Articles filed under Science
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World isn't meeting biodiversity goals, UN report findsSep 15, 2020 7:00 am - A decade-long global effort to save Earth's disappearing species and declining ecosystems has mostly stumbled, with fragile habitats like coral reefs and tropical forest...
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Astronomers see possible hints of life in Venus's cloudsSep 14, 2020 7:00 am - Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighboring Venus: hints there may be bizarre microbes living in the sulfuric acid-laden clouds...
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Black scientists call out racism in the field and counter itSep 13, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - University of Washington ecologist Christopher Schell is studying how coronavirus shutdowns have affected wildlife in Seattle and other cities. But whe...
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UN report: Increased warming closing in on agreed upon limitSep 09, 2020 7:00 am - The world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade or so, according to a new United Nat...
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'Mighty mice' stay musclebound in space, boon for astronautsSep 08, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Bulked-up, mutant 'œmighty mice'ť held onto their muscle during a monthlong stay at the International Space Station, returning to Earth with ...
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When will U of I's saliva test see wider rollout?Sep 04, 2020 5:30 am - When the Illinois Department of Public Health announced the state's daily COVID-19 testing data Monday, something odd was tucked in among the county figures. It showed t...
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Once seen as loners, male elephants shown to follow eldersSep 03, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A line of elephants trundles across a dusty landscape in northern Botswana, ears flapping and trunks occasionally brushing the ground. As they pass a m...
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Cosmic Legos: Black holes merge into never before seen sizeSep 02, 2020 7:00 am - Black holes are getting stranger - even to astronomers. They've now detected the signal from a long ago violent collision of two black holes that created a new one of a ...
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Endangered turtles bred at Brookfield Zoo released into DuPage wildSep 02, 2020 1:00 am - The tiny turtle squirming in Dan Thompson's hands looks like a content creature. The shape of its mouth gives the appearance of a smile and the impression that the young...
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Damage from whopper hurricanes rising for many reasonsAug 26, 2020 7:00 am - A destructive storm is rising from warm waters. Again. America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion dollar tropical catastrophes like Hurrican...