Articles filed under Science
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Study may give new respect to our Milky Way neighborhoodSep 28, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Our corner of the Milky Way galaxy may be a bigger deal than scientists thought. The galaxy is shaped like a disk, with four major arms of stars, dust an...
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Study: Earth's roughly warmest in about 100,000 yearsSep 27, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A new study paints a picture of an Earth that is warmer than it has been in about 120,000 years, and is locked into eventually hitting its hottest mark...
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US not on track to meet 2025 carbon pollution cutting goalSep 26, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Unless it does more, the United States probably will fall short of goals set under last year's Paris agreement to dramatically reduce emissions of heat...
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Jupiter moon may have water plumes that shoot up 125 milesSep 26, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Hubble Space Telescope has spied what appear to be water plumes on one of Jupiter's icy moons shooting up as high as 125 miles. The geysers are ap...
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Satellite-based radar confirms man-made Texas earthquakesSep 22, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists used radar from satellites to show that five Texas earthquakes, one reaching magnitude 4.8, were caused by injections of wastewater in drill...
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U.S. astronaut will vote from orbit if homecoming is delayedSep 22, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The lone American in orbit will end up voting for president from the International Space Station, if her homecoming is delayed. NASA astronaut...
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Students exploring science careers try hand at robotic surgery in Hoffman EstatesSep 22, 2016 5:30 am - Most of the students who got to try their hand at using a surgical robot Wednesday at Amita St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates were female. The technology beh...
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Human DNA tied mostly to single exodus from Africa long agoSep 21, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The genetic ancestry of people living outside Africa can be traced almost completely to a single exodus of humans from that continent long ago, new studi...
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Greenland ice loss 40 trillion pounds bigger than thoughtSep 21, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Greenland is losing about 40 trillion pounds more ice a year than scientists had thought, according to a new study that used GPS to help estimate how m...
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2016's hellish summer weather: A told-you-so climate moment?Sep 20, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - This summer's weather was relentless and hellish, crowded with the type of record-smashing extremes that scientists have long warned about. The season ...