Science News

NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocketNASA engineers work on alternative moon rocketBy day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design. These dissenting scientists and their backers insist they have created an alternative rocket that would be safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft that will replace the space shuttle.

Mystery insect bugging experts at London museumThe experts at London's Natural History Museum pride themselves on being able to identify species from around the globe, from birds and mammals to insects and snakes. Yet they can't figure out a tiny red-and-black bug that has appeared in the museum's own gardens.

EPA experts detail global warming's health risksGovernment scientists detailed a rising death toll from heat waves, wildfires, disease and smog caused by global warming in an analysis the White House buried so it could avoid regulating greenhouse gases.

Yellow submarine: Unmanned sub studies oceanYellow submarine: Unmanned sub studies oceanFar out in the Atlantic, a little yellow submarine is trying to slip from current to current, gliding across the ocean beneath the waves.

US judge blocks gas drilling in Michigan forestA federal judge has overturned a decision by the U.S. Forest Service to allow oil and gas drilling near a forest and a river in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula.

Remote Alaska volcano erupts, spewing rock and ashA volcano erupted Saturday with little warning on a remote island in Alaska, sending residents of a nearby ranch fleeing from falling ash and volcanic rock.

Mars bake test hastened after oven short circuitMars bake test hastened after oven short circuitWill the Mars lander's next baking test of soil and ice be its last?

Report: 2nd oldest US wildlife refuge in jeopardyThe nation's second oldest national wildlife refuge, a chain of barrier islands southeast of New Orleans, is in danger of being lost unless the islands are restored, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday.

Lightning claims 5 young lives in a weekLightning claims 5 young lives in a weekFive young lives have been ended by lightning in less than a week, a deadly reminder of one of summer's leading hazards.

Ancient Rome's she-wolf statue not so ancient?Ancient Rome's she-wolf statue not so ancient?She suckled Rome's legendary twin founders and fed Benito Mussolini's ambitious dreams of renewed imperial glories.


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Local News

Eugene Firefighters on Stand By to Help Fight Fires in California Eugene Firefighters on Stand By to Help Fight Fires in California Wildfires are still spreading rapidly in parts of California.


A First Look Inside Riverbend A First Look Inside Riverbend Thousands of people jumped at the chance to get their first look inside the new Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend.


U of O Football Player Dies Sunday Evening U of O Football Player Dies Sunday Evening 19-year-old U of O football player, Todd Doxey died Sunday after jumping off Marcola Road Bridge into the McKenzie River.


Four Alarm Fire Destroys Part of Glide High School Four Alarm Fire Destroys Part of Glide High School A four alarm fire destroyed part of Glide High school Saturday afternoon.


People Beat the Heat by Heading to the Water People Beat the Heat by Heading to the Water With temperatures surpassing the 90 degree mark Saturday, many people were trying to find ways to beat the heat.



Unusual or Off-Beat

Grandmother, 77, pins down rabid fox that bit herA 77-year-old grandmother was recovering at home after she pinned down a rabid fox that bit her and held it until help arrived. Avis Blakeslee was attacked as she tended to her petunias outside her Stroudsburg farmhouse.

Child finds Ark. woman's missing diamond ringA 6-year-old girl who found what she thought was a fake diamond ring in a Wal-Mart parking lot has helped reunite a Benton newlywed with her missing $9,000 engagement ring.

Woman accused of smacking beau with toilet seatPolice arrested a couple after the woman allegedly hit her boyfriend with a toilet seat. The woman, 18, told police that she found her boyfriend smoking cocaine in their bathroom and turned on the shower to try and wash away the drugs.

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