Articles filed under Science
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Cool jazz: Bowhead whales improvise when singing, study saysApr 03, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Some whales are taking jazz riffs to new depths. For the first time, scientists have eavesdropped year-round on the songs of bowhead whales, the little...
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SpaceX launches used supply ship on used rocket for NASAApr 02, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX has launched a used supply ship on a used rocket to the International Space Station. The Falcon rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral...
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A ribbit of hope: Panama frogs hop back after nasty diseaseMar 29, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - After years of silence, the rhythmic dee-dee-deeps of frogs and toads are returning in parts of Panama. A deadly fungal disease devastated amphibians i...
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NASA astronauts go spacewalking days after reaching orbitMar 29, 2018 7:00 am - Two new arrivals at the International Space Station went spacewalking Thursday less than a week after moving in, completing all their work despite a slightly shortened e...
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Astronomers baffled by distant galaxy void of dark matterMar 28, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - It's a double cosmic conundrum: Lots of stuff that was already invisible has gone missing. Astronomers have found a distant galaxy where there is no da...
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NASA delays next-generation space telescope until 2020Mar 27, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is delaying the launch of its next-generation space telescope - its highest science priority - until at least 2020. Top officials said T...
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UN reports see a lonelier planet with fewer plants, animalsMar 23, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Earth is losing plants, animals and clean water at a dramatic rate, according to four new United Nations scientific reports that provide the most compr...
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity marks 2,000th day on red planetMar 23, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has now marked 2,000 days on the red planet. That's 2,000 days by Martian standards. A Martian sol, or solar day,...
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Winter Arctic sea ice again grew far less than normalMar 23, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. government scientists say ice covering the Arctic ocean reached its second lowest extent on record this winter. For most of the winter, sea ice in...
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Our 1st interstellar visitor likely came from 2-star systemMar 19, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Our first known interstellar visitor likely came from a two-star system. That's the latest from astronomers who were amazed by the mysterious...