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- Capping an era of L.A. oil exploration
Category: Science
Publish Date: 01-09-2012 12:00 AM -0800
Long-abandoned wells on the Los Angeles City Oil Field, which sparked Southern California's oil boom 120 years ago, are being sealed to make way for a 45-unit affordable housing project.It almost...[more]
- Ocean waves power a prototype generator in Newport Beach
Category: Science
Publish Date: 01-08-2012 10:22 PM -0800
After testing their wave-powered turbine near the Wedge, the entrepreneurs behind Green Wave Energy Corp. want Newport Beach officials' permission to set up a more permanent trial.Waves at the...[more]
- In La Jolla people-versus-seals battle, tide has yet to turn
Category: Science
Publish Date: 01-08-2012 10:04 PM -0800
Fans of the marine mammals want to restrict access to the Children's Pool beach. Divers and swimmers say that's not fair. City Council is sick of the whole issue.On the beach at the Children's...[more]
- Rhino hunt in South Africa sparks debate
Category: Science
Publish Date: 01-08-2012 03:37 PM -0800
Some conservationists say auctioning off a single permit helps protect the animals; others say none should be killed. Meanwhile, poaching is booming.Animal rights activists are challenging a...[more]
- Hawking turns 70 with "a brief history of mine"
Category: Science
Publish Date: 01-08-2012 11:34 AM -0800
CAMBRIDGE, England (Reuters) - The world's best known living scientist, Stephen Hawking, was too ill to attend his 70th birthday celebrations Sunday but in a recorded speech urged people to "look...[more]
- 12 in Southern California and Nevada charged with trafficking in wildlife
Category: Science
Publish Date: 01-07-2012 12:00 AM -0800
Undercover U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents scour Internet sites for leads as the banned sales increase.Among listings for fraying couches and used television sets, the Craigslist ad stood out...[more]
- San Diego Zoo euthanizes 2 elephants
Category: Science
Publish Date: 01-07-2012 12:00 AM -0800
Cha Cha and Cookie, put down two days apart, were elderly and ailing. After a temporary closure, the elephant exhibit has reopened.Reporting from San Diego -- Two ailing and aged elephants at the...[more]
- Robot offers lessons in how lizards use their tails in flight
Category: Science
Publish Date: 01-06-2012 04:48 PM -0800
Scientists study red-headed Agama lizards — and a tailed robot they created, dubbed Tailbot — to discover how a lizard's tail helps stabilize the reptile while jumping.A tail is a handy...[more]
- Marine biologist accused of feeding killer whales
Category: Science
Publish Date: 01-06-2012 12:00 AM -0800
Whale-watching tour operator Nancy Black is charged with feeding the marine mammals in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.A well-known marine biologist and whale-watching tour operator has...[more]
- Panel clears scientists who testified in delta smelt case
Category: Science
Publish Date: 01-06-2012 12:00 AM -0800
After a judge blasts two scientists in a case about California's delta smelt, an independent panel finds that the Interior Department biologists may have been unclear but didn't do anything...[more]
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