Obama Ready for 'Meaningful Action' on Gun Control

Following the deadly school shooting at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, President Obama may now be poised to push for new gun control measures after keeping relatively quiet about the issue during his first term.In an emotional statement from the White House on Friday, Obama said the violent massacre -- the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history -- instilled "overwhelming grief" and...

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Australian DJs Break Silence On Kate Middleton Prank Tragedy

Australian DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian, who pranked called nurse Jacintha Saldanha at London's King Edward VII Hospital about Kate Middleton's pregnancy, are speaking out following the death of Saldanha."I haven't stopped thinking about it since it happened. My first question was, is she a mother?" Mel said in an interview on Australian TV show "A Current Affair," when asked about Saldanha,...

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Australian DJs break silence over royal prank tragedy

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Two Australian radio announcers who made a prank call to a British hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate broke a three-day silence on Monday to speak of their distress at the apparent suicide of the nurse who took their call.The 2DayFM Sydney-based announcers, Mel Greig and Michael Christian, said the tragedy had left them "shattered, gutted, heartbroken".Greig...

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Australian DJs break silence over UK royal prank tragedy

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Two Australian radio announcers who made a prank call to a British hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate broke a three-day silence on Monday to speak of their distress at the apparent suicide of the nurse who took their call.The 2DayFM Sydney-based announcers, Mel Greig and Michael Christian, said the tragedy had left them "shattered, gutted, heartbroken".Greig...

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Australian DJs break silence over UK royal prank tragedy

SYDNEY (AP) — They say they expected a hang-up and a few laughs. Instead, the Australian DJs behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated were deeply apologetic Monday as they described how their joke ended up going too far.The phone call — in which they impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles — went through, and their station...

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Australian DJs apologize for royal hoax call

SYDNEY (AP) — They say they expected a hang-up and a few laughs. Instead, the Australian DJs behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated were deeply apologetic Monday as they described how their joke ended up going too far.The phone call — in which they impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles — went through, and their station...

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Scientists measure sea rise from polar ice melt

 LONDON (Reuters) - The melting of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets has raised sea levels  by 11.1 millimetres since 1992, a fifth of the total rise which threatens low-lying regions around the globe, a new study published on Thursday said.The results of the study involving 47 researchers from 26 laboratories which was supported by the European Space Agency and the National Aeronautics...

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Where's My Flying Car? Science's Promises Broken

 NEW YORK — In the early decades of the 20th century, the magazine Popular Mechanics made a few predictions of future innovations. Some resembled modern conveniences, such as the video chat feature of Skype or Internet shopping, but many of the magazine's prognostications never materialized.The magazine also predicted a form of biotechnology that has yet to occur: a house that blooms like a...

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Science journal urged to retract Monsanto GM study

 LONDON (Reuters) - The publisher of a much-criticised study suggesting genetically modified corn caused tumours in rats has come under heavy pressure from scientists to retract the paper and explain why it was ever printed.The calls follow a report by Europe's food safety watchdog this week dismissing the study's findings.Reed Elsevier, which published the study in its Food and Chemical Toxicology...

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New Dallas museum offers hands-on exploration of nature, science

DALLAS (Reuters) - At a new, $185 million science and natural history museum that opens in Dallas  on Saturday, visitors will have the chance to touch a funnel cloud, program a robot and examine their own cells under a microscope.The 180,000-square-foot Perot Museum of Nature and Science - filled with the latest in high-tech gadgetry - is named in honor of Dallas billionaire businessman and...

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