Articles filed under Science
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U.S. forecasters: Expect near normal Atlantic hurricane seasonMay 23, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Atlantic hurricane season is off to yet another early start, but U.S. weather officials say it should be a near normal year. The National Oceanic and At...
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MCC earns LEED gold rating for science centerMay 22, 2019 1:00 am - McHenry County College has been awarded the second-highest rating by international green building standards for its newest campus building - the Liebman Science Center. ...
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NASA: Budget boost 'good start' to put astronauts on moonMay 14, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's chief said Tuesday that the Trump administration's proposed $1.6 billion budget boost is a "good start" for getting astronauts back on...
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Amazon's Bezos says he'll send a spaceship to the moonMay 09, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos said Thursday he's going to send a spaceship to the moon, joining a resurgence of lunar interest half a century after people f...
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UN chief says 'total disaster' if warming not stoppedMay 08, 2019 7:00 am - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations secretary-general said the world must dramatically change the way it fuels factories, vehicles and homes to limit future warming...
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Science Says: Why biodiversity matters to youMay 07, 2019 7:00 am - You may go your entire life without seeing an endangered species, yet the globe's biodiversity crisis threatens all of humanity in numerous unseen or unrecognized ways, ...
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Meet the T. rex cousin who you could literally look down onMay 06, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - History's most frightening dinosaur, the Tyrannosaurus rex, came from a long line of pipsqueaks. Scientists have identified a new cousin of the T. rex ...
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UN report: Humans accelerating extinction of other speciesMay 06, 2019 7:00 am - People are putting nature in more trouble now than at any other time in human history, with extinction looming over 1 million species of plants and animals, scientists s...
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SpaceX shipment reaches space station after weekend launchMay 06, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A SpaceX shipment arrived at the International Space Station on Monday with a "cosmic catch" by a pair of Canadians. The Dragon capsule deliv...
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SpaceX launches supplies to space station after power delaysMay 04, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX launched a load of supplies to the International Space Station on Saturday following a pair of unusual power delays. A Falcon rocket r...