HAYWARD, Calif., July 21 (UPI) -- An exploding population of sea gulls is putting more pressure on endangered bird species in the San Francisco Bay area, experts say.
By JIM ALGAR, United Press International
Quick: What's the total number of moons orbiting planets in our solar system? Don't worry if the answer's not on the tip of your tongue but it's still the Trivial Pursuit sort of question that's fun for a water cooler session at the office.
HOUSTON, July 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has selected a dozen concepts familiar to readers of science fiction for funding.
TUNIS, Tunisia, July 20 (UPI) -- Sand dunes in the Tunisian desert are encroaching on the Hollywood set built to film scenes in the "Star Wars" movies, scientists said.
JERUSALEM, July 20 (UPI) -- An Israeli archaeologist said he's uncovered palace ruins that once belonged to the Old Testament's King David.
CUPERTINO, Calif., July 20 (UPI) -- U.S. International Trade Commission documents show tech giants Apple and Samsung have been seeking out of court settlements for their feuds over patents.
WUHAN, China, July 20 (UPI) -- Archeologists in China unearthed a rare bronze head with two faces believed to be more than 3,000 years old, officials said.
TAIYUAN, China, July 20 (UPI) -- China said Saturday it has successfully launched three satellites for scientific experiments into space.
CUPERTINO, Calif., July 19 (UPI) -- In the ongoing map app war between Google and Apple, Apple has snapped up Toronto's Locationary, hoping its technology can give it an edge, tech watchers say.
BEIJING, July 19 (UPI) -- Chinese scientists say they've developed an "easy and safe way" to create stem cells to use in cloning to generate tissues and organs for treatment of diseases.
MOSCOW, July 19 (UPI) -- A Russian Proton-M rocket that exploded shortly after launch July 2 was because a set of sensors was installed upside-down, the country's space agency says.
STONY BROOK, N.Y., July 19 (UPI) -- Some dinosaurs had teeth to spare, shedding old ones as often a twice a month with multiple backup teeth waiting in each tooth socket, U.S. paleontologists say.
HUTCHINSON, Kan., July 19 (UPI) -- A team that retrieved engine parts from NASA's Apollo moon missions from the ocean floor says it has confirmed one is from the Apollo 11 moon landing mission.
By KRISTEN BUTLER, UPI.com | Blog
A 69-year long experiment finally yields results -- tar pitch is world's slowest-moving liquid.
DUBLIN, Ireland, July 19 (UPI) -- One of the world's longest-running experiments climaxed last week in a university lab in Dublin, Ireland, with a simple falling drop of pitch, researchers said.