Articles filed under Science
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AWEsome Air experience opens at DuPage Children's MuseumDec 18, 2015 12:00 am - Air just got more AWEsome at DuPage Children's Museum. The museum on Friday is opening AWEsome Air as the second phase of its largest exhibit, AWEsome Energy, in which t...
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November was record-warm month for globe, extending streakDec 17, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Last month was the globe's warmest November on record, the seventh consecutive month to reach a new high. A climate update Thursday from the National Oce...
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Arctic posts record warmth over land, less ice in its oceanDec 15, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The warming Arctic has set another record. The average air temperature over Arctic land reached 2.3 degrees F (1.3 degrees C) above average for the year ...
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NASA Want Ad: Astronauts needed to help get to MarsDec 14, 2015 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Need more office space? How about outer space? NASA opened its astronaut-application website Monday. It's accepting applications through Feb....
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Did dark matter cause dinosaur extinction?Dec 13, 2015 6:11 am - There have been a number of theories advanced for what killed off the dinosaurs more than 66 million years ago, but until 2014 there was never one that involved dark mat...
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Mysteries of the universe solved thanks to this hot Japan stockDec 13, 2015 5:16 am - When employees at Hamamatsu Photonics found out their high-precision light sensors had helped win this year's Nobel Prize in physics, they treated it just like any other...
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3 space station astronauts safely return to EarthDec 11, 2015 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - A three-person crew from the International Space Station landed safely Friday in the snowy steppes of Kazakhstan. The U.S. space agency's Kjell Lindgren, R...
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El Nino remains strong; wet California winter expectedDec 10, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - This year's El Nino is staying unusually strong, and forecasters say it's still expected to bring a wet winter to drought-stricken California. In an upda...
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SpaceX launches may resume Dec. 19, 6 months after accidentDec 10, 2015 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX says it's close to launching rockets again six months after an accident. Chief executive Elon Musk announced via Twitter on Thursday a...
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Christmas delivery: 1st US space station shipment in monthsDec 09, 2015 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The International Space Station accepted its first U.S. shipment in more than half a year early Wednesday, receiving Christmas presents and m...