LiveScience.com - The National Hurricane Center warns that Hurricane Earl may swingby dangerously close to the U.S. East Coast before curving back out tosea. While the odds are it won't strike New York City directly, such anevent is not unprecedented, and the city has plans in place to evacuate -and to hunker down - if need be.
AP - A vessel has latched onto a key piece of evidence in the oil spill investigation so crews can raise the 300-ton device to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.
A new report by the National Research Council identifies the highest priority research activities for astronomy and astrophysics in the next decade that will "set the nation firmly on the path to answering profound questions about the cosmos."
AFP - UN climate chief Christiana Figueres on Thursday warned that a string of weather calamities showed the deepening urgency to forge a breakthrough deal on global warming this year.