Articles filed under Science
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EXPLAINER: How Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos will soar into spaceJul 18, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board. No test pilots or flight engineers for T...
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Just 7% of our DNA is unique to modern humans, study showsJul 16, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - What makes humans unique? Scientists have taken another step toward solving an enduring mystery with a new tool that may allow for more precise compari...
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Hubble Space Telescope fixed after month of no scienceJul 16, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Hubble Space Telescope should be back in action soon, following a tricky, remote repair job by NASA. The orbiting observatory went dark ...
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18-year-old joining Blue Origin's 1st passenger spaceflightJul 15, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - An 18-year-old is about to become the youngest person in space, rocketing away with an aviation pioneer who will become the oldest at age 82....
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Numbers explain how and why West bakes, burns and dries outJul 14, 2021 7:00 am - The American West is baking, burning and drying in intertwined extreme weather. Four sets of numbers explain how bad it is now, while several others explain why it got t...
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She was 'wide-eyed' about science. Now this Glenbrook North grad has flown to outer space.Jul 14, 2021 5:00 am - A wide-eyed optimist, earnest and tenacious in her love for science. That's how a former Glenbrook North High School science teacher describes Beth Moses, the chief ast...
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Bezos' Blue Origin gets OK to send him, 3 others to spaceJul 13, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Jeff Bezos' rocket company has gotten government approval to launch people into space, himself included. The Amazon founder will climb atop h...
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Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own shipJul 11, 2021 7:00 am - TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) - Swashbuckling billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday, bringing astro-tourism a step c...
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EXPLAINER: How Richard Branson will ride own rocket to spaceJul 09, 2021 7:00 am - Virgin Galactic will become the first rocket company to launch the boss when Richard Branson straps into one of his sleek, shiny space planes this weekend. The self-des...
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Bug experts seeking new name for destructive gypsy mothsJul 09, 2021 7:00 am - Bug experts are dropping the common name of a destructive insect because it's considered an ethnic slur: the gypsy moth. The Entomological Society of America, which over...