Articles filed under Science
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Scientists successfully clone monkeys; are humans up next?Jan 24, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - For the first time, researchers have used the cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep to create healthy monkeys, bringing science an important st...
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Better than holograms: A new 3-D projection into thin airJan 24, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the enduring sci-fi moments of the big screen - R2-D2 beaming a 3-D image of Princess Leia into thin air in "Star Wars" - is closer to reality t...
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SpaceX fires engines on big new rocket in launch pad testJan 24, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX fired up its newest, biggest rocket in a critical launch pad test Wednesday, advancing toward a long-anticipated test flight possibly ...
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Spacewalking astronauts give new hand to robot armJan 23, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Spacewalking astronauts gave a hand to the International Space Station's big robot arm Tuesday. As the federal government geared back up 250 ...
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NASA bumps astronaut off space station flight in rare moveJan 19, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has bumped an astronaut off an upcoming spaceflight, a rare move for the space agency so close to launch. Astronaut Jeanette Epps was su...
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Christa McAuliffe's lost lessons finally taught in spaceJan 19, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Christa McAuliffe's lost lessons are finally getting taught in space. Thirty-two years after the Challenger disaster, a pair of teachers turn...
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Correction: Science Says-Meteor storyJan 18, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - In a story Jan. 17 about meteors, The Associated Press reported erroneously the size of asteroids that scientists hope to be able to deflect from Earth...
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Even without El Nino last year, Earth keeps on warmingJan 18, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Earth last year wasn't quite as hot as 2016's record-shattering mark, but it ranked second or third, depending on who was counting. Either way, scienti...
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Puerto Rican astronaut reaches out to island's schoolkidsJan 12, 2018 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The first astronaut of Puerto Rican heritage reached out Friday to schoolchildren on the hurricane-bashed island. Flying aboard the Internati...
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U.S. cold snap was a freak of nature, quick analysis findsJan 11, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Consider this cold comfort: A quick study of the brutal American cold snap found that the Arctic blast really wasn't global warming but a freak of nature. F...