Articles filed under Science
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EXPLAINER: 4 will circle Earth on 1st SpaceX private flightSep 13, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - For the first time in 60 years of human spaceflight, a rocket is poised to blast into orbit with no professional astronauts on board, only fo...
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No bull: Scientists potty train cows to use 'MooLoo'Sep 13, 2021 7:00 am - Turns out cows can be potty trained as easily as toddlers. Maybe easier. It's no bull. Scientists put the task to the test and 11 out of 16 cows learned to use the 'œMoo...
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Study calls for strict limits on oil, coal to curb warmingSep 08, 2021 7:00 am - Researchers who estimate how much of the world's coal, oil and natural gas should be left unburned to slow the increase in climate-changing gases in the atmosphere say e...
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NASA confirms Mars rover's 1st rock sample grab, 40 to goSep 07, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's newest Mars rover has completed its first sample grab, tucking away the tube of rock for return to Earth. The Perseverance rover team...
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After decades in eye of storms, weather service head retiresSep 07, 2021 7:00 am - Louis Uccellini has watched dangerous storms brew - one notable political one and many meteorological ones - and survived. Now after eight years leading the National Wea...
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How U of I fought the clock to develop a COVID-19 test that schools will use this fallSep 07, 2021 5:00 am - In the spring of 2020 with no COVID-19 vaccines, an unchecked killer virus and shutdown fears, a team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign created a solutio...
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FAA bans Virgin Galactic launches while probing Branson tripSep 02, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that Virgin Galactic cannot launch anyone into space again until an investigation is comple...
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NASA's newest Mars rover snags 1st rock sample for returnSep 02, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's newest Mars rover has successfully collected its first rock sample for return to Earth, after last month's attempt came up empty. The ...
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EXPLAINER: How Ida can be so deadly 1000 miles from landfallSep 02, 2021 7:00 am - Natural and some man-made ingredients came together, causing the weakened but still soggy remnants of Hurricane Ida to devastate the Northeast more than 1,000 miles (1,6...
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UN: Weather disasters soar in numbers, cost, but deaths fallSep 01, 2021 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather ag...