Articles filed under Science
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Experts: US exiting climate pact may doom some small islandsJun 22, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - To small island nations where the land juts just above the rising seas, the U.S. pulling out of the Paris global warming pact makes the future seem as ...
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Too hot to handle: Study shows Earth's killer heat worsensJun 19, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - Killer heat is getting worse, a new study shows. Deadly heat waves like the one now broiling the American West are bigger killers than previously thought an...
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NASA telescope finds 10 more planets that could have lifeJun 19, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - NASA's planet-hunting telescope has found 10 new planets outside our solar system that are likely the right size and temperature to potentially have li...
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Science Says: DNA shows early spread of cats in human worldJun 19, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Long before cats became the darlings of Facebook and YouTube, they spread through the ancient human world. A DNA study reached back thousands of years to...
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3-year global coral bleaching event easing, but still badJun 19, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A mass bleaching of coral reefs worldwide is finally easing after three years, U.S. scientists announced Monday. About three-quarters of the world's de...
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NASA picks 12 new astronauts from crush of applicantsJun 08, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA chose 12 new astronauts Wednesday from its biggest pool of applicants ever, hand-picking seven men and five women who could one day fly ...
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This is us: Earliest fossils of our species found in MoroccoJun 07, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - How long has our species been around? New fossils from Morocco push the evidence back by about 100,000 years. The bones, about 300,000 years old, were un...
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Space station welcomes 1st returning vehicle since shuttleJun 05, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The International Space Station welcomed its first returning vehicle in years Monday - a SpaceX Dragon capsule making its second delivery. Sp...
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Trump's claim that U.S. is cleanest lacks support from studiesJun 05, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said the United States "will continue to be the cleanest and most environmentally friendly country on Earth" as he announced a U.S. p...
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SpaceX launches 1st recycled supply shipJun 04, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX launched its first recycled cargo ship to the International Space Station on Saturday, yet another milestone in its bid to drive down ...