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El Nino may have helped Magellan cross the Pacific
(AP)
 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.
Researchers warn of nitrogen hazard to environment
(AP)
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.
Da Vinci to be honored by small helicopter flight
(AP)
 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.
Robotic suit could usher in super soldier era
(AP)
 AP - 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 endurance as many as 20 times.
Why the China Quake Was So Devastating
(LiveScience.com)
 LiveScience.com - The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province, leveling buildings and taking tens of thousands of lives, might not have wrought such destruction in the United States, experts say.
New storm deepens misery in cyclone-hit Myanmar
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Torrential tropical downpours lashed
Myanmar's cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta on Friday, as some
NASA Faces Rocket Test Delays for New Spaceship
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA is expecting
delays for the first tests of the rocket that will replace its aging space
shuttles after they retire in 2010, agency officials said Thursday.
Wildlife numbers plummet globally: WWF
(AFP)
 AFP - The world's wildlife populations have reduced by around a quarter since the 1970s, according to a major report published Friday by the WWF conservation organization.
Earth Extinctions Blamed on Cosmic Speed Bump
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - The sun bounces up and down as it roams the Milky Way, and such
wavering might have hurled showers of comets Earth's way that caused mass
extinctions, including the one that killed the dinosaurs, a new study claims.
Republicans abandon Bush on food, energy issues
(AP)
 AP - Congress responded speedily to voters' angst over rising grocery prices and $4-a-gallon gasoline Thursday, bucking President Bush's veto threats with lopsided votes to boost food stamps and farm subsidies after ordering Bush to quit pouring oil into the nation's emergency reserves.
Setback for Sarkozy as parliament throws out GM bill
(AFP)
 AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's government suffered a setback on Tuesday as lawmakers unexpectedly threw out a controversial bill on genetically-modified (GM) crops.
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