Articles filed under Science
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Supply run to space station delayed by stray planeNov 11, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A supply run to the International Space Station has been delayed a day by a stray plane. Everything was going well in Saturday morning's laun...
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Space station getting delivery from Virginia for a changeNov 10, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The International Space Station is getting a delivery shipped from Virginia for a change. Orbital ATK, one of NASA's chief suppliers, plans t...
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Here comes La Nina, El Nino's flip side, but it will be weakNov 09, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - La Nina, the cool flip side to El Nino, has returned, forecasters said Thursday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said a weak La Nin...
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Stellar encore: Dying star keeps coming back big timeNov 08, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Death definitely becomes this star. Astronomers reported Wednesday on a massive, distant star that exploded in 2014 - and also, apparently ba...
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NASA seeks nickname for tiny, icy world on solar system edgeNov 07, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Heads up, armchair travelers. NASA is seeking a nickname for a tiny, icy world on the edge of the solar system that's the next destination fo...
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Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon, who circled moon, diesNov 07, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Apollo 12 astronaut Richard "Dick" F. Gordon Jr., one of a dozen men who flew around the moon but didn't land there, has died, NASA said. He was 88. Go...
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Earth's ozone hole shrivels to smallest since 1988Nov 02, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The ozone hole over Antarctica shrank to its smallest peak since 1988, NASA said Thursday. The huge hole in Earth's protective ozone layer reached its ...
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Science Says: Jack Frost nipping at your nose ever laterOct 27, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Winter is coming ... later. And it's leaving ever earlier. Across the United States, the year's first freeze has been arriving further and further into...
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Misplaced monarchs: Clusters of butterflies stuck up northOct 26, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - Monarch butterflies, those delicate symbols of spring and summer, should mostly be in Texas by now, winging their way to Mexico for the winter. But Darlene ...
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Waaah: Crying babies push same 'buttons' in mothers' brainsOct 23, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK - Crying babies push the same "buttons" in their mothers' brains no matter what their culture, a new study suggests. The research found that mothers in 11 count...