ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Alaskan communities are increasingly turning to wind, solar and geothermal power as alternative energy sources, experts say.
FLORIDA CITY, Fla., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Outboard motors may be banned from use in a portion of Florida Bay as part of an effort to protect seagrass in Everglades National Park, officials said.
CARDIFF, Wales, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Europe's new Herschel telescope is examining a dying star that is 30 to 40 times more massive than Earth's sun, astronomers said.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- National Museum of Scotland researchers have built what they hope is an accurate reproduction of a wooden throne used by Pictish leaders 1,000 years ago.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A rare woodland plant, Monotropsis odorata, uses camouflage to hide from predators in much the way some animals do, scientists in Massachusetts said.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The cancer drug cetuximab has proved effective against Menetrier's disease, a rare stomach disorder, researchers in Tennessee found.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Invasive Asian carp pose a dire threat to the Great Lakes' ecosystem but may not be able to breed in open lake waters, a U.S. expert on the fish said.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A naturally occurring stomach hormone shows promise in slowing the development of Parkinson's disease, researchers in Connecticut said.
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A University of Iowa professor's four-year search to undercover everything known about pearls has led to a new book, "Tears of Mermaids."
NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Brain surgery to treat severe obsessive-compulsive disorders shows promise but remains highly experimental, U.S. neurosurgeons said.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The shuttle Atlantis landed Friday at Florida's Kennedy Space Center after three space walks and more than six days at the International Space Station.
BEIJING, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The Chinese space scientist who designed the country's first lunar probe says the second probe is set for October of next year, he told the China Daily.
BLACKSBURG, Va., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have secured funding to complete the genetic map of the North American domesticated turkey adorning millions of U.S. dinner tables Thursday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A dozen astronauts in orbit were to pause for a weightless Thanksgiving Thursday even though they were aboard two separate spacecraft, NASA said.
STAR CITY, Russia, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Main and backup crews for the next mission to the International Space Station began final tests at a space training center near Moscow Thursday.
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LONDON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Astronomers in Britain have come up with an Internet galaxy game they say will get people to help them figure out the answers to celestial questions.
GREENVILLE, N.C., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Scientists say the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking just as long as ever to approve new drugs, despite increased use of information technology.
LIVERMORE, Calif., Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have created images with the resolution of a single molecule of the interaction between peptides and a mineral surface.
LONDON, Ontario, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Canadian environmental officials are concerned invasive Asian carp could be poised to reach the Great Lakes because control measures don't seem to be working.
Fans react and hold up signs as floats carrying the New York Giants rides down the Canyon of Heroes for the Giants victory ticker tape parade 2 days after the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI in New York City on February 7, 2012 . UPI /John Angelillo
