Articles filed under Science
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Cloudy, cool August restrains melt of Arctic sea iceSep 19, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Arctic sea ice this summer dropped to its eighth lowest level on record, new federal data show. That's far below average, but considerably above the re...
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Why some hurricanes linger while other storms die quicklySep 18, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - This hurricane season is showing how wild and varied storms' life cycles can be. Most storms seem to be tracked for days while others appear to pop out of n...
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Earth sweltered to 3rd hottest August, summer on recordSep 18, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Earth just sweated through the third hottest August and summer on record. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday the globe las...
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Farewell Cassini: Saturn spacecraft makes fiery, final diveSep 15, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's Cassini spacecraft disintegrated in the skies above Saturn on Friday in a final, fateful blaze of cosmic glory, following a remarkable...
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The latest: NASA's Cassini spacecraft burns up over SaturnSep 15, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The Latest on the Cassini spacecraft at Saturn: 6:55 a.m. NASA's Cassini spacecraft is no more: It disintegrated in the skies above Saturn early F...
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Cassini spacecraft: 'Magnifying glass' at Saturn until endSep 15, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - For more than a decade, NASA's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn took "a magnifying glass" to the enchanting planet, its moons and rings. Cassini ...
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SpaceX bloopers video: 'How NOT to land an orbital rocket'Sep 14, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX has put together a bloopers video showing "How NOT to land an orbital rocket booster." Set to John Philip Sousa's rousing march "The L...
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Scientists: Ash tree species pushed to brink of extinctionSep 14, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Five prominent species of ash tree in the eastern U.S. have been driven to the brink of extinction from years of lethal attack by a beetle, a scientific ...
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Report: Ash trees on the brink of extinctionSep 14, 2017 1:00 am - Ash trees - which once lined streets and parks across the suburbs - are on the brink of extinction after years of decimation by the Emerald Ash Borer beetle, according t...
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Goodbye Cassini: Saturn spacecraft gets funny opera send-offSep 13, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Cassini spacecraft is getting a grand but hilarious opera send-off before it plunges through Saturn's atmosphere and vaporizes Friday. An a...