Hawaii volcano shifts lava flow (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
After fifteen years of the same routine, one of the world's most active volcanoes is changing things up. The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii...more...Cape Verde: a musical journey (Albany Times Union)
Cesaria Evora's songs reveal island's culture ...more... Journey to 50 states was her dream (Courier-Post)
Leona G. Bittle admired America's beauty so much that she set out to see as much of it as she could. Her odyssey took her to all 50 states....more... Russia prepares for volcano eruption (Moldova.org)
Residents of Kamchatka in far eastern Russia are on alert for yet another volcano eruption. With two volcanoes continuously active for the past 11 years, the Russian Academy of Sciences is warning seismic activity has intensified at a third volcano, the Bezymyanny, Itar-Tass news agency reported Monday.An eruption occurred at Bezymyanny in May with heated gas, steam and rock fragments pouring ......more... Research changes Canada's geological map (Moldova.org)
Researchers exploring remote terrain in Canada's Arctic region say they have made discoveries that may rock the world of Canadian geology.University of Alberta scientists have determined portions of Canada collided at least 500 million years earlier than previously thought, offering new insight into how the different continental fragments of North America assembled billions of years ago.A team ......more... New Eruption Site on Kilauea (KHON 2 Honolulu)
There's a new eruption site on Kilauea volcano. It's the first time lava is flowing east of Puuoo in 15 years. There's been quite a bit of activity on Kilauea for the past five weeks...earthquake swarms, Puuoo crater collapsed, and now a new eruption site....more... Television movies for the week of July 22 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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Efforts to prevent mothers in Botswana from passing AIDS to their nursing infants have apparently backfired, resulting in hundreds of deaths from diarrhea.A growing body of research indicated that urging mothers with HIV to use formula has left infants without the crucial antibodies breast milk supplies, The Washington Post reported Monday.A team of U.S. investigators went to Botswana in 2006 ......more... NASA to bring Harmony to the space station (Moldova.org)
NASA officials say an Italian-built module will be transported to the International Space Station in October, allowing the station's lab space to increase.Space shuttle Discovery and the STS-120 crew will take the Harmony connecting module into space. Named by a public school competition, the module will provide attachment points for European and Japanese laboratory units scheduled for launch ......more... |