A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the Gulf of California Thursday morning following a 6.5 quake Wednesday evening in the western Mexican state of Michoacan. The temblors swayed buildings in Mexico City but have not been linked to major damage or casualties. In March, a 7.4 earthquake in Mexico damaged hundreds of buildings and killed at least two people. The Mexican quakes do not appear related to the massive 8.6 quake and its 8.2 aftershock that hit the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia on Wednes... Read More
German cyclist Tony Martin was is awaiting surgery in Switzerland after colliding with a car yesterday on a training ride and fracturing his left jaw and cheekbone. Martin, 26, is the reigning world time trial champion and rides for team Omega Pharma-Quickstep. On April 1, Martin's main competition for Olympic time-trial gold, Fabian Cancellara, shattered his collarbone in a crash at the Tour of Flanders. Martin was unconscious for 15 minutes following the accident and says he has little idea ... Read More
The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center announced on Monday that a 300-pound Kodiak bear escaped from its enclosure near Portage, Alaska on April 3. The two-year-old bear, which was supposed to be transfered to a zoo in Sweden, slipped out through an electric fence that was turned off for maintenance. The refuge borders the Chugach National Forest, and a spokesperson for the center says the bear was last seen Tuesday night in the nearby mountains. "She could have just kept on walking and just ... Read More
Nebraska lawmakers on Wednesday approved funding for a study that would examine an alternate route through the state for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. The original route, which would have passed through the environmentally sensitive Sandhills region, was widely opposed in Nebraska. TransCanada will reimburse the state for the study, which is expected to cost $2 million. Bold Nebraska, a group that does not support the pipeline, expressed its disappointment that lawmakers were "rubber... Read More
Scientists in Brazil reported last week that a strain of genetically modified mosquitoes may be helping to kill the species that carries dengue fever. Scientists unloosed more than ten million modified Aedes aegypti male mosquitoes in the city of Juazeiro last year. The altered bugs carry a gene that kills their offspring before reaching adulthood. "From samples collected in the field, 85 percent of the eggs were transgenic, which means that the males released are overriding the wild populatio... Read More
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