Articles filed under Science
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New evidence points to giant 9th planet on solar system edgeJan 20, 2016 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The solar system may have a ninth planet after all. This one is 5,000 times bigger than outcast Pluto and billions of miles farther away, say...
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NOAA, NASA: 2015 was Earth's hottest by a wide marginJan 20, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Last year wasn't just the Earth's hottest year on record - it left a century of high temperature marks in the dust. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Ad...
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Earth's temperature depends on where you put thermometerJan 20, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - When it comes to measuring global warming, it's all about altitude. Temperature readings taken close to Earth's surface - about 6 feet off the ground -...
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Grisly fossils from Kenya reveal a 10,000-year-old massacreJan 20, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists have found grisly evidence of a massacre in Kenya about 10,000 years ago, providing rare evidence of violence between groups in ancient hunter...
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Astronaut nurses zinnia to full bloom after mold invasionJan 19, 2016 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The International Space Station now has a bright pop of orange, thanks to commander Scott Kelly's green thumb. Kelly showed off his gardening...
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East Coast, Ohio Valley brace for possible big snowstormJan 19, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Tens of millions of Americans from Washington to Boston and the Ohio Valley could be walloped by an end-of-the-week snowstorm, meteorologists say. Alth...
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Study: Man-made heat put in oceans has doubled since 1997Jan 19, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The amount of man-made heat energy absorbed by the seas has doubled since 1997, a new study says. Scientists have long known that more than 90 percent ...
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Study: Man-made heat put in oceans has doubled since 1997Jan 18, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The amount of man-made heat energy absorbed by the seas has doubled since 1997, a study released Monday showed. Scientists have long known that more th...
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Study questions link between teen pot smoking and IQ declineJan 18, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A new analysis is challenging the idea that smoking marijuana during adolescence can lead to declines in intelligence. Instead, the new study says, pot s...
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Suburban kids compete in Lego challenge at Elgin Community CollegeJan 16, 2016 12:00 am - With 63 other teams of Lego professionals hot on their heels, Mount Prospect's Department of Detritus squad had no room for error. Again and again, they calibrated the m...