Articles filed under Science
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Study: DNA websites cast broad net for identifying peopleOct 11, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - About 60 percent of the U.S. population with European heritage may be identifiable from their DNA by searching consumer websites, even if they've never m...
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Hurricane Michael headed to Florida is a classic October stormOct 09, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - A classic October storm, Hurricane Michael is quite the contrast to September's Florence. Michael is likely to be stronger, windier and fast-moving when it ...
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Want to decrease carbon? Put a price tag on itOct 09, 2018 5:00 am - A rather unexpected article appeared on the front page of the Sept. 30 Daily Herald, "Trump administration: Global temps will rise 7 degrees by 2100." In a nutshell, a d...
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Hubble Space Telescope sidelined by serious pointing failureOct 08, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Hubble Space Telescope has been sidelined by a serious pointing problem. NASA announced Monday that one of Hubble's gyroscopes failed las...
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UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warningOct 08, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this...
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UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warningOct 07, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this...
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Debut of SpaceX, Boeing crew capsules off until next yearOct 05, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The debut of SpaceX and Boeing crew capsules is off until next year. NASA said this week that the first commercial test fligh...
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Soyuz capsule carrying 3 crew land safely in KazakhstanOct 04, 2018 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian space capsule with three men onboard has safely landed in a barren steppe in Kazakhstan after a six-month mission aboard the International Space ...
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No free lunch for renewables: More wind power would warm U.S.Oct 03, 2018 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Ramping up wind power in America would also dial up the nation's temperatures, a new study out of Harvard found. While wind energy is widely celebrated as e...
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NASA's Pluto explorer adjusts course as next icy world loomsOct 03, 2018 11:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The NASA spacecraft that explored Pluto has adjusted course as its next target looms. New Horizons fired its thrusters late Wednesday way out in o...