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KILLARNEY, Ireland (AP) -Colm Moriarty upstaged major winners Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell at the Irish Open on Thursday, shooting a 4-under 67 to take a surprise share of the early lead at his home tournament.

Following report that said cell phone use doesn't raise kids' risk of brain cancer, experts say not so fast

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) -Brittany Lincicome shot a 5-under 67 to take the early clubhouse lead in the first round of the Women's British Open on Thursday.

By Karen Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - There are 1.5 million bats living under a bridge in downtown Austin, and a historic Texas drought is making them hungrier than ever. [More]

Health spending will account for 20 percent of total U.S.

Again, our bloggers produced some amazing stuff today:

More than 60 mammal species--like the famous flying squirrel--have adapted the ability to sail from tree to tree. Thrilling, yes

Sixty-one-year-old Diana Nyad hopes to make history this summer by becoming the first person to swim 166 kilometers of shark-infested ocean between Cuba and the Florida Keys--without a shark cage. Nyad tried the crossing in 1978, swimming in a cage pulled by a boat. Tall waves, strong currents and bad weather kept her from succeeding.

Science Online London 2011 is the fourth annual meeting of people interested in the way the Web has transformed scientific research and communication.

Nobel Laureate Avram Hershko, who determined cellular mechanisms for breaking down proteins, talks about his research in a conversation recorded at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany. [More]

A study of users under the age of 20 found no link between cell phone use and an increased risk for brain cancer.

There's just something about a major championship that brings out the best in Tom Lehman.

Ask someone where they are from and most likely they will tell you their hometown, perhaps even a specific neighborhood. Put the same question to physicist Brian Cox and you get an entirely different response--one that involves the recycling of atoms brought together from the far reaches of the universe. Cox likes to remind people that every atom of their body used to be part of something else, and will become part of something new in the end.

By Matt Kaplan of Nature magazine Analysis of fossil traits suggests that Archaeopteryx is not a bird at all. [More]

When he retired after 26 years as an investigator with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Office of the Inspector General, George Mulley thought his final report was one of his best. Mulley had spent months looking into why a pipe carrying cooling water at the Byron nuclear plant in Illinois had rusted so badly that it burst. His report cited lapses by a parade of NRC inspectors over six years and systemic weaknesses in the way the NRC monitors corrosion.