Articles filed under Science
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More protection: UN says Earth's ozone layer is healingNov 05, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Earth's protective ozone layer is finally healing from damage caused by aerosol sprays and coolants, a new United Nations report said. The ozone layer ...
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Another NASA spacecraft runs out of steam, 2nd this weekNov 01, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has lost a second spacecraft this week, ending a fruitful mission in the asteroid belt. Running low on fuel for some time, the Dawn spac...
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Kepler telescope dead after finding thousands of worldsOct 30, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's elite planet-hunting spacecraft has been declared dead, just a few months shy of its 10th anniversary. Officials announced the Kepler ...
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Mountain birds on 'escalator to extinction' as planet warmsOct 29, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A meticulous re-creation of a 3-decade-old study of birds on a mountainside in Peru has given scientists a rare chance to prove how the changing climat...
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How old is cacao? New research pushes back dateOct 29, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK - New research strengthens the case that people used the chocolate ingredient cacao in South America 5,400 years ago, underscoring the seed's radical transforma...
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NASA spacecraft sets record for closest approach to sunOct 29, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's Parker Solar Probe is now closer to the sun than any spacecraft has ever gotten. Parker on Monday surpassed the record of 26.6 million...
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Hubble Space Telescope working again after 3-week shutdownOct 29, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Hubble Space Telescope is studying the cosmos once again after a three-week shutdown. NASA says the orbiting observatory resumed scientif...
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China building boom uncovers buried dinosaurs, makes a starOct 25, 2018 7:00 am - YANJI, China - At the end of a street of newly built high-rises in the northern Chinese city of Yanji stands an exposed cliff face, where paleontologists scrape away 100...
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Government ranks 18 U.S. volcanoes as 'very high threat'Oct 24, 2018 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Government scientists have classified 18 U.S. volcanoes as "very high threat" because of what's been happening inside them and how close they are to people....
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Report: Efforts to suck carbon from air must be ramped upOct 24, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation needs to ramp up efforts to suck heat-trapping gases out of the air to fight climate change, a new U.S. report said. The report Wednesday fr...