AP - ap.online.headlines.science http://www.comcast.net?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_ AP - ap.online.headlines.science News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:21:00 -0500 W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:11:20 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/08/AF.West.Africa_s.Last.Giraffes/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_AF.West.Africa_s.Last.Giraffes 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:1e36ed47:124ce5876db:-288f A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil. China sends panda expert to Taiwan to aid breeding Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:54:40 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/08/AS.Taiwan.China.Pandas/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_AS.Taiwan.China.Pandas 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:1e36ed47:124ce5876db:-2098 Nothing like a little time apart to rekindle the affections that could lead to a baby panda. Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:53:06 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/07/US.Space.Elevator/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US.Space.Elevator 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:1e36ed47:124ce5876db:-79bc A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space — an idea spurred by science fiction novels. Prized mushroom collection returns to China Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:26:30 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/07/AS.China.Mushrooms.Repatriated/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_AS.China.Mushrooms.Repatriated 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:1e36ed47:124ce5876db:-759b A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later. Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:50:21 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/07/US.Sea.Lions.Salmon/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US.Sea.Lions.Salmon 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-553b96c8:124c7b033b5:-2c1d Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River. Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:13:55 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/05/EU.MED.Britain.Genetic.Testing/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_EU.MED.Britain.Genetic.Testing 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-553b96c8:124b73228e9:46ec Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights groups. World leaders needed at talks to cut climate deal Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:25:03 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/06/Climate/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_Climate 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-553b96c8:124c7b033b5:-6ed2 After two years of tough U.N. climate talks often pitting the world's rich against the poor, negotiators said Friday a new global agreement now rides on industrial nations pledging profound emissions cuts next month in Copenhagen. Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:41:00 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/06/CB.Caribbean.Coral/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_CB.Caribbean.Coral 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-553b96c8:124b73228e9:7556 Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday. New gene therapy halts 2 boys' rare brain disease Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:12:10 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/05/US.MED.Gene.Therapy/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US.MED.Gene.Therapy 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-553b96c8:124b73228e9:6d2e French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn't cause AIDS, and then used it to carry in the healthy new gene. Study: Man-eating lions consumed 35 people in 1898 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:48:21 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2009/11/05/US.Man.Eating.Lions/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_science_US.Man.Eating.Lions 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-553b96c8:124b73228e9:6d2f The nightly attacks by two man-eating lions terrified railway workers and brought construction to a halt in one of east Africa's most notorious onslaughts more than a hundred years ago. But the death toll, scientists now say, wasn't as high as previously thought.