Articles filed under Science
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Study: Common pesticide appears to reduce live bee spermJul 26, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A new study finds that a commonly used insecticide kills much of the sperm created by male drone honey bees, one reason why the bees are dwindling. The...
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Up there: Netherlands, Latvia lead world for people's heightJul 25, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - If you want to see a tall population of men, go to the Netherlands. Tall women? Latvia. And in the United States, which lags behind dozens of other count...
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Innovation aplenty at Elgin hospital tech fairJul 24, 2016 7:00 am - A nurse for almost 30 years, Dorota Czerwisnki says she has relished the chance to work with some of the most advanced robot-assisted surgery technology at Advocate Sher...
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Scientists work toward storing digital information in DNAJul 23, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Her computer, Karin Strauss says, contains her "digital attic" - a place where she stores that published math paper she wrote in high school, and compute...
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'Merciless' heat, humidity sticks to nearly all of USJul 22, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Call it the United Sweats of America. A heat wave spreading across the country is leaving few places to hide. Not even the cool of night. By Friday aft...
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Wild birds lead people to honey if they make the right soundJul 21, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - In Mozambique's woodlands, the sound of sweet evolution is at work. Over the centuries, through genetic and cultural adaptation, humans and a wild bird...
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Scientists looking for invisible dark matter can't find anyJul 21, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have come up empty-handed in their latest effort to find elusive dark matter, the plentiful stuff that helps galaxies like ours form. For th...
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5 years after shuttle, NASA awaits commercial crew capsulesJul 20, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Five years after Atlantis completed the space shuttle program's final voyage, NASA is still at least a year away from launching its astronaut...
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SpaceX Dragon capsule delivers new station docking portJul 20, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX finally made good on its delivery of a space station docking port Wednesday morning. A Dragon capsule arrived at the International Spa...
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El Nino is gone, but Earth's record heat is sticking aroundJul 19, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Earth's persistent record 2016 heat is now dancing near levels that a world agreement is trying to avoid, federal scientists said. The National Oceanic...