Articles filed under Science
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Forecasters: 'Potentially historic' flooding threatens SouthMar 21, 2019 1:00 am - The stage is set for unprecedented major flooding this spring for most of the nation, U.S. weather officials said Thursday. More than 200 million Americans are at risk f...
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Report: Great Lakes feeling effects of rapid climate warmingMar 21, 2019 1:00 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - The Great Lakes region is warming faster than the rest of the U.S., a trend likely to bring more extreme storms while also degrading water qu...
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Science Says: Tiny 'water bears' can teach us about survivalMar 20, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Earth's ultimate survivors can weather extreme heat, cold, radiation and even the vacuum of space. Now the U.S. military hopes these tiny critters call...
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NASA's plan to scoop up dirt from asteroid hits a snagMar 19, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - NASA's plan to scoop up dirt and gravel from an asteroid has hit a snag, but scientists say they can overcome it. The asteroid Bennu was thought to have ...
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AP Analysis: Hot records falling twice as often as cold onesMar 19, 2019 7:00 am - Over the past 20 years, Americans have been twice as likely to sweat through record-breaking heat rather than shiver through record-setting cold, a new Associated Press ...
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New Fermilab accelerator to further efforts to understand the universeMar 15, 2019 1:00 am - The ongoing attempt to fully understand our universe - how it started, what it's made of, why it sticks together - is getting a new tool: a powerful linear particle acce...
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Russian-US crew arrives at International Space StationMar 14, 2019 7:00 am - BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - A Russian-American crew arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, five months after a botched launch led to an emergency landing ...
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The way you speak now was shaped by what your ancestors ateMar 14, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The way most of us speak today is shaped in part by how long ago our ancestors gave up chewing tough, raw meat. It's widely known that languages evolve...
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UN: Environment is deadly, worsening mess, but not hopelessMar 13, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Earth is sick with multiple and worsening environmental ills killing millions of people yearly, a new U.N. report says. Climate change, a global major ...
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NASA's new rocket won't be ready for moon shot next yearMar 13, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's massive new rocket won't be ready for a moon shot next year, the space agency's top official told Congress on Wednesday. Administrator...