Articles filed under Science
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New comet likely visitor from another solar systemSep 13, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The solar system may have another foreign guest. Both NASA and the European Space Agency are reporting that a newly discovered comet zooming ...
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Study finds the universe might be 2 billion years youngerSep 12, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The universe is looking younger every day, it seems. New calculations suggest the universe could be a couple billion years younger than scientists now ...
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Water, temperature right for life at another star's planetSep 11, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - In a tantalizing first, scientists have discovered water at a planet outside our solar system that has temperatures suitable for life. Two re...
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DNA hints the Loch Ness 'monster' might be giant eelSep 05, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A scientist who collected DNA from Scotland's Loch Ness suggests the lake's fabled monster might be a giant eel. Neil Gemmell from the University of Otag...
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It doesn't matter if it's sugary or diet: New study links all soda to an early deathSep 05, 2019 1:00 am - Hold up, diet soda drinkers. Regular consumption of soft drinks - both sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened - was associated with a greater risk of all causes of d...
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Atmospheric battle will determine where Dorian hits FloridaAug 29, 2019 7:00 am - It's a battle of mammoth meteorological forces, and at stake is where Hurricane Dorian strikes the United States. Four days before the system is expected to come ashore,...
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Idaho artifacts suggest Pacific entry for first AmericansAug 29, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists say they've found artifacts in Idaho that indicate people were living there around 16,000 years ago, providing new evidence that the first Ame...
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Ethiopian fossil reveals face for ancestor of famed 'Lucy'Aug 28, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A fossil from Ethiopia is letting scientists look millions of years into our evolutionary history - and they see a face peering back. The find, from 3.8 ...
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Banana industry on alert after disease arrives in ColombiaAug 26, 2019 7:00 am - LA GUAJIRA, Colombia - It might not be obvious at the supermarket, but the banana industry is fighting to protect the most popular variety of the fruit from a destructiv...
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Extinction bites: countries agree to protect sharks and raysAug 25, 2019 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Countries have agreed to protect more than a dozen shark species at risk of extinction, in a move aimed at conserving some of the ocean's most awe-inspirin...