Science
Florida To Protect Four Shark Species
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 16 (UPI) — Florida wildlife officials say they’re about to outlaw the killing of tiger sharks and three kinds of hammerheads that prowl the state’s waters. The new rule, to be voted on by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, would add four new species — tiger sharks as well […]
Secret Of Frogs' Jumping Prowess Revealed
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Nov. 16 (UPI) — The ability of frogs to leap several times farther than their physiology would seem to allow lies in their tendons, not in their muscles, U.S. researchers say. Using high-speed X-ray photography, animal scientists at Brown University discovered frogs’ tendons stretch as they ready their leaps and then recoil much […]
Buried Antarctic Mountain Range Studied
LONDON, Nov. 16 (UPI) — Scientists say they’ve solved the mystery of the billion-year sequence of events that formed a mountain range buried beneath the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and scientists from six other nations used ice penetrating radars, gravity meters and magnetometers to study the Gamburtsev Subglacial […]
Debate Stirs Over Fuel Economy Standards
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) — The National Automobile Dealers Association complained new fuel standards proposed by Washington would add $3,000 to the average price of a car. As part of the so-called We Can’t Wait initiative launched by U.S. President Barack Obama to circumvent a legislative branch hamstrung by partisan bickering, the federal government announced […]
Geron Halts Human Stem Cell Research Trial
MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 15 (UPI) — A U.S. medical research company says it is halting medical research of a human embryonic stem cell therapy in patients with spinal cord injury. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to Geron Corp. last year to conduct the world’s first clinical trial of a human embryonic […]
Safe Energy Production Key, Director Says
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) — Moving forward with oil and gas development safely is vital to regional energy security, the new director of U.S. safety and environmental enforcement said. The U.S. Interior Department announced that, starting Dec. 1, U.S. Coast Guard Adm. James Watson takes the helm at the new Bureau of Safety and Environmental […]
Virginia Upset By OCS Shun
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) — It was wrong for the U.S. Interior Department to leave Virginia out of plans to expand oil and gas work on the Outer Continental Shelf, a lawmaker said. Last week, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced a proposed five-year lease program for oil and gas development on the Outer Continental […]
EU Explores Fisheries Policy
BRUSSELS, Nov. 15 (UPI) — Maintaining a sustainable fish stock in European waters is essential to the economic viability of the fleet, the EU fisheries secretary said. Maria Damanaki, the fisheries secretary for the European Union, briefed lawmakers on a common fisheries policy. She said sustainable management of fish stocks throughout the world would ensure […]
How Bold Are London's Nuclear Plans?
LONDON, Nov. 15 (UPI) — London aims to keep nuclear power as part of its energy mix, though the country hasn’t built a new nuclear reactor in more than 20 years. British Energy Secretary Chris Huhne had said that Japan’s nuclear disaster in March “changed the energy debate” surrounding nuclear energy. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, […]
Western Black Rhino Said Extinct
GLAND, Switzerland, Nov. 11 (UPI) — The Western black rhino has been declared extinct, with none of the animals remaining in West Africa, a U.N. global assessment of threatened species has found. In the latest update of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species, which includes reassessments of several rhinoceros […]
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