Articles filed under Science
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Chimps varied 'culture' matters for conservation, study saysMar 07, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Some chimpanzee groups are stone-throwers. Some use rocks to crack open tree nuts to eat. Others use sticks to fish for algae. As researchers learn mor...
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US just sloshed through the wettest winter on recordMar 06, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal meteorologists say this winter was America's wettest on record. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says that from December to ...
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Tornado forecasting improves, but still deaths keep comingMar 05, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Sometimes in forecasting tornadoes, you can get everything technically right, and yet it all goes horribly wrong. Three days before the killer Alabama ...
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Alliance to save blue whales from ships stalled by Sri LankaMar 05, 2019 6:00 am - When the feeding grounds of blue whales overlap with busy shipping lanes, business interests often supersede those of the endangered marine mammals. But in Sri Lanka, an...
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Israeli spacecraft snaps ultimate selfie on way to moonMar 05, 2019 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - An Israeli spacecraft has taken the ultimate selfie on its roundabout journey to the moon. Organizers for the privately funde...
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Correction: Heat Warnings storyMar 05, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - In a story March 4 about the timing of heat warnings, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of a government scientist. His name is spelled Amba...
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New techniques let scientists zero in on individual cellsMar 04, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Did you hear what happened when Bill Gates walked into a bar? Everybody there immediately became millionaires - on average. That joke about a very rich m...
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US-built capsule with a dummy aboard docks at space stationMar 03, 2019 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A sleek new American-built capsule with just a test dummy aboard docked smoothly with the International Space Station on Sunday, bringing the...
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Crew capsule rockets toward space station with test dummyMar 02, 2019 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - America's newest capsule for astronauts rocketed Saturday toward the International Space Station on a high-stakes test flight by SpaceX. The ...
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Consumer advocates want Washington to tackle 'Wild West' of DNA test kitsMar 02, 2019 5:00 am - A consumer advocacy group leader says it's time for Washington lawmakers to set some rules in the "Wild West" of at-home DNA testing kits. Following a report that Family...