Articles filed under Science
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Urgency for vaccine grows as virus ravages China's pigsAug 21, 2019 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Scientists are working to develop a vaccine to help guard the world's pork supply as a deadly virus ravages Asia's pig herds. Farmers have long contained ...
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Earth's future is being written in fast-melting GreenlandAug 20, 2019 7:00 am - HELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland - This is where Earth's refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle and seas begin to rise. New York University air and ocean scien...
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Funeral for lost ice: Iceland bids farewell to glacierAug 18, 2019 7:00 am - OKJOKULL GLACIER, Iceland (AP) - It was a funeral for ice. With poetry, moments of silence and political speeches about the urgent need to fight climate change, Icelandi...
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NASA picks Alabama's 'Rocket City' for lunar lander jobAug 16, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA picked Alabama's "Rocket City" on Friday to lead development of the next moon lander for astronauts. Marshall Space Flight Center in Hun...
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NASA scientists fly over Greenland to track melting iceAug 15, 2019 7:00 am - ABOARD A NASA RESEARCH PLANE OVER GREENLAND (AP) - The fields of rippling ice 500 feet below the NASA plane give way to the blue-green of water dotted with irregular chu...
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Library of spider silk could hold secrets for new materialsAug 14, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - With two pairs of fine-tipped tweezers and the hands of a surgeon, Cheryl Hayashi began dissecting the body of a silver garden spider under her microscop...
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UN climate report: Change land use to avoid a hungry futureAug 08, 2019 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Human-caused climate change is dramatically degrading the Earth's land and the way people use the land is making global warming worse, a new United Nations...
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The Latest: UN official concerned, hopeful on climate changeAug 08, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on a new United Nations report on climate change (all times local): 3:10 p.m. A manager in the U.N. Climate Change secretariat who helped wr...
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El Nino fades so forecasters expect busier hurricane seasonAug 08, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Government meteorologists say this year's hurricane season may be busier than initially expected now that summer's weak El Nino has faded away. The Nat...
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Trump's trade war keeps punishing farmers. But farmers remain optimistic.Aug 07, 2019 1:00 am - Investors who got socked by Monday's steep stock market sell-off enjoyed a partial recovery Tuesday, as three major stock bench marks each climbed more than a percent. F...