Articles filed under Science
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Gene sleuths suggests wide virus spread from Boston meetingAug 25, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A meeting at a hotel in Boston last February may have ignited the spread of the pandemic virus to some 19,000 people in the area, a new study suggests. H...
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Record melt: Greenland lost 586 billion tons of ice in 2019Aug 20, 2020 7:00 am - Greenland lost a record amount of ice during an extra warm 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover California in more than four feet (1.25 meters) of water, a new st...
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Science Says: Climate change, people stoke California firesAug 20, 2020 7:00 am - If you want to build a fire, you need three things: Ignition, fuel and oxygen. But wildfire in California is a much more complex people-stoked witch's brew. The state b...
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Canada's last intact ice shelf collapses due to warmingAug 07, 2020 7:00 am - Much of Canada's remaining intact ice shelf has broken apart into hulking iceberg islands thanks to a hot summer and global warming, scientists said. Canada's 4,000-year...
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Virus lockdown for world's smallest and rarest wild pigsAug 06, 2020 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Pygmy hogs - the world's smallest and rarest wild pig - are under a virus lockdown. Not because of the coronavirus, but because of the first outbreak of...
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Hurricane Alpha? Amped up season forecast, names may run outAug 06, 2020 7:00 am - Already smashing records, this year's hyperactive Atlantic hurricane season is about to get even nastier, forecasters predict. In the coming months, they expect to run o...
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SpaceX's Mars test rocket makes 1st flight, landing uprightAug 05, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX launched a prototype of its Mars rocketship hundreds of feet into the air, then landed it upright in a successful test flight. The fli...
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Not easy eating green: Herbivores most at extinction riskAug 05, 2020 7:00 am - Although scientists often worry most about the loss of the world's predators, a comprehensive new study finds that plant-eating herbivores are the animals most at risk o...
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Astronauts: SpaceX Dragon capsule 'came alive' on descentAug 04, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The astronauts on SpaceX's first crew flight said Tuesday that their Dragon capsule 'œcame alive'ť and sounded like a beast as it descended t...
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SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 yearsAug 03, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown, their capsule parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico to c...