[Science] Scholars Set to Say Whether Bones Belong to Richard III

Scholars Set to Say Whether Bones Belong to Richard III
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21083005
LEICESTER, England - Scholars plan to announce Monday whether remains found under a parking lot in this English Midlands city are those of King Richard III, for centuries the most widely reviled of English monarchs, paving the way for a possible ...

APNewsBreak: Government says warming climate threatens survival of snow ...
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/apnewsbreak-feds-warming-imperils-wolverines-18375481
BILLINGS, Mont. - The tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving carnivore sometimes called the “mountain devil,” could soon join the list of species threatened by climate change - a dubious distinction putting it in the ranks of the polar bear and several other ...

Iran insists it did send monkey into space
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9846573/Iran-insists-it-did-send-monkey-into-space.html
The two different monkeys shown in the photos released by Iran's state media caused some international observers to wonder whether the monkey had died in space or that the launch did not go well.

Proposed Arctic Council treaty on oil spills 'useless,' Greenpeace says
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/proposed-arctic-council-treaty-on-oil-spills-useless-greenpeace-says/article8158237/
As Canada prepares to take the helm of the eight-nation Arctic Council, a proposed treaty dealing with blowouts and oil spills is being criticized as so pro-development that it will delight drillers but leave the fragile Arctic environment exposed to catastrophic ...

China's thick smog arrives in Japan
http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/chinas-thick-smog-arrives-japan-20130204
TOKYO: The suffocating smog that blanketed swathes of China is now hitting parts of Japan, sparking warnings Monday of health fears for the young and the sick.

Fears for hundreds more sea birds
http://www.channel4.com/news/hundres-of-birds-found-covered-in-sticky-substance
It could be days before the true scale of the pollution spill affecting sea birds on the south coast of England is known, wildlife experts have said.

Tjeby, 4000-Year-Old Mummy, Gets CT Scan
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/02/03/mummy-scan.html
RICHMOND, Va. -- Using modern technology, a Virginia museum is working to unwrap the story behind one of the earliest surviving Egyptian mummies.