Articles filed under Science
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Warming to make thunderstorms larger and more frequentNov 20, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Summer thunderstorms in North America will likely be larger, wetter and more frequent in a warmer world, dumping 80 percent more rain in some areas and...
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Warming to make thunderstorms larger and more frequentNov 20, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Summer thunderstorms in North America will likely be larger, wetter and more frequent in a warmer world, dumping 80 percent more rain in some areas and...
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20 years of changing seasons on Earth packed into 2ˆ½ minutesNov 17, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA captured 20 years of changing seasons in a striking new global map of the home planet. The data visualization, released this week, shows...
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Interstellar visitor shaped like giant fire extinguisherNov 16, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A newly discovered object from another star system that's passing through ours is shaped like a giant pink fire extinguisher. That's the word...
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Close new Earth-size world, where year lasts under 10 daysNov 15, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronomers have discovered a close new world about the size of Earth, where a year lasts just under 10 days. At a distance of 11 light-years...
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Space Delivery: Astronauts get ice cream, make-own pizzasNov 14, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts got a mouth-watering haul with Tuesday's Earth-to-space delivery - pizza and ice cream. A commercial supply ship arrived at the In...
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Global carbon pollution rises after 3 straight flat yearsNov 13, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Global carbon pollution rose this year after three straight years when levels of the heat-trapping gas didn't go up at all, scientists reported Monday....
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Talk about vintage: Pottery shards show 8,000-year-old wineNov 13, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Talk about vintage wine: Pieces of broken pottery found in the nation of Georgia provide the earliest known evidence for the origins of today's winemakin...
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Harvey's 'Biblical' rainfall is getting more likelyNov 13, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The chances of a hurricane flooding parts of Texas, like Harvey did, have soared sixfold in just 25 years because of global warming and will likely tri...
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Frozen treats, other supplies rocketing toward space stationNov 12, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A stash of frozen treats and other supplies rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday, this time from Virginia's cold eastern...