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AP - 4 hours , 50 minutes ago
John Travolta was onto something. Women are most attracted to male dancers who have big, flamboyant moves similar to the actor's trademark style, British scientists say in a new study.
 
  • 4 al-Qaida prisoners escape US custody in Iraq
    AP - 1 hour , 25 minutes ago
    Four prisoners with links to al-Qaida being guarded by American troops escaped from a maximum-security prison in Baghdad and are still at large, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Thursday.
  • Would you like 1 hump or 2 with your dinosaur?
    AP - 1 day , 2 hours ago
    The weird world of dinosaurs has just gotten a tad more bizarre. Scientists found a nearly complete fossil of a new dinosaur that sports a noticeable hump, maybe as possible advertising.
  • Big quake aftershocks plague New Zealand city
    AP - 1 day , 9 hours ago
    A strong aftershock rocked terrified residents of New Zealand's earthquake-stricken city of Christchurch on Wednesday, as officials doubled their estimate for repairing the damage following nearly 300 temblors in five days.
  • Clinton calls plan to burn Quran 'disgraceful act'
    AP - 1 day , 19 hours ago
    Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday called a Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks a "disrespectful, disgraceful act."
  • Microbes are eating BP oil without using up oxygen
    AP - 1 day , 22 hours ago
    Government scientists studying the BP disaster are reporting the best possible outcome: Microbes are consuming the oil in the Gulf without depleting the oxygen in the water and creating "dead zones" where fish cannot survive.
  • 2 asteroids to whiz harmlessly past Earth
    AP - 1 day , 23 hours ago
    NASA says two small asteroids discovered just days ago will zip harmlessly past Earth on Wednesday, a double flyby that should be visible through a telescope.
  • Ancient city by the sea rises amid Egypt's resorts
    AP - 2 days , 8 hours ago
    Today, it's a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt's wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown rich on the wheat and olive trade.
  • Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene
    AP - 2 days , 9 hours ago
    Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a Health Ministry official said Tuesday.
  • Japanese stem cell researcher wins Balzan prize
    AP - 3 days , 5 hours ago
    A Japanese researcher who found a way to give adults cells certain characteristics of embryonic stem cells, a process scientists say could eventually lead to cures for spinal cord injuries and other ailments, has been awarded the Balzan Prize for biology.
  • Clams befouling Tahoe invade Adirondack lake in NY
    AP - 6 days , 2 hours ago
    A thumbnail-sized clam blamed for clouding the azure bays of Lake Tahoe high in the Sierra Nevada has now turned up in a mountain-ringed Adirondack lake renowned for its limpid, spring-fed waters.
  • Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash
    AP - 6 days , 6 hours ago
    An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet (three kilometers) in the air Friday, sending frightened residents fleeing to safety for the second time this week.
  • Earl's path along northeast is not well-worn
    AP - 6 days , 22 hours ago
    Pushed by an ill-timed trough of low pressure, Hurricane Earl is heading uncomfortably close to an area relatively few hurricanes tend to go: the Northeast coastline.
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