Articles filed under Science
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Woman or machine? New robots look creepily humanJun 24, 2014 1:01 am - TOKYO - The new robot guides at a Tokyo museum look so eerily human and speak so smoothly they almost outdo people - almost. Japanese robotics expert Hiroshi Ishiguro,...
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War zones: When drones fall from the skyJun 20, 2014 1:01 am - The Washington Post More than 400 large U.S. military drones have crashed in major accidents around the world since 2001, a record of calamity that exposes the potential...
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Doctors Without Borders: Ebola 'out of control'Jun 20, 2014 1:01 am - DAKAR, Senegal - The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa is "totally out of control," according to a senior official for Doctors Without Borders, who says the medical gr...
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75 CDC scientists possibly exposed to anthraxJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - About 75 scientists may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria in U.S. government laboratories in Atlanta and are being treated to prevent the infection, the Centers...
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Infrared image reveals hidden man in Picasso paintingJun 17, 2014 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — Scientists and art experts finally know what's beneath one of Pablo Picasso's first masterpieces, “The Blue Room,” using advances in infrared imagery to rev...
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Explore mysteries of the universe with the experts at FermilabJun 05, 2014 11:00 pm - The Fermilab Summer Lecture Series continues with "The Quantum Universe" by University of California-Berkeley professor Hitoshi Murayama at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, in...
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NASA to test giant Mars parachute on EarthJun 01, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - The skies off the Hawaiian island of Kauai will be a stand-in for Mars as NASA prepares to launch a saucer-shaped vehicle in an experimental flight designe...
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Obama's boldest move on carbon comes with perilsMay 31, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The new pollution rule the Obama administration announces Monday will be a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's environmental legacy and arguably the mos...
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White House proposes updated Great Lakes planMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Obama administration on Friday proposed an updated five-year blueprint for Great Lakes environmental protection that would put greater emphasi...
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Study: Species disappearing far faster than beforeMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Species of plants and animals are becoming extinct at least 1,000 times faster than they did before humans arrived on the scene, and the world is on the bri...