Articles filed under Science
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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...
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'Emotion detection' AI is a $20B industry. But can it do what it claims?Aug 03, 2019 6:12 am - In just a handful of years, the business of emotion detection - using artificial intelligence to identify how people are feeling - has moved beyond the stuff of science ...
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'Vampire' remains found about 30 years ago; now DNA is telling his storyJul 31, 2019 1:00 am - He had been in his grave so long that when his family dug him up to burn his heart, the organ had decomposed and was not there. Desperate to stop him from stalking them,...
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'This was a true shock': Scientists almost didn't detect approach of 'city-killer asteroid'Jul 29, 2019 1:00 am - Alan Duffy was confused. On Thursday, the astronomer's phone was suddenly flooded with calls from reporters wanting to know about a large asteroid that had just whizzed ...
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SpaceX launch sends 3D bioprinter, supplies to space stationJul 25, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) - A space capsule carrying a 3D printer to make human tissue and about 5,000 pounds of other experiments and supplies is on its way to the I...
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Weather postpones SpaceX launch of supplies to space stationJul 24, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) - Storm clouds forced SpaceX to postpone its Wednesday launch of a capsule carrying supplies to the International Space Station. The private...
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Eastern U.S. cities spewing more methane into air than thoughtJul 22, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - Older U.S. east coast cities are leaking nine times as much natural gas into the air - from homes or pipes heading into houses - than the federal government...