Life in Antarctic lake? It's everywhere else
(AP)
AP - If scientists find microbes in a frigid lake two miles beneath the thick ice of Antarctica, it will illustrate once again that somehow life finds a way to survive in the strangest and harshest places.
AP - The ruins aren't particularly impressive, just some stone and clay footings for houses that probably supported walls of wood or clay wattle. And it's that very ordinariness that has experts excited.
Researchers probe 200-year-old shipwreck off RI
(AP)
AP - For two centuries it rested a mile from shore, shrouded by a treacherous reef from the pleasure boaters and beachgoers who haunt New England's southern coast.
Mystery of Britain's Largest Meteorite Solved
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - With a weight that rivals a baby elephant, a meteorite that fell from space some 30,000 years ago is likely Britain's largest space rock. And after much sleuthing, researchers think they know where it came from and how it survived so long without weathering away.
Dems hit lax fed drilling oversight
(AP)
AP - Federal policing of oil and natural gas drilling on public lands is lax and inconsistent, with only 6 percent of violations resulting in monetary fines over 13 years, House Democrats said in a report Wednesday.
Exclusive: U.S. squeezes French-led satellite maker over China
(Reuters)
Reuters - The United States has threatened action that could disrupt a French-led satellite maker's supply chain, spurred by suspicion that it illegally used U.S. know-how or parts in spacecraft launched by Chinese rockets.
4 New Genes Linked to Type 2 Diabetes
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Four new genes associated
with type 2 diabetes have been identified by researchers, who also
pinpointed six independent diabetes-associated gene variants at previously
known locations on chromosomes.
Feds declare Atlantic sturgeon endangered species
(AP)
AP - The Atlantic sturgeon, a prehistoric fish whose once bountiful populations were depleted by anglers seeking its coveted caviar, has been declared an endangered species by federal officials, a decision that could lead to moves to protect its habitats along the East Coast.
