RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported. Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado Mon, 20 May 2013 22:47:28 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/20/US-SCI-Severe-Weather-Tornado-Science-/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US-SCI-Severe-Weather-Tornado-Science- c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:2b38 NEW YORK (AP) — Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. Alaska volcano's ash prompts flight cancellations Mon, 20 May 2013 19:36:55 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/20/US--Alaska.Volcano/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US--Alaska.Volcano c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:29fa ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska volcano eruption is prompting regional airlines to cancel flights to nearby communities, including a town that reported traces of fallen ash. Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines Sun, 19 May 2013 14:28:54 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/19/EU--Croatia-Bees.Vs.Mines/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_EU--Croatia-Bees.Vs.Mines c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:22bb ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined. Slow pokes: Acupuncture helps hypothermic turtles Tue, 21 May 2013 16:12:31 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/21/US-Sea-Turtle-Acupuncture/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US-Sea-Turtle-Acupuncture c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:2cfa QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help easing back into the wild — from an acupuncturist. Mice return from a month in space Sun, 19 May 2013 12:04:51 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/19/EU--Russia-Space.Mice/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_EU--Russia-Space.Mice c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:2314 MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its kind. Correction: Space Station-Star Trek story Thu, 16 May 2013 10:53:42 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/15/US-SCI--Space.Station-Star.Trek/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US-SCI--Space.Station-Star.Trek c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:b4a WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story May 15 about astronauts at the International Space Station getting the new "Star Trek" movie, The Associated Press reported erroneously when the film opened on Earth. "Star Trek into Darkness" opened in the United States on Thursday; it opened in some other countries earlier in May. Indonesia extends forest-clearing ban for 2 years Thu, 16 May 2013 05:01:01 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/16/AS--Indonesia-Forest.Moratorium/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_AS--Indonesia-Forest.Moratorium c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:103e JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia has approved a two-year extension to a landmark ban on clearing primary rainforests and peatlands, officials said Thursday. Environmentalists praised the move but said the government must do more to curb the nation's burgeoning production of greenhouse gases. Encroaching sea already a threat in Caribbean Tue, 07 May 2013 14:23:53 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/07/CB--Caribbean-Climate.Change/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_CB--Caribbean-Climate.Change c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:-2bf8 TELESCOPE, Grenada (AP) — The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold back the Atlantic Ocean. Report: Feds' warnings about Sandy were confusing Wed, 15 May 2013 17:36:54 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/15/US-SCI--Superstorm.Sandy.Review/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US-SCI--Superstorm.Sandy.Review c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:ac8 WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal weather forecasts for Superstorm Sandy were exceptionally accurate last fall, but the warnings themselves were confusing, an internal review found. East about to be overrun by billions of cicadas Tue, 07 May 2013 00:11:47 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/06/US-SCI--Cicada.Invasion/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US-SCI--Cicada.Invasion c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:-3334 WASHINGTON (AP) — Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast. The insects will arrive in such numbers that people from North Carolina to Connecticut will be outnumbered roughly 600-to-1. Maybe more. London Zoo seeks female mate for near-extinct fish Fri, 10 May 2013 06:23:52 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/10/EU--Britain-No.Mates/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_EU--Britain-No.Mates c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:-15f7 LONDON (AP) — The London Zoo is urgently seeking a female mate for the last-known males of a critically endangered fish species. NASA craft's planet-hunting days may be numbered Wed, 15 May 2013 21:38:20 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/15/US-SCI--Planet.Hunter/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US-SCI--Planet.Hunter c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:c3d LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is broken, potentially jeopardizing the search for other worlds where life could exist outside our solar system. NASA: New pump resolves big space station leak Thu, 16 May 2013 13:36:04 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/16/US-SCI--Space.Station/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US-SCI--Space.Station c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:12c5 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An impromptu spacewalk over the weekend seems to have fixed a big ammonia leak at the International Space Station, NASA said Thursday. Experts: CO2 record illustrates 'scary' trend Sat, 11 May 2013 20:25:11 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/11/US-SCI-Global-Warming-Record/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US-SCI-Global-Warming-Record c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:-cb6 WASHINGTON (AP) — The old saying that "what goes up must come down" doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone. Alaska volcano shoots lava up hundreds of feet Sat, 18 May 2013 18:37:14 -0400 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2013/05/18/AK-Alaska-Volcano/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_AK-Alaska-Volcano c9d8ec1afb93944a:1c62ddd6:13e47308ef6:211c Alaska's remote Pavlof Volcano was shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume was thinning Saturday and no longer making it dangerous for airplanes to fly nearby.