Ah, summertime - the perfect excuse to set up a gas chromatograph in a rented camper and drive across the country sampling methane. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
A prehistoric shoreline runs along the eastern edge of North America; scientists have pointed to it as evidence that much of Antarctica melted 3 million years ago. But new research suggests this shoreline is actually about 30 feet (10 meters) lower t... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China launched a large missile on Monday that reached 6,200 miles above the earth, its highest suborbital launch since 1976, according to a U.S. scientist at Harvard University. Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Harva... [Full Article]
Year after year, the clock ticked by and the calendar marched forward, carrying the three women further from the real world and pulling them deeper into an isolated nightmare. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Environment Correspondent Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The amount of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere topped 400 parts per million at a key observing station in Hawaii for the first time since measurement began in 1958,... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON (AP) - Worldwide levels of the chief greenhouse gas that causes global warming have hit a milestone, reaching an amount never before encountered by humans, federal scientists said Friday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market pulled back from record levels Thursday as investors became harder to please. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market pulled back early Thursday after surging to record levels during the past week. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to its lowest level in nearly 5-1/2 years last week, signaling labor market resilience in the face of fiscal austerity. Initial claims for state unempl... [Full Article]
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Charles Ramsey, the Cleveland dishwasher who became an overnight sensation for his street-wise poise under the media spotlight after helping save three women from an alleged decade-long kidnapping ordeal, h... [Full Article]