Articles filed under Science
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SpaceX launches communication satellite on 3rd tryJul 05, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX has launched a communication satellite on the third try. The unmanned Falcon rocket blasted off Wednesday evening from Florida's Kenne...
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Science Says: Hot dogs minus added nitrites may be no betterJun 30, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Backyard cooks looking to grill this summer have another option: hot dogs without "added nitrites." Are they any healthier? Oscar Mayer is touting it...
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Climate change up close: Southern, poor counties to sufferJun 29, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Poor and southern U.S. counties will get hit hardest by global warming, according to a first-of-its-kind detailed projection of potential climate chang...
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Large study links key pesticide to weakened honeybee hivesJun 29, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A common and much-criticized pesticide dramatically weakens already vulnerable honeybee hives, according to a new massive field study in three European...
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Clarification: Science Says-Too Hot To Fly storyJun 23, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - In a story June 20, The Associated Press reported that airplanes take off and stay aloft because of lift, the force from the movement of air underneath...
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Total solar eclipse 1st in 99 years to sweep width of U.S.Jun 23, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - This August, the U.S. will experience its first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 99 years. Total solar eclipses occur every year or two or th...
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Experts: US exiting climate pact may doom some small islandsJun 22, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - To small island nations where the land juts just above the rising seas, the U.S. pulling out of the Paris global warming pact makes the future seem as ...
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Too hot to handle: Study shows Earth's killer heat worsensJun 19, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - Killer heat is getting worse, a new study shows. Deadly heat waves like the one now broiling the American West are bigger killers than previously thought an...
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NASA telescope finds 10 more planets that could have lifeJun 19, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - NASA's planet-hunting telescope has found 10 new planets outside our solar system that are likely the right size and temperature to potentially have li...
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Science Says: DNA shows early spread of cats in human worldJun 19, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Long before cats became the darlings of Facebook and YouTube, they spread through the ancient human world. A DNA study reached back thousands of years to...