Guess what? Military funds mind-reading science
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Here's a mind-bending idea: The U.S. military is paying scientists to study ways to read people's thoughts. The hope is that the research could someday lead to a gadget capable of translating the thoughts of soldiers who suffered brain injuries in combat or even stroke patients in hospitals....
Worrying invasive snail found in Lake Michigan
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Scientists worry that a rapidly reproducing, tiny invasive snail recently found in Lake Michigan could hurt the lake's ecosystem....
More women choosing careers in forensic science
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Kelly Johnson snips pieces from a blood-stained, blue-striped shirt, then swabs the neck and armpits for sweat. Down the hall, Samantha Glass watches as a chemical reaction reveals a fingerprint on a juice bottle....
Remains of cemetery found in Sahara
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A tiny woman and two children were laid to rest on a bed of flowers 5,000 years ago in what is now the barren Sahara Desert. The slender arms of the youngsters were still extended to the woman in perpetual embrace when researchers discovered their skeletons in a remarkable cemetery that is providing clues to two civilizations who lived there, a thousand years apart, when the region was moist and green....
Ocean dead zones become a worldwide problem
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Like a chronic disease spreading through the body, "dead zones" with too little oxygen for life are expanding in the world's oceans....
NASA delays robotic moon mission until 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- NASA has delayed the launch of an unmanned spacecraft to the moon to scout for potential landing sites for astronauts....
Farmers get money for capturing carbon
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Everett Dobrinski recently got a $4,000 check for storing carbon dioxide in his soil....
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