Articles filed under Science
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Scientists figure out how vampire bats got a taste for bloodMar 25, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood. They compared the genome of common vampire ...
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Hot poles: Antarctica, Arctic 70 and 50 degrees above normalMar 18, 2022 7:00 am - Earth's poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the A...
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Space telescope's image of star gets photobombed by galaxiesMar 17, 2022 7:00 am - NASA's new space telescope has gazed into the distant universe and shown perfect vision: a spiky image of a faraway star photobombed by thousands of ancient galaxies. Th...
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Hot spring forecast: Drought deepens in West, flooding ebbsMar 17, 2022 7:00 am - There's no relief in sight for the West's record-shattering megadrought, which will likely only deepen this spring, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s...
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The Big Sneeze: Climate change to make pollen season nastierMar 15, 2022 7:00 am - Climate change has already made allergy season longer and pollen counts higher, but you ain't sneezed nothing yet. Climate scientists at the University of Michigan look...
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US astronaut to ride Russian spacecraft home during tensionsMar 14, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - U.S. astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russ...
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Octopus ancestors lived before era of dinosaurs, study showsMar 08, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have found the oldest known ancestor of octopuses '“ an approximately 330 million-year-old fossil unearthed in Montana. The researchers con...
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Half of US adults exposed to harmful lead levels as kidsMar 07, 2022 6:00 am - Over 170 million U.S.-born people who were adults in 2015 were exposed to harmful levels of lead as children, a new study estimates. Researchers used blood-lead level, c...
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Gene-edited beef cattle get regulatory clearance in USMar 07, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. regulators on Monday cleared the way for the sale of beef from gene-edited cattle in coming years after the Food and Drug Administration concluded t...
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Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moonMar 02, 2022 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater that could fit several semitractor-trailers. ...