Articles filed under Science
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Big cats in urban jungle: LA mountain lions, Mumbai leopardsJun 30, 2022 7:00 am - Los Angeles and Mumbai, India, share many superlatives as pinnacles of cinema, fashion, and traffic congestion. But another similarity lurks in the shadows, most often s...
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NASA asteroid mission on hold due to late software deliveryJun 24, 2022 7:00 am - NASA put an asteroid mission on hold Friday, blaming the late delivery of its own navigation software. The Psyche mission to a strange metal asteroid of the same name wa...
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World's biggest bacterium found in Caribbean mangrove swampJun 23, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp. Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can b...
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NASA wraps up moon rocket test; to set launch date after fixJun 23, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA said Thursday it has finished testing its huge moon rocket and will move it back to the launch pad in late August. A date for the first...
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NASA fuels moon rocket for 1st time in countdown rehearsalJun 20, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA fueled its huge moon rocket for the first time Monday and went ahead with a critical countdown test despite a fuel line leak. This was N...
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Atom-smashing CERN to 'terminate' work with Russia, BelarusJun 17, 2022 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The scientific lab that's home to the world's largest atom-smasher says it plans to terminate all cooperation with Russia and Belarus over their roles in t...
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SpaceX closer to launching giant rocketship after FAA reviewJun 13, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX cleared a key hurdle Monday for its plan to launch a gigantic, futuristic rocketship into orbit from Texas. The Federal Aviation Admin...
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NASA launches study of UFOs despite 'reputational risk'Jun 09, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is launching a study of UFOs as part of a new push toward high-risk, high-impact science. The space agency announced Thursday that it's...
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Hurricane chief to take over as weather service directorJun 07, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A meteorologist who oversaw warnings and forecasts during one of the busiest spurts of Atlantic hurricane activity on record will take over as the new ...
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New panels want to talk ethics, rules of climate tinkeringJun 06, 2022 7:00 am - Tinkering with the planet's air to cool Earth's ever-warming climate is inching closer to reality enough so that two different high-powered groups - one of scientists an...