Articles filed under Science
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Science Says: Hotter weather turbocharges U.S. West wildfiresAug 19, 2018 7:00 am - As temperatures rise in the U.S. West, so do the flames. The years with the most acres burned by wildfires have some of the hottest temperatures, an Associated Press ana...
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How your personality traits affect your paycheckAug 19, 2018 1:00 am - What makes really smart people tick? Why do some end up earning so much more than others? And how much do these disparate outcomes have to do with their personalities? A...
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Not just land heat waves: Oceans are in hot water, tooAug 15, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Even the oceans are breaking temperature records in this summer of heat waves. Off the San Diego coast, scientists earlier this month recorded all-time...
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Spacewalkers install bird trackers, send satellites flyingAug 15, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Spacewalking cosmonauts set up an antenna for tracking birds on Earth and sent a series of tiny satellites flying from the International Spac...
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'Touch the sun': NASA spacecraft hurtles toward our starAug 12, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Embarking on a mission that scientists have been dreaming of since the Sputnik era, a NASA spacecraft hurtled Sunday toward the sun on a ques...
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NASA spacecraft rockets toward sun for closest look yetAug 12, 2018 1:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A NASA spacecraft zoomed toward the sun Sunday on an unprecedented quest to get closer to our star than anything ever sent before. As soon as this...
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Last-minute technical problem delays NASA's flight to sunAug 11, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A last-minute technical problem Saturday delayed NASA's unprecedented flight to the sun. The early morning launch countdown was halted with j...
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NASA sending spacecraft straight into sun's glittering crownAug 10, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is sending a spacecraft straight into the sun's glittering crown, an atmospheric region so hot and harsh any normal visitor would wither...
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Red-hot voyage to sun will bring us closer to our starAug 08, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A red-hot voyage to the sun is going to bring us closer to our star than ever before. NASA's Parker Solar Probe will be the first spacecraft ...
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Newest SpaceX booster flies again with Indonesia satelliteAug 07, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX used its newest style booster for a second time to put a communications satellite into orbit for Indonesia. The Falcon 9 rocket blaste...