Saturday, July 4, 2009
Cassy Hayes and Jasmine Coleman were among the first fans to arrive outside the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles where Michael Jackson was brought and later pronounced dead. |
Friday, July 3, 2009
Electric vehicles (EVs) will be the subject of the 2009 Taiwan Automotive International Forum and Exhibition (TAIFE-2009) to be held July 15. |
A Dutch team has fulfilled a dream by building its own super sports car, the Savage Rivale Roadyacht GTS, fitted with a supercharged Corvette ZR1 engine with an output of 679 hp and a top speed of 330 km/h. |
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Australian and New Zealand scientists have used prehistoric feathers to help map the color of giant extinct birds and said Wednesday they believe their method could help reconstruct the appearance of other extinct bird species. |
The interplanetary space probe Ulysses officially ceased operations on Tuesday after an 18-year voyage of roughly 5.5 billion miles (8.85 billion km) and nearly three complete orbits around the sun, NASA said. |
Alaskans can put away their dust masks and spare air filters, for now, because Mount Redoubt seems to have cooled off since its last major eruption nearly three months ago. |
YouTube opened an online journalism training hub on Monday featuring tips from some of the top names in the business including Bob Woodward of Watergate fame. |
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Mounting loss of seagrass in the world's oceans, vital for the survival of endangered marine life, commercial fisheries and the fight against climate change, reveals a major crisis in coastal ecosystems, a report says. |
Dust in the wind is rewriting the cycle of life in the U.S. Rocky Mountains.
Throughout memory the warmth of spring has begun the mountain snowmelt, bringing life-giving water to greening plants so they can blossom and renew their species. |
Drought may damage crops in China, India, Australia and the southern U.S. this year as elevated Pacific Ocean surface temperatures produce an El Nino effect, said Drew Lerner, the president of World Weather Inc. |




