Articles filed under Science
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NASA warned of safety risks in delayed private crew launchesNov 14, 2019 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA auditors warned Thursday the space agency faces 'œsignificant safety and technical challenges'ť that need to be solved before astronauts...
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Maybe banking culture doesn't always make people dishonestNov 13, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists say they were unable to confirm a highly publicized 2014 study that suggested banking culture can promote dishonesty. New lab experiments with...
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Could Illinois go to permanent daylight-saving time? Some lawmakers are trying to make it happen.Nov 13, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A bill that would put Illinois permanently in Central Daylight Time passed the Senate with broad support Tuesday, but its sponsor said the bill couldn't ta...
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Constable: What's big, fast, hazardous and should swing by Earth before Thanksgiving?Nov 13, 2019 12:00 am - Burt Constable Worried about the impeachment battle, the pending presidential election, the Chicago Bears offense, the seating arrangement for Thanksgiving? An asteroid ...
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China aims to build its own Yellowstone on Tibetan plateauNov 12, 2019 6:00 am - XINING, China (AP) - There's a building boom on the Tibetan plateau, one of the world's last remote places. Mountains long crowned by garlands of fluttering prayer flags...
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China aims to build its own Yellowstone on Tibetan plateauNov 12, 2019 6:00 am - XINING, China (AP) - There's a building boom on the Tibetan plateau, one of the world's last remote places. Mountains long crowned by garlands of fluttering prayer flags...
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Most distant world ever explored gets new name: ArrokothNov 12, 2019 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The most distant world ever explored 4 billion miles away finally has an official name: Arrokoth. That means "sky" in the language of the Nat...
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BC-US-SCI--What Can Be Saved, ADVISORY, USNov 12, 2019 6:00 am - Intense efforts to save or revive ecosystems are being waged around the world, reversing some of humankind's most destructive past actions and preserving vital natural h...
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Mini Mercury skips across sun's vast glare in rare transitNov 11, 2019 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Mini Mercury skipped across the vast, glaring face of the sun Monday in a rare celestial transit. Stargazers used solar-filtered binoculars a...
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The most destructive hurricanes are hitting US more oftenNov 11, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Big, destructive hurricanes are hitting the U.S. three times more frequently than they did a century ago, according to a new study. Experts generally m...