Articles filed under Science
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Climate change and vanishing islands threaten brown pelicansJul 27, 2022 7:00 am - CHAUVIN, La. (AP) - Sliding off the side of her small boat, seabird biologist Bonnie Slaton wades through waist-high water, brown pelicans soaring overhead, until she re...
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NASA to launch 2 more choppers to Mars to help return rocksJul 27, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is launching two more mini helicopters to Mars in its effort to return Martian rocks and soil samples to Earth. Under the plan announce...
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Feds hope new website can prevent deaths from worsening heatJul 26, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government hopes a new website can help people and local governments beat the increasingly deadly heat of an ever-warming world. Days after...
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Russia will withdraw from the International Space Station project after 2024 and focus on building its own stationJul 26, 2022 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russia will withdraw from the International Space Station project after 2024 and focus on building its own station. ...
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Beloved monarch butterflies now listed as endangeredJul 21, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list becau...
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Italian, Russian share rare spacewalk amid Ukraine tensionsJul 21, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - An Italian astronaut joined a Russian cosmonaut in a rare spacewalking show of unity Thursday, as tensions over Ukraine continued to ricochet...
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NASA aiming for late August test flight of giant moon rocketJul 20, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - On the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, NASA announced Wednesday it's shooting for a late August launch of its giant, new moo...
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NASA aiming for late August test flight of giant moon rocketJul 20, 2022 1:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, NASA announced Wednesday it's shooting for a late August launch of its giant, new moon roc...
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Most major nations lag in acting on climate-fighting goalsJul 19, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - For most of the major carbon-polluting nations, promising to fight climate change is a lot easier than actually doing it. In the United States, Preside...
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High-flying experiment: Do stem cells grow better in space?Jul 17, 2022 7:00 am - Researcher Dhruv Sareen's own stem cells are now orbiting the Earth. The mission? To test whether they'll grow better in zero gravity. Scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical...