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285 articles from FOXNews

• FRIDAY 19. OCTOBER, 2007
• 13:18 DNA Discoverer Apologizes for Racist Remarks

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  Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Dr. James Watson told a London audience on Thursday that he was sorry for comments in which he claimed African and Caribbean workers were less intelligent than white workers.  

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• 10:06 Shuttle Commander Backs Tuesday Launch

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  Col. Patricia Melroy says she, her crew confident in Discovery's safety despite independent panel's advice that shuttle not launch Tuesday.  

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• THURSDAY 18. OCTOBER, 2007
• 18:01 Global Warming Bringing 'Rapid Changes' to Arctic

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  NOAA's annual Arctic report finds shrubbery moving north, permafrost melting, sea ice and caribou herds both thinning.  

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• 17:23 Watson's London Lecture Nixed in Wake of Race Remarks

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  Comments DNA discoverer made about Africans being dumber than Europeans compels Science Museum in London to cancel sold-out lecture scheduled for Friday night.  

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• 11:50 Hunters, Farmers Smell Different to Elephants

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  Pachyderms can sniff out dietary differences between hunting Maasai, mostly vegetarian farming tribe  

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• 11:44 Neanderthals Had Language Gene Identical to Ours

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  FOXP2 genes collected from cave bones no different from those of modern humans, German study finds.  

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• 10:47 Scientists: Genetic Ancestry Tests Mostly Bogus

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  Cheek swabs can't determine your ancestry, Science mag points out; all they can do is tell you where else in the world other people share a small snippet of your DNA.  

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• 09:46 China to Start Communist Party Branch in Space

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  China might not have permanent presence in space yet, but the country's rocket men are already thinking about setting up a Communist Party branch in space.  

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• 08:44 Invasive Plant Dissolves Competitors With Acid

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  Phragmites australis, one of most invasive wetland plants in U.S, releases harsh acid into soil to rapidly disintegrate other species' roots.  

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• 08:27 Why Males Die Before Females

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  Intense competition over sex at heart of higher death rates for males in species with multiple pairings, study finds.  

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• WEDNESDAY 17. OCTOBER, 2007
• 17:18 Breathtaking New Species Found in Western Pacific

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  Several strange new worms, jellyfish found nearly two miles down in Celebes Sea south of Philippines.  

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• 10:39 DNA Discoverer: Blacks Less Intelligent Than Whites

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  James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA and Nobel Prize winner, tells British newspaper that blacks' intelligence not 'the same as ours.'  

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• 09:59 Shuttle Cleared for Tuesday Liftoff, Despite Dissension

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  Top brass decide not to replace three carbon panels at Discovery's wing edges, despite safety group's advice that launch be postponed.  

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• 09:49 Recent Findings Suggest Early Humans Used Makeup, Seafood

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  Recent findings point to early humans possibly wearing makeup and eating seafood.  

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• TUESDAY 16. OCTOBER, 2007
• 18:41 Chicago Researchers Look for 'Gay Gene'

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  Experts from four Chicago-area institutions conducting studies of brothers to quantify genetic component of homosexuality.  

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• 17:39 Famed Pirate's Cannon Possibly Raised From Deep

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  Archaeologists bring up 8-foot-long cannon from presumed wreck of Blackbeard's ship off North Carolina coast.  

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• 10:37 U.S., British Militaries May Deploy Flying Saucers

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  Company in England builds unmanned flying saucer for surveillance purposes, generates interest from U.S., British militaries.  

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• MONDAY 15. OCTOBER, 2007
• 11:42 Gravitational Waves Wash Over Des Moines

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  Unique weather conditions cause clouds over Des Moines to fragment, move like ripples in a pond.  

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• 11:39 Scarce Jobs in Astronomy: A Cosmic Shame?

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  It's easy to make a wish upon a star -- but if you want to make a living studying stars, planets and galaxies, things get quite a bit tougher.  

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• 11:28 Gigantic Plant-Eating Dinosaur Unearthed in Patagonia

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  Likely new species was 105 feet long, dubbed Futalognkosaurus after local Mapuche Indian words.  

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• FRIDAY 12. OCTOBER, 2007
• 18:33 Russian Craft Docks With International Space Station

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  Soyuz carrying American, Russian and Malaysian flawlessly hooks up with space station.  

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• 17:23 Scientists: Global Warming to Spark More Western Wildfires

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  Senate subcommittee told in Las Vegas meeting that Great Basin faces fiery future, largely due to increase in flammable weeds.  

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• 15:10 Gore, U.N. Panel Share 2007 Nobel Peace Prize

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  Former Vice President Al Gore, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change win for efforts against global warming.  

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• 11:24 Study: Chimps as Irrationally Possessive as Humans

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  Chimpanzees have same bias toward items they already own, as opposed to items they could have.  

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• 11:15 3-D Home Printers Could Disrupt Economy

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  Machines that build 3-D objects from plastic are dropping rapidly in price.  

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