Articles filed under Science
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Oldest fossils on Earth? New look finds might just be rocksOct 17, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - What were billed as the oldest fossils on Earth may just be some rocks, according to a new study. Two years ago, a team of Australian scientists found ...
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Illinois is now in 'Tornado Alley,' study findsOct 17, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Over the past few decades tornadoes have been shifting - decreasing in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas but spinning up more in states along the Mississippi ...
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NASA astronaut describes close call following failed launchOct 16, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The NASA astronaut who survived last week's failed launch and emergency landing knew he needed to stay calm. Air Force Col. Nick Hague on Tue...
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NASA X-ray Space Telescope back online after brief shutdownOct 15, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - One of NASA's space telescopes is back in business after a two-day shutdown. NASA said Monday that the Chandra X-ray Observatory came back on...
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Global warming to leave us crying in our costlier beerOct 15, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - Add beer to chocolate, coffee and wine as some of life's little pleasures that global warming will make scarcer and costlier, scientists say. Increasing bou...
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Trump may not know what's behind global warming, but scientists doOct 15, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - Despite what President Donald Trump says, scientists have long known that what's warming the planet isn't natural. It's us. They even have the energy balanc...
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Analysis: It's better to be born rich than talentedOct 14, 2018 1:05 am - A revolution in genomics is creeping into economics. It allows us to say something we might have suspected, but could never confirm: money trumps genes. Using one new, g...
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Another NASA space telescope shuts down in orbitOct 12, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Another NASA space telescope has shut down and halted science observations. Less than a week after the Hubble Space Telescope went offline, t...
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Abandon the planet to pollution? What a bad ideaOct 12, 2018 5:00 am - My compliments to the Daily Herald for its recent editorial (Oct. 4), highlighting the report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) asserting t...
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Let's have 'Green Wave' in NovemberOct 12, 2018 5:00 am - Thank you, Daily Herald, for the editorial titled, "Our world is worth trying to save," citing the ridiculous report that the Trump administration is using to support re...