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Africa's biggest oil producer goes green 3 May 08, 23:26 ET AFP - In his office in Lagos, Alain Salleras, a Frenchman of about 50 for whom biofuels are something of a crusade, is working away at his pet project -- producing ethanol from sweet sorghum in Nigeria. more Thousands evacuated as Chile volcano spews ash 3 May 08, 16:39 ET Reuters - Chilean authorities were evacuating the last of thousands of residents from the vicinity of a volcano in southern Chile on Saturday, as it continued to spew fine ash for a second day after a surprise eruption. more Rumbling volcano forces evacuation of southern Chilean town 3 May 08, 14:13 ET AFP - Thousands of people were being evacuated Saturday from a southern Chile town after a volcano began belching ash and shaking the area with tremors, forcing the cutoff of water supplies, authorities said. more Italian firefighters out as heated Naples sets rubbish ablaze: report 3 May 08, 13:55 ET AFP - Firefighters were called out Saturday to extinguish rubbish set alight by exasperated Italian citizens as warm weather and offensive smells fuelled a long-running garbage dispute, a report said. more Space Shuttle Discovery Moves to Launch Pad 3 May 08, 12:45 ET SPACE.com - The space shuttle Discovery rolled out to its Florida launch pad early Saturday as NASA prepares to launch a massive Japanese laboratory later this month. more The Freaky Fish of the Congo 3 May 08, 11:30 ET LiveScience.com - This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. In his classic novella "Heart of Darkness," Joseph Conrad's protagonist, Marlow, describes the Congo River as an immense snake "... uncoiled, with its head in the sea, its body at rest curving afar over a vast country, and its tail lost in the depths of the land." A description that, while wonderfully evocative, is also a bit menacing. I am happy to report that my own experiences conducting research in the Congo have been nothing so menacing nor so dark. ... more Shuttle reaches launch pad for May 31 liftoff 3 May 08, 10:58 ET Reuters - Space shuttle Discovery reached its Cape Canaveral, Florida, launch pad on Saturday in preparation for a May 31 liftoff to place a huge Japanese research complex on the International Space Station. more Mechanical squirrels, robot lizards jump into research 3 May 08, 07:26 ET AP - One gray squirrel, its bushy tail twitching, barked a warning as another scrounged for food nearby. It was an ordinary spring day at Hampshire College, except that the rodent issuing the warning was powered by amps, not acorns. more One more active day 3 May 08, 05:28 ET weather.com - more

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