Articles filed under Science
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NASA spacecraft will have company all the way to MarsMay 04, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's next Mars explorer is going to have company all the way to the red planet: a couple of puny yet groundbreaking sidekicks. Named after ...
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NASA sending robotic geologist to Mars to dig super deepMay 02, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Six years after last landing on Mars, NASA is sending a robotic geologist to dig deeper than ever before to take the planet's temperature. Th...
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Hawking's last physics paper argues for a 'simpler' cosmosMay 02, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Weeks after his death, physicist Stephen Hawking has delivered his last thoughts about the nature of the cosmos, and he says it may be simpler than often...
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Wood frogs' No. 1 option: Hold in pee all winter to surviveMay 01, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - If you've ever been unable to find a bathroom in a moment of need, you know the gotta-go feeling. That's nothing compared to the wood frog, which doesn...
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America's air isn't getting cleaner as fast as it used toApr 30, 2018 7:00 am - DENVER (AP) - For decades America's air was getting cleaner as levels of a key smog ingredient steadily dropped. That changed about seven years ago when pollution reduct...
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Scientists find lots of gorillas in census, also see declineApr 25, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A first-of-its-kind intensive count of western Africa gorillas found far more of the apes than conservationists previously thought. Maybe not for long:...
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New NASA boss gets 'hearty congratulations' from spaceApr 23, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's new boss is already getting cheers from space. Immediately after being sworn into office Monday by Vice President Mike Pence, NASA Adm...
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Once-hot material graphene could be next battery breakthroughApr 21, 2018 1:00 am - The next big thing for batteries may have fizzled out years ago. Remember graphene? The advanced material - made up of a lattice of carbon atoms - may be poised for a co...
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Science Says: Amount of straws, plastic pollution is hugeApr 20, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Cities and nations are looking at banning plastic straws and stirrers in hopes of addressing the world's plastic pollution problem. The problem is so l...
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Hubble's 28 years marked by shot of wild stellar nurseryApr 19, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is marking the 28th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's launch with a peek into a wild stellar nursery. Scientists released the ...