Articles filed under Science
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Twinkle, twinkle giant star, astronomers see how far you areMar 30, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronomers have discovered the farthest star yet, a super-hot, super-bright giant that formed nearly 13 billion years ago at the dawn of the...
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Ice shelf collapses in previously stable East AntarcticaMar 25, 2022 7:00 am - An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, an area long thought to be stable and not hit much by climate change, concerned scientists said ...
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Scientists figure out how vampire bats got a taste for bloodMar 25, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood. They compared the genome of common vampire ...
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Hot poles: Antarctica, Arctic 70 and 50 degrees above normalMar 18, 2022 7:00 am - Earth's poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the A...
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Space telescope's image of star gets photobombed by galaxiesMar 17, 2022 7:00 am - NASA's new space telescope has gazed into the distant universe and shown perfect vision: a spiky image of a faraway star photobombed by thousands of ancient galaxies. Th...
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Hot spring forecast: Drought deepens in West, flooding ebbsMar 17, 2022 7:00 am - There's no relief in sight for the West's record-shattering megadrought, which will likely only deepen this spring, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s...
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The Big Sneeze: Climate change to make pollen season nastierMar 15, 2022 7:00 am - Climate change has already made allergy season longer and pollen counts higher, but you ain't sneezed nothing yet. Climate scientists at the University of Michigan look...
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US astronaut to ride Russian spacecraft home during tensionsMar 14, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - U.S. astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russ...
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Octopus ancestors lived before era of dinosaurs, study showsMar 08, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have found the oldest known ancestor of octopuses '“ an approximately 330 million-year-old fossil unearthed in Montana. The researchers con...
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Half of US adults exposed to harmful lead levels as kidsMar 07, 2022 6:00 am - Over 170 million U.S.-born people who were adults in 2015 were exposed to harmful levels of lead as children, a new study estimates. Researchers used blood-lead level, c...