Articles filed under Science
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Benedictine professor X-rays rare eggs to study environmental changesDec 09, 2015 12:00 am - Eggs. We eat them, decorate them and collect them. But what if we could use eggs to go "back to the future" and find out what happened in the past that has affected and ...
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Liftoff: 1st US shipment in months flying to space stationDec 06, 2015 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A U.S. shipment of much-needed groceries and other astronaut supplies rocketed toward the International Space Station for the first time in m...
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Dangerous wind again stalls launch of space station suppliesDec 05, 2015 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Once again, high wind is keeping space station supplies stuck on Earth. An unmanned rocket loaded with 7,400 pounds of cargo for the Internat...
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NASA: Leak in French instrument may stall next Mars missionDec 03, 2015 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A NASA spacecraft that's supposed to fly to Mars and land on the red planet next year has a leak that could delay the mission. NASA said Thur...
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US space station delivery on tap after 8-month stoppageDec 02, 2015 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA hopes to resume commercial shipments this week to the International Space Station, following months of frustrating delay. The last succe...
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Male vs. female brain? Not a valid distinction, study saysNov 30, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Are the brains of men and women truly different? Not if you look at the overall structure, a new study says. While specific parts show sex differences, a...
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NASA not ready for dangers of deep space, auditors sayNov 29, 2015 4:16 am - WASHINGTON - American culture and cinema often glorifies space travel, from the heroic early adventurers of "The Right Stuff" to the more recent rescue of Matt Damon's a...
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Researchers give 90 percent chance of hidden rooms in Tut's tombNov 28, 2015 12:00 am - CAIRO - Egypt on Saturday said there is a 90 percent chance that hidden chambers will be found within King Tutankhamun's tomb, based on the preliminary results of a new ...
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UN weather agency: It's record hot out there this yearNov 25, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Because of man-made global warming and a strong El Nino, Earth's wild weather this year is bursting the annual heat record, the World Meteorological Or...
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Correction: Amazon Trees storyNov 23, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - In a story Nov. 20 about Amazon trees, The Associated Press erroneously reported how much area the forest has been losing. About 15 years ago, it was l...