COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Water vapor in Earth's stratosphere contributes to warmer temperatures and likely played an important role in the evolution of Earth's climate, researchers say.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- World-class triathletes are tough and therefore successful because they feel less pain than most people, researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel suggest.
SPIRIT RIVER, Alberta, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A pipeline crew in northern Canada discovered a "beautiful" dinosaur fossil this week when a backhoe sliced into the tail, scientists say.
CAIRO, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Egypt says an exact replica of the tomb of Tutankhamun will be installed near the 3,000-year-old original to divert tourists away from the threatened site.
LONDON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The number of British children with mobile phones has fallen for the first time but only because more and more are turning to tablet computers, a report says.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Scientists say they've discovered 60 species new to science, including a chocolate-colored frog and a tiny beetle just a tenth of an inch long, in Suriname.
LONDON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The health of the world's oceans is deteriorating faster than previously thought, a report by a non-profit ocean monitoring group in London says.
HOUGHTON, Mich., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Making a plastic household item on a home 3D printer is greener than making them en masse in a factory and shipping them to a warehouse, a U.S. study found.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A genetic study of a species of whales sometimes targeted by Japan's scientific whaling program could aid management strategies for the animals, scientists say.
As Tropical Storm Karen formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center has issued hurricane and storm watches for the U.S. coastline.
SOLANO BEACH, Calif., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Harold Agnew, a key figure of the nuclear age who helped design the atomic bomb as a member of the Manhattan Project, has died, his family said. He was 92.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The largest ice mass in Yosemite, a glacier that is the California park's key source of water, is melting fast and could be gone in 20 years, scientists say.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- One-fifth of the U.S. population lives near a high-volume road where vehicle exhaust has typically elevated pollution levels, a study found.
DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Elevated levels of radioactivity, salts and metals were found in treated water from oil and gas operations discharged into a Pennsylvania creek, scientists say.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Flowering plants evolved 100 million years earlier on Earth than previously thought, say Swiss scientists studying perfectly preserved ancient pollen grains.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The director of the U.S. National Security Agency has admitted the agency tracked the location of Americans' cellphone calls as part of a pilot program.
GREENBELT, Md., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Some of Mars' deep craters were actually ancient supervolcanoes that may have changed the planet's climate, U.S. and British researchers suggest.
WATERLOO, Ontario, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Investment firm Cerberus Capital Management has requested access to the books at Canadian smartphone pioneer BlackBerry, sources told The Wall Street Journal.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Costa Rican longline fisheries are killing thousands of sea turtles and sharks, catching more turtles than some commercial fish species, a study found.
United States Team member Tiger Woods (L) kisses girlfriend Lindsey Vonn on the 18th green after he and teammate Matt Kuchar defeated International Team members Hideki Matsuyama of Japan and Adam Scott of Australia 1-up during the third round four-ball competition at the 2013 Presidents Cup at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio on October 5, 2013. UPI/Brian Kersey
