Gerbils lost in space, but Russian-launched lizards home from near-Earth orbit

Amina Khan Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES - A crew of Mongolian gerbils may have gone where no Mongolian gerbil has gone before, but they did not come back alive.

High-tech guns allow owners to disable them remotely

Martha Mendoza The Associated Press

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A high-tech startup is wading into the gun-control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know wh…

Study ties childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to adult obesity

Geoffrey Mohan Los Angeles Times

Having childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder could lead to a life of obesity, even if ADHD symptoms disappear in adulthood, a new…

Cancer Society hits 100 as US cancer rate falls

By MIKE STOBBE

The American Cancer Society _ one of the nation's best known and influential health advocacy groups _ is 100 years old this week.

Brewer ready to block other bills to keep up pressure over Medicaid

Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services

PHOENIX - Saying the Senate vote to expand Medicaid is not enough, Gov. Jan Brewer won't rescind her vow to veto other legislation until lawma…

Fire restrictions start Wednesday in most forests

Tom Beal Arizona Daily Star

Most of Arizona's national forests will impose fire restrictions for the Memorial Day weekend as the state enters the long, dry period before …

Measles surges in UK years after flawed study

Maria Cheng The Associated Press

LONDON - More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited resea…

Most shipwrecks, with potential to leak oil, called minor coastal risk

Seth Borenstein The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Shipwrecks lying deep off America's coasts are more often historical artifacts than present-day threats from leaking old oil tank…

Sports seem OK for many with heart-zapping device

Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - New research is challenging medical guidelines that say people with a heart-zapping device in their chests should avoid intense s…

Portland, Ore., rejecting water fluoridation

By STEVEN DUBOIS

The mayor of Portland, Ore., has conceded defeat in an effort to add fluoride to the city's drinking water.

More tornadoes from global warming? Nobody knows

By The Associated Press

A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts:

Slow pokes: Acupuncture helps hypothermic turtles

By RODRIQUE NGOWI

Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help…

Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus, 1 death

By PAUL SCHEMM

A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected wit…

Fluoride vote splits cohesive Portland liberals

Steven Dubois The Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. - While soaking up the rays in what's been an unusually sunny season, Portlanders have broken away from their polite chatter ab…

Along Eastern Seaboard, rising sea no myth

Sandy Bauers The Philadelphia Inquirer

PHILADELPHIA - The night Meghan Wren got stranded by floodwaters and had to sleep in her car, she knew it was time for a reckoning.

Report: NPS hantavirus response followed policy

Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommended on Monday that design chan…

Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado

By MALCOLM RITTER

Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.

Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado

By MALCOLM RITTER

Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.

Alaska volcano's ash prompts flight cancellations

By RACHEL D'ORO

An Alaska volcano eruption is prompting regional airlines to cancel flights to nearby communities, including a town that reported traces of fa…

Sports seem OK for many with heart-zapping device

By LAURAN NEERGAARD

New research is challenging medical guidelines that say people with a heart-zapping device in their chests should avoid intense sports like ba…

Study: Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat

By SETH BORENSTEIN

Shipwrecks lying deep off America's coasts are more often historical artifacts than present-day threats from leaking old oil tanks, a new fede…

Curiosity rover drills into second Martian rock

NASA's Curiosity rover drills again.

Measles surges in UK years after flawed research

By MARIA CHENG

More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that …

What do we eat? New food map will tell us

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought.

Large earthquake strikes off coast of Chile

Saguaro National Park has plans to expand, and willing sellers may make it happen

Mental illness in youth a common problem

Use of ADHD drugs as study aid raises concern on college campuses

Wild turkey flock released to roam on Mount Lemmon

Mice return from a month in space

Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines

Tobin: Senate's Medicaid plan is dead in House

Saguaro National Park fires volunteer over graffiti report

Alaskan volcano shoots ash 15,000 feet high

Massive dark asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31

NASA greenlights UA-led mission to get bits of asteroid

Child mental health disorders prevalent and rising, report finds

House votes against '10 health law a 37th time

Only 2 of 13 small SUVs score well in crash tests

Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands

Rising consumer demands aids organic industry sway

WHO says single yellow fever shot is enough

Horses' hooves, erosion turn trails into trenches

Failure may end telescope's search for life out there

Youths' smokeless-tobacco use has leveled off

Correction: New Virus story

NASA: New pump resolves big space station leak

Correction: Space Station-Star Trek story

Indonesia extends forest-clearing ban for 2 years

Tiny preemies get a boost from live music therapy

Stem cells recovered from cloned human embryos

Q&A: DNA, breast cancer risk, women's options

Report: Right-sizing salt intake trickier than scientists thought

State vote sought on Medicaid expansion

Giving newborns formula may help in breast-feeding

NASA craft's planet-hunting days may be numbered

No charges for teen after explosion at Fla. school

Details of Jolie's breast treatment revealed

NASA telescope’s planet-hunting days may be over

GPS satellite launched into space from Florida

Report: Feds' warnings about Sandy were confusing

AP Exclusive: Health reforms penalize some Indians

Shrinks, critics face off over psychiatric manual

Conn. chef set to feast on cicadas during invasion

St. Louis doctor with cerebral palsy offers hope

Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy

Live blog transcript: Tucson City Council discussion of CAP pipeline

Canadian astronaut covers, posts David Bowie's 'Space Oddity'

Study questions if bed rest prevents premature births

Vermont lawmakers first to pass assisted-suicide bill

WHO: New bird flu, respiratory virus could spark global outbreaks

Study questions how sharply US should cut the salt

Report card: Great Lakes still have big problems

Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths