Articles filed under Science
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Clarification: Science Says-Too Hot To Fly storyJun 23, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - In a story June 20, The Associated Press reported that airplanes take off and stay aloft because of lift, the force from the movement of air underneath...
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Total solar eclipse 1st in 99 years to sweep width of U.S.Jun 23, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - This August, the U.S. will experience its first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 99 years. Total solar eclipses occur every year or two or th...
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Experts: US exiting climate pact may doom some small islandsJun 22, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - To small island nations where the land juts just above the rising seas, the U.S. pulling out of the Paris global warming pact makes the future seem as ...
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Too hot to handle: Study shows Earth's killer heat worsensJun 19, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - Killer heat is getting worse, a new study shows. Deadly heat waves like the one now broiling the American West are bigger killers than previously thought an...
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NASA telescope finds 10 more planets that could have lifeJun 19, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - NASA's planet-hunting telescope has found 10 new planets outside our solar system that are likely the right size and temperature to potentially have li...
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Science Says: DNA shows early spread of cats in human worldJun 19, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Long before cats became the darlings of Facebook and YouTube, they spread through the ancient human world. A DNA study reached back thousands of years to...
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3-year global coral bleaching event easing, but still badJun 19, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A mass bleaching of coral reefs worldwide is finally easing after three years, U.S. scientists announced Monday. About three-quarters of the world's de...
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NASA picks 12 new astronauts from crush of applicantsJun 08, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA chose 12 new astronauts Wednesday from its biggest pool of applicants ever, hand-picking seven men and five women who could one day fly ...
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This is us: Earliest fossils of our species found in MoroccoJun 07, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - How long has our species been around? New fossils from Morocco push the evidence back by about 100,000 years. The bones, about 300,000 years old, were un...
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Space station welcomes 1st returning vehicle since shuttleJun 05, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The International Space Station welcomed its first returning vehicle in years Monday - a SpaceX Dragon capsule making its second delivery. Sp...