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Huge growth at largest wind farm

A massive expansion is to take place at Europe's largest onshore wind farm, which is situated in East Renfrewshire.

"Whitelee wind farm is already the largest onshore wind farm in Europe and this extension pushing the overall capacity to 539MW will make it one of the largest in the world."- Simon Christian, UK director of ScottishPower Renewables

Texas Plans Nation’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

South Padre Island, TX - Texas officials announced plans Thursday for the nation's largest offshore wind farm, consisting of as many as 500 windmills out in the Gulf of Mexico.

Conjoined Twins Are Separated

Rochester, Minn - Surgeons separated 5-month-old twins born joined at the chest and abdomen, continuing the delicate and lengthy operation Friday night.

Nigerian Kidnappers Free Oil Workers, Italy Says

Port Harcourt, Nigeria - Nigerian kidnappers freed an Italian and two other oil-industry employees who were abducted in the latest violence aimed at foreign workers in the African country.

Have they found treasure ship?

Beaufort, North Carolina, USA - Another underwater archaeology firm has received a permit from the state to search for a gold- and silver-laden treasure ship believed to be sunk off the North Carolina coast.

Ocean Survey Reveals World of Deep-Sea Creatures

Sargasso Sea, near the Bermuda Triangle - This heart-shaped jellyfish, called a comb jelly, was among thousands of tiny creatures captured in an expedition conducted last month to collect and catalog the world's deep-sea denizens.

Power Up With Magnetic Bacteria

Montreal, Canada - A 16-year-old high school student has invented a new way of producing electricity by harnessing the brawny power of bacteria.

Katrina helps New Orleans fight fire ants

New Orleans, LA - Entomologists believe that Hurricane Katrina provided them with a golden opportunity to knock out, or at least squash, the fire ant population in this city.

Saving sharks with magnets

Brussels, Belgium - Thousands of sharks could be saved from being caught and killed on fishing lines thanks to the winning entry of this year's WWF-sponsored Smart Gear competition.

Rains Fall on Somalia, Easing Threat of Famine

Somalia - The start of the rainy season in Somalia in late April may have averted a moderate famine in the poverty-stricken and chaotic northeastern African nation, a UN office said on Wednesday.

New monkey species remarkable

Washington, DC - A new species of monkey identified in Tanzania's highlands last year is an even more remarkable find than thought -- it is a new genus of animal, scientists said on Thursday.

EU extends hydrogen push after city bus success

Frankfurt, Germany - A pilot program has shown hydrogen-powered city buses work well without polluting the environment, the European Commission said on Thursday, extending its push to promote emission-free vehicles.

9/11 widows help Afghanistan war widows

Kabul, Afghanistan - The two American women walk down a fly-infested alley where sewage from mud huts drains onto the dirt walkway.

New species of monkey discovered in Tanzania is a new genus

Washington, DC - A new monkey species discovered last year by scientists with the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and other groups is now shown to be so unique, it requires a new genus – the first one for monkeys in 83 years, according to a study published in this week's Science.

Bounty Fishing Helping Save Salmon

Chinook Landing, OR - On his first cast of the season, Jim Walker pitched a lure resembling a baby salmon into the dark green waters of the Columbia River and -- BAM! -- hooked a 24-inch fish with a $4 bounty on its head.

$10M Prize for Hydrogen Fuel Technology

Washington, DC, USA - Scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs will be able to vie for a grand prize of $10 million, and smaller prizes reaching millions of dollars, under House-passed legislation to encourage research into hydrogen as an alternative fuel.

Korea unveils world’s second android

Seoul, KR - Korea has developed its own android [a female modeled after two movies stars and a singer, called Ever-1] capable of facial expressions on its humanoid face, the second such machine to be developed after one from Japan.

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