Articles filed under Science
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NASA's Maven explorer arrives at Mars after a yearSep 21, 2014 1:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's Maven spacecraft arrived at Mars late Sunday after a 442 million-mile journey that began nearly a year ago. The robotic explorer fired its ...
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Exploring 'graveyard of ships' near San FranciscoSep 16, 2014 1:01 am - GULF OF THE FARALLONES NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY - Federal researchers are exploring several underwater sites where ships sank while navigating in the treacherous waters...
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Scientists' colossal squid exam a kraken good showSep 16, 2014 1:01 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand - It was a calm morning in Antarctica's remote Ross Sea, during the season when the sun never sets, when Capt. John Bennett and his crew hauled u...
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Constable: Citizen scientists research birds and beesSep 14, 2014 7:45 am - For most of human history, the best hope for a person without a Ph.D. or white lab coat to contribute to scientific research was to end up with his or her skull on a she...
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High-tech survey exposes hidden StonehengeSep 10, 2014 1:01 am - LONDON - There is more to Stonehenge than meets a visitor's eye. Researchers have produced digital maps of what's beneath the World Heritage Site, using ground-penetrati...
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Zeal, devotion compels volunteers to Ebola crisisSep 06, 2014 1:01 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Working with Ebola patients in Liberia, American pediatrician Alan Jamison treated as many people as he could as the country slipped into chaos. Each d...
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Argentine dinosaur may shed light on huge beastsSep 04, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Researchers studying the remains of an enormous dinosaur - a creature that was bigger than seven bull elephants - have given it an equally colossal name: Drea...
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5 things to know about driving on marijuanaSep 01, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The legalization of recreational marijuana in two states - Colorado and Washington - and medical marijuana in more than 20 others has raised concern that th...
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Will traffic deaths rise as states legalize pot?Sep 01, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - As states liberalize their marijuana laws, public officials and safety advocates worry that more drivers high on pot will lead to a big increase in traffic ...
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Study: Action-packed TV might make you snack moreSep 01, 2014 1:01 am - Could action-packed TV fare make you fat? That's the implication of a new study that found people snacked more watching fast-paced television than viewing a more leisure...