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Scientists to eaters: Don't freak out over Fukushima fish

2013-06-03 12:15:00

A team of scientists who have been tracking radiation in bluefin tuna since the 2011 tsunami that crippled the Fukushima Daichi power plant have a message for fearful American eaters: Stop worrying about the health effects of eating fish that carried...

Radioactive tuna from Fukushima? Scientists eat it up

2013-05-08 16:24:00

Marine biologist Dan Madigan stood on a dock in San Diego and considered some freshly caught Pacific bluefin tuna. The fish had managed to swim 5,000 miles from their spawning grounds near Japan to California's shores, only to end up the catch of local...

How the famously famous never fade from view

2013-03-28 05:00:00

Whoever said fame was fleeting had no idea what they were talking about. Just ask Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise, Donald Trump, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Jordan or Bill Murray. They've been soaking up the spotlight for years. In fact, not only does fame...

Sibling-eating shark embryos put new spin on natural selection

2013-05-03 17:14:00

For a sand tiger shark embryo, the uterine experience is not so much "safe and nurturing" as it is "Hunger Games" arena. In each of a pregnant sand tiger shark's two uteri, several egg sacs are fertilized, but only one baby emerges -- a 3-foot-long...

A scampering, hypothetical ancestor causes an evolutionary stir

2013-02-07 15:39:00

What's cute and furry and has a name only a paleontologist could love? A tiny theoretical creature dubbed the hypothetical placental mammal ancestor is stealing the hearts of some evolutionary biologists -- and annoying others -- as it raises new debate...

Football: QB Jimmy Walker is headed to Stony Brook

2012-11-26 06:53:18

Cliff Robertson dies at 88; actor starred in films and on stage and TV

2011-09-10 20:58:00

Cliff Robertson, who starred as John F. Kennedy in a 1963 World War II drama and later won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a mentally disabled bakery janitor in the movie "Charly," died Saturday, one day after his 88th birthday. Robertson, who also...

Baseball: Bishop Amat's Daniel Zamora makes commitment

2011-08-01 16:36:41

Feel better -- go volunteer

2009-11-16 11:25:58

For more than 20 years, Penny and Ted Landreth have been feeding the hungry and homeless. It's not glamorous work. Afternoons, they -- along with a small but formidable group of volunteers -- prepare dinner using whatever food donations they happen to...

Baseball: Two more Crespi commitments

2009-11-03 16:34:38

Fossil of giant 'Devil Toad' found

2008-02-18 14:00:00

A frog the size of a bowling ball, with heavy armor and teeth, lived among dinosaurs millions of years ago -- intimidating enough that scientists who unearthed its fossils dubbed the beast Beelzebufo, or Devil Toad. But its size -- 10 pounds and 16...

Students test their robots' mettle at Shepherd University's ShepRobo Fest

2013-03-31 16:52:00

When the robot R2-D2 showed up in the Star Wars movies, a lot of people probably thought it would be well in the future before something like that became reality. Well, that day is here. A robotics festival at Shepherd University this weekend featured...

Helaman Ferguson's latest sculpture, Umbilic Torus SC, was installed at Stony Brook University earlier this fall.

2012-12-19 09:22:00

Helaman Ferguson poses inside his partially completed sculpture, Umbilic Torus, which will be installed at Stony Brook University.

2012-12-11 08:38:00

Northwestern attacker Jessica Russo drives past Maryland's Brittany Poist to shoot and score during the NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse final at LaValle Stadium at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook , New York. Northwestern defeated Maryland, 8-7.

2011-05-29 00:00:00