Articles filed under Science
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Science Says: A big space crash likely made Uranus lopsidedDec 21, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Uranus is a lopsided oddity, the only planet to spin on its side. Scientists now think they know how it got that way: It was pushed over by a rock at l...
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What makes chickens happy? Nobody is quite sureDec 20, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK - How do you measure a chicken's happiness? Is it in the way it runs for food? How much time it spends preening? To size up what might make chickens happy in th...
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Mars lander sets quake monitor on planet's red surfaceDec 20, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's new Mars lander has placed a quake monitor on the planet's dusty red surface, just a few weeks after its arrival. Mars InSight 's robo...
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3 astronauts return from International Space StationDec 20, 2018 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Three astronauts returned to Earth Thursday after more than six months aboard the International Space Station. A Russian Soyuz capsule with NASA's Serena A...
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NASA's 1st flight to moon, Apollo 8, marks 50th anniversaryDec 18, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Fifty years ago on Christmas Eve, a tumultuous year of assassinations, riots and war drew to a close in heroic and hopeful fashion with the t...
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Pence misses launch but treated to new SpaceX crew capsuleDec 18, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence missed seeing a SpaceX rocket soar Tuesday. But he still got to view the company's new crew capsule, designed to ca...
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Farout: Scientists spot solar system's farthest known objectDec 17, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronomers have spotted the farthest known object in our solar system - and they've nicknamed the pink cosmic body "Farout." The International As...
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Photos from Japan space rovers show rocky asteroid surfaceDec 13, 2018 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Japan's space agency says more than 200 photos taken by two small rovers on an asteroid show no signs of a smooth area for the planned touchdown of a spacec...
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Scientists scour WWI shipwreck to solve military mysteryDec 13, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A hundred years ago, a mysterious explosion hit the only major U.S. warship to sink during World War I. Now the Navy believes it has the answer to what...
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2 technicians killed at Antarctica science stationDec 12, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The National Science Foundation says two technicians working on a fire-suppression system at an Antarctica scientific station were found unconscious and ...