AFP - A Greenpeace ship is set to sail from Auckland for the Southern Ocean to confront Japanese whalers as the New Zealand government released film of the fleet slaughtering whales.
AFP - Iran is poised to launch a satellite into space, a step that could herald a new dimension in Tehran's strategic capabilities, Aviation Week and Space Technology has said. on its website.
AP - What puts that sexy twinkle in a spider's eye? A mate aglow. Take away the ultraviolet portion of light, and what seemed like the arachnid version of Scarlett Johansson or Matthew McConaughey attracts no more lust than plain Jane or dumpy Dan.
AP - NASA has pushed up by a day its first space shuttle launch attempt of the year, a mission that will continue construction of the international space station, officials said Thursday.
AP - A 2,500-year-old city influenced by the Olmecs, often referred to as the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica, has been discovered hundreds of miles away from the Olmecs' Gulf coast territory, archaeologists said.
AP - More federal crime-fighting help is headed to this city, where the murder rate has rebounded much faster than the population since Hurricane Katrina hit, U.S. Department of Justice officials announced Thursday.
AFP - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for a "weapons free outer space," after China staged a satellite-destroying weapons test.
AFP - China's confirmation that it tested an anti-satellite weapon is refueling debate in the United States between proponents of space regulation and those who insist on Washington's absolute free rein.
AFP - Thirty years ago, global warming was an issue restricted to a handful of climatologists who, clamouring in the wilderness, warned that uncontrolled burning of fossil fuels would damage Earth's climate.
