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Study: Orangutan populations declining sharply
(AP)
AP - Orangutan numbers have declined sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild and they could become the first great ape species to go extinct if urgent action isn't taken, a new study says.
UN chief to G8: climate change, food crisis linked
(AP)
AP - The global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the U.N. climate chief said Friday, urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon emissions within the next dozen years.
Syria returns stolen marble artifact to Iraq
(AP)
AP - Syria has returned a marble artifact to Iraq that was stolen from one of the country's archaeological sites.
Breakthrough: Artificial DNA Could Power Future Computers
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Chemists claim to have created the world's first DNA molecule made almost entirely of artificial parts.
Tropical Storm Bertha speeding over Atlantic
(AP)
AP - Tropical Storm Bertha continues to speed across the Atlantic Ocean.
Spacecraft Woken for Asteroid Encounter
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - A comet-chasing spacecraft has been awoken during its years-long journey so it can study an asteroid it will fly past this September.
Chinese man gets award for caring for quake pig
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Chinese man who bought an emaciated
pig who survived for 36 days under rubble after May's massive
Sichuan earthquake and promised to care for it for life has
been given an award by an animal rights group.
Museum confirms discovery of rare fossil
(AP)
AP - Scientists with the Virginia Museum of Natural History have confirmed the discovery of a 500 million-year-old fossil called a stromatolite.
NKorea says US, other parties slow on nuclear pact
(AP)
AP - North Korea said Friday it will not take further steps to dismantle its nuclear program until the U.S. and its other negotiating partners award fuel oil and political benefits promised under an aid-for-disarmament deal.
No revamp of EU rules on GMO crops: ministerial meeting
(AFP)
AFP - A review of the European Union's procedures for vetting genetically modified crops does not imply the policy will undergo far-reaching change, a French environment minister said Friday.
