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This year's Leonid meteor shower will peak Tuesday, forecasters say, producing mild but pretty sparks over the United States and a more intense outburst over Asia. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/leonid_meteor_shower_to_peak_tuesday/529269/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:08:56 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/nasa_spacecraft_confirms_water_on_moon/522834/Nov-13-2009_3-52-pm/
Satellite That Crashed Into Crater Yields Debris With Presence of Water.. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/nasa_spacecraft_confirms_water_on_moon/522834/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:48:03 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/environmental/article/tigers-said-to-be-on-verge-of-extinction/485325/Oct-27-2009_12-19-pm/
World's Tigers Are Fast Dying Out Despite Campaigns to Save Them, Experts Say ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/environmental/article/tigers-said-to-be-on-verge-of-extinction/485325/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:18:05 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/space-program-sees-first-round-of-layoffs/411058/Oct-04-2009_12-23-pm/
More than 250 contract workers have lost their jobs in the first round of layoffs related to the planned shutdown of the space shuttle program by the end of 2010. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/space-program-sees-first-round-of-layoffs/411058/ Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:08:02 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/environmental/article/charge-your-cell-phone-battery-by-walking/379450/Sep-22-2009_1-12-pm/
Tiny technologies could produce big energy solutions. Device could allow people to self-power a blood pressure or glucose monitor. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/environmental/article/charge-your-cell-phone-battery-by-walking/379450/ Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:12:36 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/where-are-the-hurricanes/344178/Sep-11-2009_4-20-pm/
As Fred Weakens to a Tropical Storm, Forecasters Attribute Dud of a Season So Far to a Weak El Nino. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/where-are-the-hurricanes/344178/ Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:21:27 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/environmental/article/segway-inventor-takes-aim-at-thirst/343940/Sep-11-2009_3-29-pm/
If you listen to inventor Dean Kamen, the biggest health problem facing the world today is not AIDS, obesity or malnutrition. It's a shortage of water. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/environmental/article/segway-inventor-takes-aim-at-thirst/343940/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:09:12 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/environmental/article/third-times-a-charm/302629/Aug-29-2009_12-13-pm/
After three tries, the space shuttle Discovery is finally en route to the international space station. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/environmental/article/third-times-a-charm/302629/ Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:00:19 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/some-h1n1-cases-reported-at-local-university/285894/Aug-24-2009_9-50-pm/
But officials at the University of South Alabama say they number less than a dozen. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/some-h1n1-cases-reported-at-local-university/285894/ Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:22:05 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/nasa-preps-space-shuttle-for-early-morning-launch/284879/Aug-24-2009_9-49-am/
NASA is putting the finishing touches on Discovery for an early morning flight to the international space station. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/nasa-preps-space-shuttle-for-early-morning-launch/284879/ Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:47:47 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/grass_roots/article/grass-roots-water-runs-down-hill/274937/Aug-19-2009_5-36-pm/
We can do better. Alan Sealls and Dr. George Crozier explain the nature of our coastal watersheds. Dr. Kevin White discusses alternate storm water management practices. and Malcolm Steeves outlines the problems caused to our water system. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/grass_roots/article/grass-roots-water-runs-down-hill/274937/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:36:13 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/perseid-meteor-shower-to-peak-tonight/253830/Aug-11-2009_5-05-pm/
Attention stargazers: If you don’t mind getting up early (or staying up late) and can get to a rural area without a lot of lights, the skies should put on a show tonight. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/perseid-meteor-shower-to-peak-tonight/253830/ Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:05:15 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/space-shuttle-endeavour-headed-home/224498/Jul-31-2009_11-06-am/
Endeavour landed at Kennedy Space Center Friday morning after a 16-day mission that saw them complete all their major construction goals at the international space station. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/space-shuttle-endeavour-headed-home/224498/ Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:07:13 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/technology/article/hubble-reawakens-snaps-image-of-jupiter-scar/210298/Jul-25-2009_11-53-am/
Revamped Hubble telescope captured image of Jupiter's mysterious new scar ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/technology/article/hubble-reawakens-snaps-image-of-jupiter-scar/210298/ Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:52:00 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/gulf-dead-zone-under-scrutiny/203100/Jul-23-2009_6-28-am/
Obama administration to scrutinize area off the Louisiana coast ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/gulf-dead-zone-under-scrutiny/203100/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:22:26 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/indians-prepare-for-record-solar-eclipse/198745/Jul-21-2009_2-31-pm/
Scientists, students and nature enthusiasts prepared Tuesday for the longest total solar eclipse of this century. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/indians-prepare-for-record-solar-eclipse/198745/ Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:31:25 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/nasa-going-to-mars-and-beyond/198702/Jul-21-2009_1-54-pm/
NASA's new boss says he would be "incredibly disappointed" if people aren't on Mars - or even beyond it - in his lifetime. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/nasa-going-to-mars-and-beyond/198702/ Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:52:45 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/technology/article/nasa-refurbishes-video-copies-of-moon-landing/188992/Jul-16-2009_2-28-pm/
With the help of Hollywood, those historic, grainy images of the first men on the moon never looked better. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/technology/article/nasa-refurbishes-video-copies-of-moon-landing/188992/ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:28:39 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/scientists-lose-contact-with-lone-alabama-sturgeon/168581/Jul-07-2009_12-37-pm/
Scientists implanted an electronic tracking device in one of the fish in April 2007 hoping it would lead them to other members of the species. But that didn't happen, and the transmitter has now stopped working. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/scientists-lose-contact-with-lone-alabama-sturgeon/168581/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:37:18 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/free-fish-to-a-good-home/124637/Jun-22-2009_7-39-pm/
But they're not for YOU to eat. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/free-fish-to-a-good-home/124637/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:07:13 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/technology/article/world-trade-center-hero-cloned/107098/Jun-17-2009_1-40-pm/
A search-and-rescue dog has been successfully cloned. Find out more! ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/technology/article/world-trade-center-hero-cloned/107098/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:14:32 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/eleven-dogs-euthanized-at-local-shelter/95416/Jun-09-2009_3-56-pm/
A serious outbreak of canine parvovirus forces officials to euthanize eleven dogs at the Escambia County, Florida animal shelter. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/eleven-dogs-euthanized-at-local-shelter/95416/ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:55:35 +0000 30.46998139622128 -87.21084594726562 http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/shuttle_lands_in_florida_nine_days_after_landing_on_earth/74730/Jun-02-2009_5-26-pm/
The shuttle made the trip from California anchored to the top of a Boeing 747. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/shuttle_lands_in_florida_nine_days_after_landing_on_earth/74730/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:23:13 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/environmental/article/follow_the_poo_find_the_penguins/73753/Jun-02-2009_3-04-am/
Poo is helping researchers track colonies of emperor penguins on Antarctic Ice. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/environmental/article/follow_the_poo_find_the_penguins/73753/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:00:18 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/nasa_marks_50th_anniversary_of_monkeys_in_space/73676/May-29-2009_10-19-am/
Able and Miss Baker were lofted from Cape Canaveral on May 28, 1959, in the nose cone of an Army Jupiter missile. They traveled 360 miles into space during the 16-minute mission. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/nasa_marks_50th_anniversary_of_monkeys_in_space/73676/ Fri, 29 May 2009 16:17:04 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/russia_capsule_blasts_off_for_space_station/73594/May-27-2009_4-54-am/
A Canadian astronaut, a Russian cosmonaut and a Belgian will join the three crew members already on board the space station. It will be the first time the station has had six permanent members. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/russia_capsule_blasts_off_for_space_station/73594/ Wed, 27 May 2009 10:54:36 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/shuttle_atlantis_lands_in_california/73533/May-24-2009_1-02-pm/
Thunderstorms prevented the shuttle from returning to its Florida home base for the third day in a row. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/shuttle_atlantis_lands_in_california/73533/ Sun, 24 May 2009 18:59:22 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/time_to_toss_that_tv/73504/May-23-2009_4-10-pm/
Battery Powered TV's of the past will be obsolete after June 12th. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hurricane/article/time_to_toss_that_tv/73504/ Fri, 22 May 2009 21:44:53 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/technology/article/astronauts_say_goodbye_to_hubble_for_good1/64941/May-19-2009_9-21-am/
Shuttle Atlantis' astronauts dropped the observatory back into orbit Tuesday morning after working on it for nearly a week. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/technology/article/astronauts_say_goodbye_to_hubble_for_good1/64941/ Tue, 19 May 2009 15:19:04 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/atlantis_set_for_launch/39866/May-10-2009_1-45-pm/
After some major delays the space shuttle Atlantis is now set to blast off Monday afternoon for the Hubble Space Telescope. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/atlantis_set_for_launch/39866/ Sun, 10 May 2009 19:37:55 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/whats_killing_the_fish/34654/May-08-2009_4-35-pm/
Hundreds of dead fish have been reported along the Eastern Shore. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/whats_killing_the_fish/34654/ Fri, 08 May 2009 22:30:28 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/hometown_tours/article/hometown_tour_bayou_la_batre_hurricanes/30925/May-12-2009_12-41-pm/
Remember the 1906 Hurricane? What about the 1916 Hurricane? Those two storms shaped Bayou La Batre. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/hometown_tours/article/hometown_tour_bayou_la_batre_hurricanes/30925/ Thu, 07 May 2009 20:30:37 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/truckers_concerned_about_swine_flu/25796/May-01-2009_9-22-pm/
Parents bringing children to sporting events are also taking precautions. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/truckers_concerned_about_swine_flu/25796/ Sat, 02 May 2009 01:34:56 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/no_need_to_stockpile_antivirals/25721/Apr-29-2009_10-31-pm/
Are you tempted to stock up on Tamiflu? The Federal Government is making sure you don't have to. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/no_need_to_stockpile_antivirals/25721/ Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:18:48 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/mobilians_buying_face_masks/25682/Apr-28-2009_9-52-pm/
There are still no confirmed cases of the Swine Flu in Alabama, but some people aren't taking any chances. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/mobilians_buying_face_masks/25682/ Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:42:19 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/al_state_health_department_dont_panic/25649/Apr-27-2009_10-11-pm/
State health officials are taking precautionary measures to prevent the Swine Flu from spreading. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/al_state_health_department_dont_panic/25649/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:56:18 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/fourth_grade_lawmakers/25579/Apr-24-2009_5-11-pm/
Local 4th graders may be naming a new state symbol. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/fourth_grade_lawmakers/25579/ Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:58:35 +0000 30.705755583984423 -88.13910484313965 http://www.wkrg.com/medical/article/hawking_on_road_to_recovery/25509/Apr-22-2009_6-46-am/
World famous physicist Stephen Hawking had been gravely ill before being rushed to the hospital with a chest infection ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/medical/article/hawking_on_road_to_recovery/25509/ Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:24:05 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/environmental/article/u.s._set_to_regulate_global_warming_gases/25401/Apr-17-2009_12-34-pm/
The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases are a danger to public health and welfare. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/environmental/article/u.s._set_to_regulate_global_warming_gases/25401/ Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:33:03 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/caught_on_camera/article/ufo_jokesters_ordered_to_clean_up/25177/Apr-08-2009_9-12-am/
New Jersey men will perform 50 hours of community service after staging a series of UFO hoaxes ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/caught_on_camera/article/ufo_jokesters_ordered_to_clean_up/25177/ Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:54:16 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/portuguese_man_o_war_wash_up_on_gulf_shores_beach/24823/Mar-25-2009_6-05-pm/
The purple flags are flying in Gulf Shores to warn beach goers about these unwanted visitors. Their sting can cause severe pain and red welts on the skin that last 2-3 days. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/portuguese_man_o_war_wash_up_on_gulf_shores_beach/24823/ Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:59:05 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/penguin_chick_hatches_in_time_for_easter/24793/Mar-25-2009_11-20-am/
The New Orleans aquarium's first penguin chick in eight years is still too fluffy to swim. But it ventured outside its nest for the first time this week. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/penguin_chick_hatches_in_time_for_easter/24793/ Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:19:03 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/roy_anderson_corp._teams_up_with_nasa/24774/Mar-25-2009_4-08-am/
Gulfport company gets five year, multi-million dollar contract to build test stand for space program. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/mississippi/article/roy_anderson_corp._teams_up_with_nasa/24774/ Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:03:51 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/environmental/article/epa_closer_to_global_warming_warning/24747/Mar-24-2009_10-41-am/
The Environmental Protection Agency has taken the first step on the long road to regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/environmental/article/epa_closer_to_global_warming_warning/24747/ Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:37:02 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/blasting_off..._again/24690/Mar-23-2009_4-04-am/
Computer genius who helped build Microsoft to become world's first two-time space tourist later this week. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/blasting_off..._again/24690/ Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:56:37 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/swedens_ice_hotel_selling_tickets_to_space/24569/Mar-18-2009_9-28-am/
Sweden's famous Ice Hotel says it will start including tickets for Virgin Galactic's space trips in its offerings to tourists. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/swedens_ice_hotel_selling_tickets_to_space/24569/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:15:23 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/ankle-biter_dino_discovery/24515/Mar-17-2009_4-06-am/
Researchers have found a evidence of a chicken-sized meat-eating dinosaur. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/ankle-biter_dino_discovery/24515/ Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:59:43 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/mass_grave_of_young_dinosaurs/24469/Mar-16-2009_3-58-am/
Expedition group says large group of adolescent dinos died en masse when they ran into mudhole together. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/mass_grave_of_young_dinosaurs/24469/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:52:58 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/lovely_spuds/24422/Mar-13-2009_10-28-am/
European farmer can't explain why he's growing heart-shaped potatoes ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/science/article/lovely_spuds/24422/ Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:13:32 +0000 http://www.wkrg.com/technology/article/international_space_station_evacuated/24377/Mar-12-2009_11-02-am/
The three crew members took refuge for 11 minutes in the Soyuz escape capsule. NASA officials were worried about a possible collision with a piece of space junk. ]]> http://www.wkrg.com/technology/article/international_space_station_evacuated/24377/ Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:02:27 +0000