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SETH BORENSTEIN
Warming health report: Poor, elderly to hurt most
- Global warming will affect the health and welfare of every American, but the poor, elderly, and children will suffer the most, according to a new White House science report released Thursday.
NASA moon capsule running late, full of problems
- Money problems will likely force NASA to abandon its ambitious internal goal of having a new moon spaceship ready by 2013, a top space agency official told The Associated Press Wednesday.
NASA to workers: Go boldly (in cup) for science
- The No. 1 need right now for some of the builders of the nation's next spaceship: Lots of No. 1.
AP IMPACT: An American life worth less today
- It's not just the American dollar that's losing value. A government agency has decided that an American life isn't worth what it used to be.
Hot future shock: Heat wave temperatures to soar
- During the European heat wave of 2003 that killed tens of thousands, the temperature in parts of France hit 104 degrees. Nearly 15,000 people died in that country alone. During the Chicago heat wave of 1995, the mercury spiked at 106 and about 600 people died.
Space probes show solar system dented, not round
- When viewed from the rest of the galaxy, the edge of our solar system appears slightly dented as if a giant hand is pushing one edge of it inward, far-traveling NASA probes reveal.
Scientists say ailing penguins signal sea problems
- The dwindling march of the penguins is signaling that the world's oceans are in trouble, scientists now say. Penguins may be the tuxedo-clad version of a canary in the coal mine, with generally ailing populations from a combination of global warming, ocean oil pollution, depleted fisheries, and tourism and development, according to a new scientific review paper.
- The dwindling march of the penguins is signaling that the world's oceans are in trouble, scientists now say. Penguins may be the tuxedo-clad version of a canary in the coal mine, with generally ailing populations from a combination of global warming, ocean oil pollution, depleted fisheries, and tourism and development, according to a new scientific review paper.