Articles filed under Science
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UN reports see a lonelier planet with fewer plants, animalsMar 23, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Earth is losing plants, animals and clean water at a dramatic rate, according to four new United Nations scientific reports that provide the most compr...
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity marks 2,000th day on red planetMar 23, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has now marked 2,000 days on the red planet. That's 2,000 days by Martian standards. A Martian sol, or solar day,...
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Winter Arctic sea ice again grew far less than normalMar 23, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. government scientists say ice covering the Arctic ocean reached its second lowest extent on record this winter. For most of the winter, sea ice in...
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Our 1st interstellar visitor likely came from 2-star systemMar 19, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Our first known interstellar visitor likely came from a two-star system. That's the latest from astronomers who were amazed by the mysterious...
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Stone tools from Kenya give early glimpse of human behaviorMar 15, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stone tools and other items from ancient sites in Kenya give a glimpse at the emergence of some key human behaviors, perhaps including a building of rela...
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New nickname for Pluto-explorer's next target: Ultima ThuleMar 14, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - There's a new nickname for the icy world next up for the spacecraft that explored Pluto: Ultima Thule. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is head...
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Lack of evidence put Hawking's Nobel hopes in black holeMar 14, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Stephen Hawking won accolades from his peers for having one of the most brilliant minds in science, but he never got a Nobel Prize because no one has y...
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Bones found in 1940 seem to be Amelia Earhart's, study saysMar 08, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bones found in 1940 on a western Pacific Ocean island were quite likely to be remains from famed aviator Amelia Earhart, a new analysis concludes. The st...
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Study finds false stories travel way faster than the truthMar 08, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Twitter loves lies. A new study finds that false information on the social media network travels six times faster than the truth and reaches far more people...
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Geometric clusters of cyclones churn over Jupiter's polesMar 07, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Jupiter's poles are blanketed by geometric clusters of cyclones and its atmosphere is deeper than scientists suspected. These are just some o...