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feed text New map pinpoints Lyme disease risk areas (AP)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:22:46 GMT

This map released by the Yale School of Public Health on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 shows a map which indicates areas of the eastern United States where people have the highest risk of contracting Lyme disease based on data from 2004-2007. Researchers dragged sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks for the survey. The map shows a clear risk across much of the Northeast, from Maine to northern Virginia. Researchers at Yale University also identified a high-risk region across most of Wisconsin, northern Minnesota and a sliver of northern Illinois. Areas highlighted as 'emerging risk' regions include the Illinois-Indiana border, the New York-Vermont border, southwestern Michigan and eastern North Dakota. (AP Graphic/Yale School of Public Health, Maria Diuk-Wasser)AP - Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.



text Unlike Patriots, NFL slow to embrace 'Moneyball' (AP)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:20:50 GMT

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, left, talks with head coach Bill Belichick during practice on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Indianapolis. The Patriots are scheduled to face the New York Giants in NFL football Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - It's advice that sounds like heresy on the gridiron: Go for it on fourth down. Try more onside kicks. Running backs don't matter much.



text NASA says Russian space woes no worry (AP)
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:36:29 GMT
AP - NASA says it still has confidence in the quality of Russia's manned rockets, despite an embarrassing series of glitches and failures in the Russian space program.
text Sandia Labs engineers create 'self-guided' bullet (AP)
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:41:02 GMT

In this undated photo provided by Sandia National Laboratories, a time exposure, a light-emitting diode, or LED, attached to a self-guided bullet at Sandia National Laboratories shows a bright path during a nighttime field test. The New Mexico-based Sandia National Laboratories announced Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012 that its engineers have invented a bullet that directs itself to a target like a tiny guided missile and can hit a target more than a mile away. According to Sandia Labs engineers, the bullet twists and turns to guide itself toward a laser-directed point. Officials say it can make up to thirty corrections per second while in the air. (AP Photo/Sandia National Laboratories)AP - Figuring out how to pack a processor and other electronics into a machine gun bullet has been a challenge for engineers at Sandia National Laboratories, so weapons experts say the miniature guidance system the lab has developed is a breakthrough.



text First 'Vampire' Bat Fly Fossil Discovered (LiveScience.com)
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:55:00 GMT
LiveScience.com - A one-of-a-kind fossil shows that so-called bat flies - tiny vampire insects that survive on the blood of bats - have been parasitizing the winged mammals and spreading bat malaria for at least 20 million years, scientists report in a pair of studies Friday (Feb. 3).
text Canada, Alberta seek to assuage oil sands critics (Reuters)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:10:28 GMT
Reuters - Canada will set up a new environmental monitoring system for the northern Alberta oil sands as it seeks to fend off harsh international criticism following revelations that oversight of the huge petroleum development has been insufficient.
text Kiev blames Moscow for Europe gas cutbacks (AP)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:52:20 GMT

FILE- A gas pipeline worker, checks the valves at the gas pumping station at Pisarevka, Russia, in this file photo dated Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. European nations, that get much of their natural gas supplies from a trans-Russia-Ukraine pipeline, reported significant cutbacks in supplies Thursday Feb. 2, 2012, although the cut is disputed by Ukraine, as winter temperatures across Europe plunged to record lows. (AP Photo/Svetlana Kozlenko, file)AP - Ukraine's government is blaming Russia for natural gas shortages in some European countries as a severe cold spell grips the region.



text Jupiter-Bound NASA Probe Adjusts Course Toward Giant Planet (SPACE.com)
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:45:00 GMT
SPACE.com - A NASA probe on a five-year mission to Jupiter fired up its rocket thrusters this week to better aim itself at the largest planet in our solar system.
text Same Genes Key to Early & Late-Onset Alzheimer's: Study (HealthDay)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:46:55 GMT
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- People who develop Alzheimer's disease late in life may have the same gene mutations linked to the inherited, early onset form of the condition, according to a new study.
text AP Enterprise: Monkey owners flee La. crackdown (AP)
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:44:49 GMT

In this Jan. 24, 2012 photo, Jim and Donita Clark play with two of their four Capuchin monkeys in the bedroom inside their RV at an undisclosed location near the Louisiana Border in Texas. Even in their Texas hideout, the Clarks are terrified that wildlife agents from their home state of Louisiana will descend on their motorhome and seize the four Capuchin monkeys they've reared for 10 years. Exotic animal owners like them say wildlife agents have been cracking down in Louisiana and around the country after high-profile cases of exotic animals getting loose or attacking people. At least six states have also banned the ownership of wild animals since 2005, and Congress is also mulling tighter restrictions. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Even in their Texas hideout, Jim and Donita Clark are terrified that wildlife agents from their home state of Louisiana will descend on their motorhome and seize the four Capuchin monkeys they've reared for 10 years.



text USDA awards $40 million grants to boost local farm/food projects (Reuters)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:20:07 GMT
Reuters - The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday awarded $40.2 million in grants to farmers, ranchers and farmer-controlled rural business ventures aimed at spurring locally produced food supplies and renewable energy ventures.
text The nation's weather (AP)
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:03:15 GMT
AP - Weather Underground Forecast for Saturday, Feb. 04, 2012.
text Space Rock of Love: Asteroid Eros Attracts Skywatchers in Earth Flyby (SPACE.com)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:31:00 GMT
SPACE.com - In 1931, the close approach of the asteroid Eros allowed professional astronomers to calculate its distance and make that era's most accurate measurement of the solar system. As the asteroid passes near Earth this week, amateur astronomers and students from around the world seek to recreate the historical experience.
text Sex & Parenting Genes Discovered in Mice (LiveScience.com)
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:25:00 GMT
LiveScience.com - Men are from Mars and women are from Venus, but how did they get there? Our gender differences might be a function of how our brains react to hormones, a new study on mice suggests.
text California woman's small claims victory resonates (AP)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:38:38 GMT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012 file photo, Heather Peters, who says her 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid never achieved the gas mileage Honda claimed in its advertising, and also did a computer upgrade that further diminished the mileage, please her case in Small Claims Court in Torrrance, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. Peters had opted out of a class action settlement agreed to by Honda because it does not provide enough remuneration. On Feb. 1, 2012, it was announced that Peters had won her unusual lawsuit against the auto giant over the vehicle's failure to deliver the promised mileage. A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner has awarded Peters $9,867, just under the Small Claims Court limit of $10,000. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)AP - Heather Peter's computer crashed under the onslaught of messages following her unique victory over Honda in small claims court - a win the California woman is hoping will lead other consumers to reject a class action settlement over defective hybrid cars.



text Rome struggles with more snow; govt shovels issued (AP)
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:52:05 GMT

Tourists walk past the snow covered Circus Maximus in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. A rare snowfall blanketed Rome forcing the closure of the Colosseum over fears tourists would slip on the icy ruins, and leaving buses struggling to climb the city's slushy hills. Other parts of the country experienced frigid temperatures unseen in years. Authorities stopped visitors from entering the Colosseum, the adjacent Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, the former home of Rome's ancient emperors. (AP Photo/Fabio Polimeni)AP - Romans bewildered by their city's first big snowfall in 26 years used government-issued shovels to clear sidewalks, and kitchen utensils to clear windshields Saturday.




Microsoft Windows Phone 8 details leak
text Microsoft Windows Phone 8 details leak Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 will support NFC and content sharing with computers and tablets, according to a leaked video. (telegraph technology)
Indonesia detains 96 bound for Australia
text Indonesia detains 96 bound for Australia INDONESIA has detained 96 asylum seekers who had attempted to reach Australia, after their boat capsized in Java waters. (heraldsun world)
Hubble captures sharp picture of 'barred spiral' galaxy just like our own Milky Way
text Hubble captures sharp picture of 'barred spiral' galaxy just like our own Milky Way Hubble has captured an incredibly sharp view of the heart of a galaxy just like ours - showing the 'bar' of glowing gas being pulled towards the black hole at the galaxy's centre. (dailymail sciencetech)