Articles filed under Science
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SpaceX launches, destroys rocket in astronaut escape testJan 19, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX completed the last big test of its crew capsule before launching astronauts in the next few months, mimicking an emergency escape shor...
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Scientists seek rare species survivors amid Australia flamesJan 18, 2020 6:00 am - Australia's unprecedented wildfires season has so far charred 40,000 square miles (104,000 square kilometers) of brushland, rainforests, and national parks - killing by ...
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Rough seas delay escape test for SpaceX crew capsuleJan 18, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Rough seas prompted SpaceX on Saturday to delay the emergency escape test of its new crew capsule by a day. Liftoff is now set for Sunday at ...
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Fires set stage for irreversible forest losses in AustraliaJan 18, 2020 6:00 am - Australia's forests are burning at a rate unmatched in modern times and scientists say the landscape is being permanently altered as a warming climate brings profound ch...
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Planes stay in the air thanks to combination of lift and thrustJan 16, 2020 5:00 am - Who hasn't looked at an 800,000-pound passenger jet soaring through the sky and wondered how it could possibly stay up there? Ten-year-old Lucas took a break from munch...
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Astronaut completes spacewalk without helmet camera, lightsJan 15, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Spacewalking astronauts had to make do with fewer lights and camera views from one helmet Wednesday while performing critical battery work ou...
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Fever chart: Earth had its hottest decade on record in 2010sJan 15, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The decade that just ended was by far the hottest ever measured on Earth, capped off by the second-warmest year on record, two U.S. agencies reported W...
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Trump proposes sweeping rollback of environmental oversightJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - In a dramatic rollback of environmental oversight, President Donald Trump took action Thursday to clear the way and speed up development of a wide range of ...
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Space-baked cookies, 'mighty' mice back on Earth via SpaceXJan 07, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The first batch of space-baked cookies is back on Earth, along with muscle-bound "mighty" mice and other space station experiments. SpaceX provid...
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Titanic wave of star-forming gases found in Milky WayJan 07, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronomers have discovered a titanic wave of star-forming gases practically right under our noses in the Milky Way. Harvard University scie...