Stephen Baldwin sues Kevin Costner over technology to fight oil spills

Stephen Baldwin sues Kevin Costner over technology to fight oil spills

Actor Stephen Baldwin is locked in a legal battle with fellow actor and director Kevin Costner over a plan to market an oil-spill fighting...

A wild goose chase for the goose's sake

A wild goose chase for the goose's sake

They called it a "he" and decided that for today he would be some sort of diving bird — a...

A winter day on the island of Jersey in the English Channel

Gusts of wind lashed at the bay windows of the ferry terminal in St-Malo, France. The ground wobbled...

EPA chief criticizes GOP assault on greenhouse gas regulation

EPA chief criticizes GOP assault on greenhouse gas regulation

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday criticized a bill drafted by...

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Obama administration proposes new planning rule for national forests

Federal supervisors would have to run the country's national forests to maintain ecological health and species diversity under a proposed...

Administrator of oil spill fund is linked to BP, judge rules

The administrator of the $20-billion compensation fund for gulf oil spill victims is not independent from BP and must stop telling potential...

Prenatal surgery improves conditions for children with spina bifida, study finds

Prenatal surgery improves conditions for children with spina bifida, study finds

Prenatal surgery for the most severe form of the birth defect spina bifida doubled the number of children who were able to walk unassisted...

Breast cancer patients may not need lymph nodes removed, study finds

Breast cancer patients may not need lymph nodes removed, study finds

Some women with early-stage breast cancer may be cured without the need to remove multiple lymph nodes, which has been the standard...

FDA expedites review of robotic arm

FDA expedites review of robotic arm

Responding to the needs of badly wounded war veterans, federal officials said Tuesday they were accelerating reviews of a science-fiction-...

Study links teenage bullying to social status

Study links teenage bullying to social status

Scientists have confirmed an axiom of teenage life: Kids intent on climbing the social ladder at school are more likely to pick on their...

Dr. Ernest McCulloch dies at 84; he and research partner were first to isolate and identify a stem cell

Dr. Ernest McCulloch dies at 84; he and research partner were first to isolate and identify a stem cell

Dr. Ernest McCulloch, who with biophysicist James E. Till was the first to isolate and identify a stem cell, opening the door immediately to...

Willi Dansgaard dies at 88; scientist who recognized climate record in ice cap

Willi Dansgaard dies at 88; scientist who recognized climate record in ice cap

Willi Dansgaard, a Danish paleoclimatologist who was the first to recognize that the Earth's climatic history was stored in the Greenland...

Bill would exempt municipal fireworks displays from Coastal Act regulation

Bill would exempt municipal fireworks displays from Coastal Act regulation

Describing seaside fireworks displays as wholesome and patriotic, an Orange County legislator wants to prevent the California Coastal...

A growing danger for athletes

A growing danger for athletes

Just two days after the start of the winter strength-and-conditioning program, Jim Poggi, a University of Iowa freshman football player,...

Shell Alaska drops plan for Arctic offshore drilling this year

Shell Alaska drops plan for Arctic offshore drilling this year

Shell announced Thursday it would not conduct exploratory drilling in Arctic waters off Alaska this year after a ruling last month revoked...

Tiny water flea has longest genome

Humans like to think of themselves as residing at the top of the evolutionary chain, but the tiny water flea beats them out by at least...

Agency OKs plan to let industry expand in L.A. region using pollution credits

Southern California air quality officials adopted a plan Friday to allow industry to expand in the Los Angeles region by tapping into a...

FDA approves medical-image software for Apple mobile devices

FDA approves medical-image software for Apple mobile devices

Add diagnosing soft-tissue injuries to online banking, e-mail, video games and thousands of other applications available for the iPad,...

Mosquito subspecies presents challenge in fighting malaria

Mosquito subspecies presents challenge in fighting malaria

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown subspecies of mosquito in West Africa that is highly susceptible to the malaria parasite...