Articles filed under Science
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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...
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Extreme storm in central U.S. may generate blizzard, flooding, severe storms midweekMar 12, 2019 1:00 am - An unusually strong late-winter storm is predicted to explosively intensify in the western Plains on Tuesday into Wednesday, unleashing flooding rains, severe storms, ho...
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Blacks, Hispanics breathe more pollution than they makeMar 11, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - African-Americans and Hispanics breathe in far more deadly air pollution than they are responsible for making, a new study said. A study looked at who ...
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SpaceX crew capsule ends test flight with ocean splashdownMar 08, 2019 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX's swanky new crew capsule returned from the International Space Station to an old-fashioned splashdown in the Atlantic on Friday, succ...
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Scientists discover different kind of killer whale off ChileMar 07, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - For decades, there were tales from fishermen and tourists, even lots of photos, of a mysterious killer whale that just didn't look like all the others,...
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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...