/list_8_1.html Science zh-cn Use ToDig News to find breaking news, current events, the latest headlines, news photos, analysis & opinion on top stories, world, business, politics, entertainment, sports, technology, and more. ieij@qq.com /EPA-maps-plan-to-ease-Colo--flood-threat_678.html DENVER - The Environmental Protection Agency said it could be a month or two before crews pump water from a crumbling tunnel where officials fear more than a billion gallons of trapped water could cause a potentially catastrophic flood in a historic 2008-02-27 Environment P. SOLOMON BANDA ap.org /Bhopal-gas-leak-survivors-begin-protest-march-to-New-Delhi_677.html NEW DELHI (AFP) - More than 60 survivors and victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak began a trek to New Delhi on Wednesday to press for a clean-up of the toxic waste still surrounding the plant, activists said. Forty more people are expected to join th 2008-02-27 Environment Unknown AFP.com /Brazil-hosts-climate-change-forum_676.html BRASILIA, Brazil - Encouraged that all major U.S. presidential candidates vow to protect the environment, lawmakers from industrialized nations and big emerging economies met Wednesday to craft solutions to global warming and rising deforestation. S 2008-02-27 Environment ALAN CLENDENNING ap.org /China--India-speed-climate-change--Australian-report_675.html SYDNEY (AFP) - The economic rise of China and India means climate change is occurring faster than previously thought, making efforts to fix the problem more urgent, an official Australian report found Thursday. The government-commissioned report cal 2008-02-27 Environment Neil Sands AFP.com /Japan-to-consider-carbon-cap-and-trade-system--officials_674.html TOKYO (AFP) - Japan will study introducing a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions, officials said Thursday, as the business community hinted it will back down on its opposition amid global pressure. Japan, despite its advocacy of the Ky 2008-02-27 Environment Kyoko Hasegawa AFP.com /Brazil-calls-on-G8-to-meet-Kyoto-Protocol-goals_673.html BRASILIA (AFP) - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, on closing the GLOBE forum on climate change Thursday, called on the Group of Eight (G8) developed nations to meet greenhouse-gas reduction targets set out in the Kyoto Protocol. It's important t 2008-02-27 Environment Unknown AFP.com /Wolves-to-be-removed-from-species-list_672.html BILLINGS, Mont. - Gray wolves in the Northern Rockies will be removed from the endangered species list, following a 13-year restoration effort that helped the animal's population soar, federal officials said Thursday. An estimated 1,500 wolves now r 2008-02-27 Environment MATTHEW BROWN ap.org /Tianjin-joins-Beijing-in-Olympic-air-pollution-fight_671.html BEIJING, Feb 22, 2008 (AFP) - The port city of Tianjin has joined neighbouring Beijing in the fight to clean the air for the Olympics by cutting vehicle traffic in half, state media reported Friday. The industrial city of 10 million people 100 kilom 2008-02-27 Environment Unknown AFP.com /UN-says-warming-threatens-fish-stocks_670.html PARIS - Major world commercial fish stocks could collapse within decades as global warming compounds damage from pollution and overfishing, U.N. officials said Friday. A U.N. Environment Program report details new research on how rising ocean surfac 2008-02-27 Environment ANGELA CHARLTON ap.org /Biodiversity--doomsday-vault--comes-to-life-in-Arctic_669.html LONGYEARBYEN, Norway (AFP) - Aimed at providing mankind with a Noah's Ark of food in the event of a global catastrophe, an Arctic doomsday vault filled with samples of the world's most important seeds will be inaugurated here Tuesday. European Commi 2008-02-27 Environment Pierre-Henry Deshayes AFP.com /Air-Pollution-Kicks-Men-Where-it-Counts_668.html Since I bike pretty much everywhere, I spend a fair bit of time sandwiched behind garbage trucks, city buses, and whatever other pollution-spewing monstrosities come my way. Just yesterday, for instance, a delivery truck pinned me in between the cur 2008-02-27 Environment Adam Voiland USNews.com /Supreme-Court-to-hear-Exxon-spill-case_667.html CORDOVA, Alaska - For many in this coastal town, the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster was an event so crushing that hard-bitten fishermen still get teary-eyed recalling ruined livelihoods, broken marriages and suicides. But mostly, people in Cordova talk 2008-02-27 Environment RACHEL D'ORO ap.org /Environmentalists-climb-on-Heathrow-jet-in-airport-protest--officials_666.html LONDON (AFP) - Four activists from environmental campaigners Greenpeace breached security at London Heathrow to stage a protest on top of a jet against the airport's planned expansion, the group said Monday. The activists climbed on top of a British 2008-02-27 Environment Unknown AFP.com /UN-climate-head--US-stand-a--nonstarter-_665.html NEW YORK - The U.N. climate chief on Monday welcomed statements by Bush administration officials that the United States would accept a binding international commitment to reduce global-warming gases. But he said their insistence that China and other 2008-02-27 Environment CHARLES J. HANLEY ap.org /3rd-manmade-Grand-Canyon-flood-planned_664.html PHOENIX - For the third time since 1996, officials plan to unleash a manmade flood in the Grand Canyon next month in an effort to restore an ecosystem that was altered by a dam constructed on the Colorado River decades ago. The Glen Canyon Dam, comp 2008-02-27 Environment Unknown ap.org /Saturnian-moon-has-more-energy-than-Earth-s-oil-and-gas-reserves_663.html PARIS (AFP) - Imagine a place awash with more hydrocarbons than a Texan oilman can dream of and where no one has staked a single claim -- all that energy is just going begging. The problem: this massive reserve is at least 1.2 billion kilometers (75 2008-02-27 Energy Unknown AFP.com /Shell-sets-out-vision-of-energy-future_662.html LONDON (AFP) - Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell unveiled its vision of the world's future energy sources Thursday, suggesting two scenarios where policy either remains with individual countries or is decentralised to allow a reduction in energy consumpti 2008-02-27 Energy Unknown AFP.com /Oceans-eyed-as-new-energy-source_661.html DANIA BEACH, Fla. - Just 15 miles off Florida's coast, the world's most powerful sustained ocean current the mighty Gulf Stream rushes by at nearly 8.5 billion gallons per second. And it never stops. To scientists, it represents a tantalizing possib 2008-02-27 Energy BRIAN SKOLOFF ap.org /Bill-Clinton-campaigns-for-wife-in-Ohio_660.html TOLEDO, Ohio - Former President Clinton told hundreds of Hillary Rodham Clinton's supporters on Sunday that her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination will likely come down to contests next month in Ohio and Texas. It's up to you, he to 2008-02-27 Energy JOHN SEEWER ap.org /Venezuela-asks-ExxonMobil-to-talk--drop-legal-cases_659.html CARACAS, Feb 19, 2008 (AFP) - Venezuela has asked US oil giant ExxonMobil to resume World Bank-sponsored talks to resolve a nationalization dispute and to drop legal cases in New York and London, Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez said Tuesday. We have 2008-02-27 Energy Unknown AFP.com /Gazprom-chief-visits-Iran-for-gas-cooperation-talks--company_658.html MOSCOW, Feb 19, 2008 (AFP) - The CEO of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom visited Iran on Tuesday for talks on joint projects in Iran and cooperation on natural gas sales by Moscow and Tehran, the company said in a statement. Alexei Miller met Iran's Oil 2008-02-27 Energy Unknown AFP.com /Neighbors-clash-over-trees--solar-power_657.html SUNNYVALE, Calif. - In an environmental dispute seemingly scripted for eco-friendly California, a man asked prosecutors to file charges against his neighbors because their towering redwoods blocked sunlight to his backyard solar panels. But the coup 2008-02-27 Energy TERENCE CHEA ap.org /House-to-vote-next-week-on-energy-tax-bill_656.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives will vote next week on legislation that would levy $18 billion in taxes on big oil companies to help pay for extending renewable energy tax credits, Democratic leaders said on Thursday. The legisla 2008-02-27 Energy Tom Doggett Reuters.com /Governors--Include-coal-in-energy-debate_655.html WASHINGTON - Governors pushing alternative energy development are not shying from coal, a major culprit in global warming but also a homegrown energy source and an economic lifeline for many states. Leaders of coal-rich states say clean-coal technol 2008-02-27 Energy ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS ap.org /U-S--gasoline-prices-rise-to--3-10-a-gallon--survey_654.html NEW YORK (Reuters) - The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the United States rose in the last two weeks, tracking a rise in crude oil prices, according to a nationwide survey. The national average for self-serve, regular, unleaded gas was $3 2008-02-27 Energy Ritsuko Ando Reuters.com /EU-orders-China-to-prove-that-rice-is-GMO-free_653.html BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Commission demanded Tuesday that China provide proof that rice products it is sending to the EU do not contain a genetically modified strain. The European Commission decided today to require compulsory certification for 2008-02-26 Biotechnology Unknown AFP.com /Poland-sticking-to-planned-GMO-livestock-fodder-ban--ministry_652.html WARSAW (AFP) - Poland is sticking to plans to ban the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in livestock fodder, despite an earlier rethink, the agriculture ministry announced Tuesday. Ministry spokeswoman Malgorzata Ksiazyk told AFP that the 2008-02-26 Biotechnology Unknown AFP.com /Brazil-authorizes-genetically-modified-crops_651.html BRASILIA (AFP) - Brazil's National Biosecurity Council on Tuesday authorized the planting and sale of two types of genetically modified corn, angering some rural groups which consider them environmentally risky. Science and Technology Minister Sergi 2008-02-26 Biotechnology Unknown AFP.com /Top-scientists-gather-for-debate-on-21st-century-challenges_650.html BOSTON, Massachusetts (AFP) - Burning public health issues, cloned animals and the dangers of climate change will top the agenda at a conference drawing some 10,000 eminent scientists from around the world. The annual conference of the American Asso 2008-02-26 Biotechnology Jean-Louis Santini AFP.com /Germany-considers-changing-stem-cell-laws_649.html BERLIN (Reuters) - German lawmakers are considering changes to laws on stem cell research as pressure grows for an easing of restrictions that local scientists complain prevent them from keeping up with global advances. The Bundestag lower house of 2008-02-26 Biotechnology Madeline Chambers Reuters.com /Researchers-get-closer-to-safe-stem-cell-treatments_648.html CHICAGO (AFP) - Researchers came a step closer to finding a safe way to use stem cells in clinical treatment Thursday when a team of Japanese scientists announced they found a way to induce stem cells without triggering tumors. Stem cells are consid 2008-02-26 Biotechnology Unknown AFP.com /Genes-that-conquered-cold-blamed-for-fat_647.html CHICAGO (Reuters) - Genes that helped early humans adapt to cold climates may be driving metabolism-related diseases such as obesity or diabetes in many countries, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. They found a strong correlation between climate an 2008-02-26 Biotechnology Julie Steenhuysen Reuters.com /EU-clashes-over-authorizing-GMO-maize-types_646.html BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union farm ministers fell short of a consensus agreement on Monday to allow imports of five genetically modified (GMO) products, paving the way for default approval by legal rubberstamp, EU officials said. The products 2008-02-26 Biotechnology Jeremy Smith Reuters.com /EU-split-over-biotech-maize--potato_645.html BRUSSELS (AFP) - EU farm ministers failed on Monday to agree whether to allow new strains of genetically modified maize and potato, amid persisting divisions over biotech products. There wasn't a qualified majority either in favour or against for th 2008-02-26 Biotechnology Unknown AFP.com /China-gene-experts-search-for-answers-on-diabetes_644.html SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Chinese scientists are trying to find out which errant genes are responsible for diabetes and certain forms of cancer that have long plagued Chinese populations, a geneticist said. Rising affluence, richer diets and a sed 2008-02-26 Biotechnology Tan Ee Lyn Reuters.com /Brazil-finds-fossil-of-crocodile--missing-link-_643.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Brazilian paleontologists Thursday unveiled a fossil of a creature that they said is the missing link between prehistoric and present-day crocodiles. Called Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi, the predator measured 1.5-1.7 meters ( 2008-02-26 Dinosaurs & Fossils Unknown AFP.com /Brazil-finds-fossil-of-missing-link-to-crocodile_642.html RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian paleontologists said on Thursday they had found the fossil of a new species of prehistoric predator that represented a missing link to modern-day crocodiles. The well-preserved fossil of Montealtosuchus arrudacam 2008-02-26 Dinosaurs & Fossils Leonardo Teixeira & Andrei Kha Reuters.com /New-species-of-prehistoric-flying-reptile-found-in-China--study_641.html CHICAGO (AFP) - Paleontologists have discovered the fossil of a new species of tiny prehistoric flying reptile in northeastern China, a study released Monday said. The miniature reptile lived about 120 million years ago and was about the size of a s 2008-02-26 Dinosaurs & Fossils Unknown AFP.com /New-Duck-Billed-Dino-Discovered-in-Mexico_640.html A new species of duck-billed dinosaur unearthed in Mexico is helping scientists fill in gaps in the fossil record of the Age of Dinosaurs. The creature, dubbed Velafrons coahuilensis, was a massive plant-eater belonging to a larger group of duck-bil 2008-02-26 Dinosaurs & Fossils Andrea Thompson LiveScience.com /Crested-beach-bum-dinosaur-found-in-Mexico_639.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seventy-two million years ago, a dinosaur with a sail-shaped crest on the top of its head lived at a Mexican seashore, munching plants and trying to avoid a cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex. U.S., Mexican and Canadian scientists on 2008-02-26 Dinosaurs & Fossils Will Dunham Reuters.com /Tiny-dinosaur-fossil-is-found-in-China_638.html WASHINGTON - As pterodactyls go it was small, toothless and had unexpectedly curved toes yet scientists are welcoming their new find as another piece in the puzzle of ancient life. We have this really amazing creature, sparrow sized, which lived ess 2008-02-26 Dinosaurs & Fossils Unknown ap.org /New-dinosaur-species-found-in-Mexico_637.html SALT LAKE CITY - A Mexican paleontologist was cleaning up after lunch with a group of schoolchildren she'd been teaching to dig for bones in northeastern Mexico when she found the dinosaur bone. I was basically collecting trash, Martha Carolina Agui 2008-02-26 Dinosaurs & Fossils ACE STRYKER ap.org /A-52-million-year-old-fossil-shows-bats-developed-flight-before-sonar_636.html PARIS (AFP) - A nearly perfect bat fossil unveiled on Wednesday, has settled a long-simmering evolutionary debate: that the animals could fly before they developed sonar to track and trap their prey. Most experts had thought it was the other way aro 2008-02-26 Dinosaurs & Fossils Marlowe Hood AFP.com /Smithsonian-to-open-butterfly-exhibit_635.html WASHINGTON - A tropical garden is opening in downtown Washington, brightly colored plants, warmth and humidity, and hundreds of butterflies fluttering around visitors. Best known for dinosaur bones and a giant stuffed elephant, the Smithsonian's Nat 2008-02-26 Dinosaurs & Fossils RANDOLPH E. SCHMID ap.org /African-dinosaur-duo-ate-like-sharks_634.html CHICAGO (Reuters) - Fossils from two newly discovered meat-eating dinosaurs that lived in the Sahara Desert 110 million years ago paint a fearsome picture of life in Africa's Cretaceous period, which appears to have been teeming with unusual carnivo 2008-02-26 Dinosaurs & Fossils Julie Steenhuysen Reuters.com /Fearsome-Dinosaurs-Found-in-Sahara_633.html From the sands of the Sahara, scientists have uncovered the bones of two new ferocious dinosaur predators - one that makes the kills and another that feasts on the leftovers. The fossils represent previously unknown species that roamed the Earth abo 2008-02-26 Dinosaurs & Fossils Clara Moskowitz LiveScience.com /Bats-could-fly-before-they-had--radar-_632.html NEW YORK - A fossil found in Wyoming has apparently resolved a long-standing question about when bats gained their radar-like ability to navigate and locate airborne insects at night. The answer: after they started flying. The discovery revealed the 2008-02-26 Dinosaurs & Fossils MALCOLM RITTER ap.org /Fossils-of-new-meat-eating-dinos-found_631.html CHICAGO - Fossil hunters say they have discovered bones of two massive meat-eating dinosaurs in Africa. In the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno and co-author Stephen Brusatte named one Kryptops 2008-02-26 Dinosaurs & Fossils Unknown ap.org /Scientists-find--Devil-Toad--fossil_630.html WASHINGTON - A frog the size of a bowling ball, with heavy armor and teeth, lived among dinosaurs millions of years ago intimidating enough that scientists who unearthed its fossils dubbed the beast Beelzebufo, or Devil Toad. But its size 10 pounds 2008-02-26 Dinosaurs & Fossils LAURAN NEERGAARD ap.org /China-says-finds-fossil-of-new-dinosaur-species_629.html BEIJING (Reuters) - Scientists have found the fossil of a new herbivorous dinosaur species that stood five meters (5.5 yards) high and lived 60 million years ago, the official Xinhua agency reported on Thursday. The large long-necked sauropod, which 2008-02-26 Dinosaurs & Fossils Emma Graham-Harrison Reuters.com