Articles filed under Science
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More delays for Boeing's new space capsule for astronautsApr 03, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Boeing's new space capsule for astronauts faces more launch delays. The Starliner capsule was supposed to make its debut this month, after a ...
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No AI in humor: R2-D2 walks into a bar, doesn't get the jokeMar 31, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - A robot walks into a bar. It goes CLANG. Alexa and Siri can tell jokes mined from a humor database, but they don't get them. Linguists and computer scientis...
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Snapshot of extinction: Fossils show day of killer asteroidMar 29, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - New research released Friday captures a fossilized snapshot of the day nearly 66 million years ago when an asteroid smacked Earth, fire rained from the...
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Spacewalking astronauts install better station batteriesMar 29, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Spacewalking astronauts hustled through battery hookups outside the International Space Station on Friday in a major upgrade of the solar pow...
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Science Says: Why scientists prize plant, animal genomesMar 29, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Just about every week, it seems, scientists publish the unique DNA code of some creature or plant. Just in February, they published the genome for the st...
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'Ninja' kangaroo rats kick snakes in the head faster than you can blink. The videos are 'epic.'Mar 29, 2019 1:00 am - A wide-eyed kangaroo rat sits hunched in darkness among sparse tufts of desert plant life. But the diminutive rodent isn't alone in the Arizona desert. Just inches away,...
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How Argonne and AT&T are teaming to prepare for extreme weatherMar 28, 2019 11:00 pm - Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont has worked with AT&T on a climate resiliency project that officials say will help AT&T better anticipate, prepare for and adapt to ...
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Rock On: NASA releases artsy shots of 2 asteroidsMar 28, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has released a pair of artsy shots of two little asteroids. Thursday's picture shows an asteroid coming apart at its dusty seams, courte...
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UN report: Extreme weather hit 62 million people in 2018Mar 28, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The United Nations' weather agency says extreme weather last year hit 62 million people worldwide and forced 2 million people to relocate, as man-made ...
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$1 million prize awaits Israeli team if moon landing worksMar 28, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - An Israeli team aiming to land a spacecraft on the moon in two weeks can now expect more than glory if it works. How about a cool $1 million?...