Science: Reaching into virtual world
 This is how the Matrix begins: with Randy Bullion of La Center sitting in a white-walled lab, his right hand extended, grabbing at nothing.
The inter... |
Science: Ingenuity yields habitat
 RIDGEFIELD - You'd scarcely notice while gazing at grebes or eyeing egrets, but the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge is not strictly "natural&... |
Science: Healthy Victory
 The few remaining yellow pills rattling around in the plastic bottle cost about $50 apiece, but that's not how Paul and Greta Hutchison measured their... |
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El Nino may have helped Magellan cross the Pacific
 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The El Nino phenomenon that has puzzled climate scientists in recent decades may have assisted the first trip around the world nearly 500 years ago. Explorer Ferdinand Magellan encountered fair weather on Nov. 28, 1520, after days of battle throug... |
Researchers warn of nitrogen hazard to environment
WASHINGTON (AP) -- While carbon dioxide has been getting lots of publicity in climate change, reactive forms of nitrogen are also building up in the environment, scientists warn. "The public does not yet know much about nitrogen, but in many ways it is as big an iss... |
Da Vinci to be honored by small helicopter flight
 TOKYO (AP) -- A Japanese man who developed the world's smallest helicopter will take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci in tribute to the Renaissance genius' original idea. Gennai Yanagisawa, 75, said Thursday that a demonstration flight of his one-man he... |
Robotic suit could usher in super soldier era
 Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds - that is, until he steps into an "exoskeleton" of aluminum and electronics that multiplies his strength and en... |
Huge project to restore Everglades to be suspended
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Construction on a huge reservoir meant to help restore the Everglades will be put on hold over a lawsuit brought by a group that fears the water could be diverted for other purposes. The South Florida Water Management District, whose bo... |
Polar bear gets new protection
 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Put at risk by global warming, the polar bear is getting a life line: The government has declared it a threatened species in need of increased protection. But another round of legal battles surrounding the majestic animal may be just beginning. Th... |
Scientists are building database of bite marks
 MILWAUKEE (AP) -- It has sent innocent men to death row, given defense attorneys fits and splintered the scientific community. For a decade now, attorneys and even some forensic experts have ridiculed the use of bite marks to identify criminals as sham science and g... |
Galaxy's youngest known supernova is 140 years old
 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Astronomers have discovered the youngest known supernova in the Milky Way galaxy, still just a baby at 140 years old. The scientists, who announced their findings Wednesday, used a radio observatory in New Mexico and NASA's Chandra X-ray... |
Swiss man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing
 BEX, Switzerland (AP) -- A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps. Yves Rossy's performance in front of the world p... |
Earthquake in China struck in 2 stages
 TOKYO (AP) -- The fault line that caused this week's devastating earthquake in China probably buckled in two stages, and the hardness of the terrain contributed to the wide reach of the damage, Japanese scientists said Thursday. The 7.9-magnitude quake on Monday str... |
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I’ll quote George Washington: I cannot tell a lie.
Two hollow tubes wrapped around my chest and abdomen are measuring my breathing, a b...
Check out your window, or drive around Vancouver, and you may notice a curious sight for the middle of February:
Oak trees boast some serious...