Articles filed under Science
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First space-baked cookies took 2 hours in experimental ovenJan 23, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The results are finally in for the first chocolate chip cookie bake-off in space. While looking more or less normal, the best cookies require...
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Fires set stage for irreversible forest losses in AustraliaJan 20, 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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Spacewalking astronauts wrap up battery improvementsJan 20, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A pair of spacewalking astronauts successfully wrapped up battery improvements outside the International Space Station on Monday, completing ...
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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...