AP - ap.online.headlines.science http://www.comcast.net?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_ AP - ap.online.headlines.science News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:08:44 -0500 Curbing global warming saves lives, studies say Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:41:32 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/25/SCI.Climate.Health/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_SCI.Climate.Health 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-298c Cutting global warming pollution would not only make the planet healthier, it would make people healthier too, new research suggests. Obama to vow greenhouse emissions cuts in Denmark Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:05:19 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/26/US.Obama.Copenhagen/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US.Obama.Copenhagen 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-5c8728f0:1252c70aea7:-7156 Putting his prestige on the line, President Barack Obama will personally commit the U.S. to a goal of substantially cutting greenhouse gases at next month's Copenhagen climate summit. He will insist America is ready to tackle global warming despite resistance in Congress over higher costs for businesses and homeowners. Shuttle Atlantis leaves space station, headed home Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:39:47 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/23/US.Space.Shuttle/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US.Space.Shuttle 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4bf5 Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station early Wednesday and headed home with one astronaut eager to hold his newborn daughter for the first time and another who's been away from her young son since the summer. Experts think toxic algae harming endangered fish Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:32:19 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/25/US.Toxic.Algae.Fish/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US.Toxic.Algae.Fish 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-5c8728f0:1252c70aea7:-748a Scientists say they believe toxins from a blue-green algae plaguing lakes and rivers around the West are harming an endangered fish in the Klamath Basin, adding another obstacle to restoring species that have forced irrigation shutoffs for farmers. Ships warned about icebergs headed for New Zealand Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:20:16 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/24/AS.New.Zealand.Icebergs/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_AS.New.Zealand.Icebergs 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3992 Ships are on alert and maritime authorities are monitoring the movements of hundreds of menacing icebergs drifting toward New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean, officials said. Big Bang atom smasher starts speeding proton beams Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:56:45 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/23/EU.SCI.Big.Bang.Machine/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_EU.SCI.Big.Bang.Machine 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4147 The world's largest atom smasher used its accelerator Tuesday to speed up proton beams for the first time as scientists moved ahead in efforts to learn more about the universe. CO2 curve ticks upward as key climate talks loom Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:34 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/23/Climate._09.CO2.Off.The.Charts/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_Climate._09.CO2.Off.The.Charts 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4397 The readings at this 2-mile-high station show a troubling upward curve as the world counts down to crucial climate talks: Global warming gases are building in the atmosphere at record levels from emissions that match scientists' worst-case scenarios. Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:29:14 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/23/EU.Belgium.Coma.Recovery/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_EU.Belgium.Coma.Recovery 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-41ec Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body. Grand Canyon to change 'unfair' permit system Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:08:48 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/23/US.Grand.Canyon.Permits/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US.Grand.Canyon.Permits 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4bf6 Getting one of the roughly 11,500 permits granted each year to backpack overnight in the Grand Canyon has become so competitive and "unfair" that managers at the national park have decided to change the system. Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:46 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/25/SCI.Climate._09.Post.Kyoto/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_SCI.Climate._09.Post.Kyoto 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-5c8728f0:1252c70aea7:-7489 Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.