Articles filed under Science
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World's plastic waste could bury Manhattan 2 miles deepJul 19, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - Industry has made more than 9.1 billion tons of plastic since 1950 and there's enough left over to bury Manhattan under more than two miles of trash, accord...
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First half of 2017 ranks 2nd hottest globally, behind 2016Jul 18, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - The first half of 2017 was the second warmest on record for Earth, only behind last year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tues...
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NASA communications satellite damaged 3 weeks before launchJul 17, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's newest, slickest communications satellite has been damaged, just three weeks before its planned August launch. NASA said Monday that o...
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Not a tweet storm, but a real storm coincidentally named DonJul 17, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - It's not a tweet storm but a real storm. The newest potentially dangerous swirl of hot air is a tropical storm in the Atlantic named Don. And it's a to...
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What happens if you try to watch the eclipse without special glasses? Nothing goodJul 16, 2017 7:30 am - We all know not to stare at the sun, right? Seems like common sense, but every time an eclipse comes around, a few people invariably try to watch it without special, pro...
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From Illinois to South Carolina, where to see the total-eclipse crossingJul 16, 2017 7:00 am - Michelle Nichols speaks with such passion and poetry about the moon passing in front of the sun that she can inspire someone with even the smallest sliver of astronomica...
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Daniel Wright crowned Science Olympiad championJul 13, 2017 11:00 pm - Daniel Wright school wins second Science Olympiad championship
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Spacecraft reveals beauty of solar system's biggest stormJul 13, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A NASA spacecraft circling Jupiter is revealing the up-close beauty of our solar system's biggest planetary storm. Juno flew directly over Jupiter...
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What 'Thrones' fans already know: Ravens can see aheadJul 13, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK - More than 170 years after Edgar Allan Poe's fictional raven croaked, "Nevermore," scientists are reporting that real-life ravens think about the future. In a ...
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NASA's Juno spacecraft buzzing Jupiter's Great Red SpotJul 10, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's Juno spacecraft is about to give us our best look yet of Jupiter's swirling Great Red Spot. The spacecraft flies directly above the mo...