Caltech president to lead Saudi Arabian university

Caltech President Jean-Lou Chameau to step down, take position in Saudi Arabia

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Islands want UN to see climate as security threat

Islands face struggle to get UN Security Council to see climate change as security threat

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Skyfall: Meteorites strike Earth every few months

Look up: Meteorites strike Earth every few months but large explosions like Russia much rarer

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2 space rocks hours apart point up the danger

Incoming space rocks just hours apart point up danger to Earth; 'It's a shooting gallery'

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Asteroid buzzes, misses Earth _ unlike meteor

Incoming asteroid misses Earth by 17,150 miles, unrelated to exploding meteor over Russia

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Meteor-broken windows in Russian city being fixed

Russian city reports more than half of meteor-broken windows have been replaced

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Fewer bees in US a threat to world's almond supply

Fewer healthy bees threaten world's supply of almonds that come from California orchards

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Russia, Kazakhstan may manage space base together

Russia may surrender lease on some Baikonur space facilities, manage them with Kazakhstan

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Brown-and-white whistling owl ID'd as new species

Small brown-and-white owl with whistling song identified as new species in Indonesia

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Study: Fish in drug-tainted water suffer reaction

Study: Anti-anxiety drug in water makes fish hyper, aggressive; environmental effects feared

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Russian region begins recovery from meteor fall

City of broken glass: Russian region labors to replace acres of windows smashed in meteor fall

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Bright streak of light reported over Calif.

On heels of Russia meteor explosion, San Francisco Bay area residents report fireball sighting

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Wisconsin scientists help search for alien life

University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are helping search for alien life forms

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Cuba, too, reports powerful meteorite explosion

Cuban media report meteorite explosion this week akin to Russia's, but no damage reported

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City of broken glass: Russian region labors to replace acres of windows smashed in meteor fall

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AP PHOTOS: Meteor explodes over Russia

AP PHOTOS: Meteor explodes over Russia's Ural Mountains

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Meteor explodes over Russia, 1,100 injured

Meteor explodes over Russia's Ural Mountains; 1,100 injured as shock wave blasts out windows

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NWS: New tool confirmed Miss. tornado

Officials say new technology helped them confirm Miss. tornado Sunday, may have saved lives

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Space oddities come to Earth

Geoff Chester, spokesman for the Naval Observatory

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Meteor explodes over Russia, 1,100 injured

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