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285 articles from FOXNews

• TUESDAY 30. OCTOBER, 2007
• 13:37 Headless Skeletons Yield Polynesian Secrets

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  Isotope tests on Lapita graves in Vanuatu shows that four individuals in cemetery with dozens of bodies came from somewhere else.  

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• 10:58 Three U.S. States Join New Carbon-Trading Market

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  California, New York, New Jersey join European Union, Norway, New Zealand and Canada in forming International Carbon Action Partnership.  

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• 10:52 Scientists Auctioning Off Butterfly Naming Rights

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  Entomologists hope to raise $50,000 to continue research along U.S.-Mexican border.  

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• 09:41 Cosmic Rays Seem to Originate With Supernovas

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  Long-standing hypothesis finally gets observational support with Chandra X-ray observatory data.  

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• MONDAY 29. OCTOBER, 2007
• 15:37 Experts: 'Child of Krakatoa' Volcano Near Eruption

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  Indonesian volcano Anak Krakatoa, or 'Child of Krakatoa,' is spewing smoke and ash, may erupt soon.  

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• 10:23 Pentagon Working on Solar-Powered Satellite Engines

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  DARPA has two defense contractors working on experimental systems that use sun to heat up liquids to high temperatures, which would then be vented through nozzle to provide thrust.  

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• SUNDAY 28. OCTOBER, 2007
• 16:44 Famed Meteorites Fail to Sell at Auction

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  Two of the world's most famous meteorites failed to attract buyers at an auction on Sunday, while an ordinary metal mailbox zapped by a falling space rock in 1984 was sold for nearly $83,000.  

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• 13:54 Astronauts Discover Problem on Space Station

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  Spacewalking astronauts doing construction work outside international space station discovered what appears to be metal shavings inside a joint needed to turn set of solar power panels.  

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• 09:21 Is It Bigfoot? Hunter's Photos Ignite Debate

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  While some believe a critter photographed by a hunter's camera could be Sasquatch, others say it's just a bear with a bad skin infection.  

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• SATURDAY 27. OCTOBER, 2007
• 15:13 Discovery Crew Set to Enter New Space Station Cabin

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  Discovery commander Peggy Whitson will open the new Harmonny hatch area on the international space station today after two crew members spending over 6 hours installing it yesterday.  

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• 14:34 NASA Agrees to Search for Files Over UFO Incident

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  NASA has agreed to search its archives for documents related to an alleged 1965 UFO incident in Kecksburg, Penn., a step the agency fought in federal court.  

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• FRIDAY 26. OCTOBER, 2007
• 16:36 Far-Out Ideas Could Solve World's Energy Crisis

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  Getting out from under the thumb of foreign oil producers and saying goodbye to polluting power plants could be just a couple of scientific breakthroughs away.  

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• 16:10 Report: Two Dozen Primate Species Close to Extinction

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  Two environmental groups say subspecies of gorilla, orangutan among those close to disappearing.  

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• 14:58 Experts Fear Much of U.S. Could Face Water Shortage

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  Experts are concerned that the nation's freshwater supplies are being stretched dangerously thin.  

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• 14:47 Discovery Astronauts Take Mission's First Spacewalk

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  Astronauts Scott Parazynski, Douglas Wheelock to install new living compartment on space station.  

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• 12:26 U.N. Report: Human Activity Threatens Earth's Sustainability

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  U.N. agency calls for heightened efforts to halt global warming, species extinction and water pollution to protect earth's ability to sustain life.  

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• 10:45 Strangely High Number of Dead Grizzlies at Yellowstone

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  Twenty-five known or probable grizzly-bear deaths in national park this year, mostly due to human interaction.  

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• 10:36 Scientist: Human Race May Split in Two in Far Future

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  British evolutionary psychologist Oliver Curry thinks two subspecies will emerge: a tall, slim, intelligent privileged class, and a short, squat, ugly, dim-witted race of servants.  

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• THURSDAY 25. OCTOBER, 2007
• 17:24 DNA Discoverer Retires in Wake of Race Remarks

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  Nobel Prize-winning geneticist James Watson retires from chancellorship of Cold Spring Harbor Lab in wake of racially charged remarks printed in British newspaper.  

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• 14:44 China Launches First Lunar Probe, Plans Rover

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  Chang'e 1 orbiter blasts off from Sichaun province, first step in Chinese aspirations for moon; India expected to follow next year.  

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• 14:44 Kenyan Monkeys Make Lewd Gestures at Women

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  Goverment officials not sure how to handle rude primates harassing women picking crops.  

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• 14:44 NASA, Air Force Drones to Fly Over Fire Zone

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  Both agencies to use unmanned aerial vehicles to help firefighters find hidden fire hotspots.  

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• 11:45 Hundreds of 'Missing' Black Holes Found

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  High levels of infrared light emitted by ancient galaxies shows many supermassive black holes existed 10 billion years ago.  

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• 11:45 Defect Suspected in Fabric of Space-Time

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  Strange cold spot in universe could be wrinkle in fabric of space-time dating all the way back to the Big Bang.  

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• 11:45 Some Neanderthals May Have Been Redheads

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  Genes extracted from two specimens indicate at least 1 percent of Neanderthal population had red hair.  

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