Articles filed under Science
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How cleaner cow burps could help fight climate changeAug 01, 2015 1:00 am - First, let's get one thing straight. Despite what you may have heard, it is cow burps, not cow farts, that are the real climate change problem. Here's how it works: Cows...
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Putin puts Crimean archaeological site under federal controlAug 01, 2015 1:00 am - MOSCOW - Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Saturday placed a major archaeological site in Crimea, which he has hailed as the country's most sacred spiritual symbol, u...
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Experimental Ebola vaccine highly effective in early trialsJul 31, 2015 1:00 am - LONDON - An experimental Ebola vaccine tested on thousands of people in Guinea seems to work and might help shut down the waning epidemic in West Africa, according to in...
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Fermilab wants to restore 'sense of grandeur' with new buildingJul 30, 2015 1:00 am - As Fermilab celebrates turning 50 in 2017, "It is time to renew and rejuvenate," CEO Tim Meyer says. He and other Fermilab officials were thrilled to learn the federal g...
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'Hamilton' cast 'thrilled' after Obama and his girls see playJul 18, 2015 1:00 am - NEW YORK - The current American president took a trip back in time Saturday to visit some of the country's early leaders in the hip-hop musical "Hamilton" on Broadway, l...
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Do these 8 things and you will be more creative and insightful, neuroscientists sayJul 11, 2015 7:35 am - Tests of human intelligence show that as IQ, the measure of our analytical thinking skills, appears to be on the rise, creative thinking may be on the wane as our hyper-...
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Why we're so scared of GMOsJul 11, 2015 7:00 am - When Chipotle announced earlier this year that it would no longer serve food made with genetically modified organisms due to safety concerns, customers rejoiced. But the...
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Pluto-bound spacecraft carrying ashes of Illinois astronomerJul 11, 2015 1:00 am - Associated Press STREATOR, Ill. - The NASA spacecraft set to complete a flyby of Pluto on Tuesday is carrying some of the ashes of the Illinois astronomer who discovered...
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Hawaii limits access to Mauna Kea amid telescope protestsJul 11, 2015 1:00 am - Associated Press HONOLULU - Hawaii officials have voted to impose an emergency rule to restrict access to Mauna Kea after protesters blocked construction of a giant tele...
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Why Fermilab could blast up campus, shake up Batavia neighborsJul 07, 2015 5:30 am - At least 300 billion neutrinos passed through one of your fingernails in the time it took you to read this sentence. And while they passed through you, your office door...