Articles filed under Science
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Hot spring forecast: Drought deepens in West, flooding ebbsMar 17, 2022 7:00 am - There's no relief in sight for the West's record-shattering megadrought, which will likely only deepen this spring, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s...
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The Big Sneeze: Climate change to make pollen season nastierMar 15, 2022 7:00 am - Climate change has already made allergy season longer and pollen counts higher, but you ain't sneezed nothing yet. Climate scientists at the University of Michigan look...
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US astronaut to ride Russian spacecraft home during tensionsMar 14, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - U.S. astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russ...
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Octopus ancestors lived before era of dinosaurs, study showsMar 08, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have found the oldest known ancestor of octopuses '“ an approximately 330 million-year-old fossil unearthed in Montana. The researchers con...
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Half of US adults exposed to harmful lead levels as kidsMar 07, 2022 6:00 am - Over 170 million U.S.-born people who were adults in 2015 were exposed to harmful levels of lead as children, a new study estimates. Researchers used blood-lead level, c...
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Gene-edited beef cattle get regulatory clearance in USMar 07, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. regulators on Monday cleared the way for the sale of beef from gene-edited cattle in coming years after the Food and Drug Administration concluded t...
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Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moonMar 02, 2022 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater that could fit several semitractor-trailers. ...
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Weather satellite rockets to orbit to monitor US WestMar 01, 2022 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - America's newest weather satellite blasted off Tuesday to improve wildfire and flood forecasting across the western half of the country. It's...
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Constable: Insect Fear Film Festival features 'King of Sting'Feb 22, 2022 4:30 am - For those of us who got the first vaccine shot, the second vaccine shot, the flu shot, the booster shot and all those other shots throughout our life, we owe a bit of gr...
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Nearly half of US bald eagles suffer lead poisoningFeb 17, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - America's national bird is more beleaguered than previously believed, with nearly half of bald eagles tested across the U.S. showing signs of chronic l...