Articles filed under Science
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2016 weather report: Extreme and anything but normalAug 10, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Last year's global weather was far more extreme or record-breaking than anything approaching normal, according to a new report. The U.S. National Ocean...
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Scientists name prehistoric croc after Lemmy from MotorheadAug 09, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Scientists have named a prehistoric crocodile described as "one of the nastiest sea creatures to have ever inhabited the earth" after late Motorhead frontm...
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Science Says: Trump team garbles climate scienceAug 09, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump and his cabinet often avoid talking about the science of climate change, but when pressed what they have said clashes with estab...
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Meet the new heavyweight champion of dinosaurs: PatagotitanAug 08, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A study proclaims a newly named species the heavyweight champion of all dinosaurs, making the scary Tyrannosaurus rex look like a munchkin. At 76 tons ...
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Constable: How shady eclipse sunglass sellers could burn youAug 08, 2017 5:30 am - Apparently people savvy enough to know all about the risk of going blind by staring at the sun are still gullible enough to buy counterfeit, worthless glasses from shady...
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From King Kong to Crouching Tiger: A Physicist Goes to the MoviesAug 06, 2017 11:00 pm - Fermilab Arts & Lecture Series will present "From King Kong to Crouching Tiger: A Physicist Goes to the Movies" at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, at Fermilab's Ramsey Auditoriu...
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US in rare bull's-eye for total solar eclipse on Aug. 21Aug 05, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - It will be tough eclipsing this eclipse. The sun, moon and Earth will line up perfectly in the cosmos on Aug. 21, turning day into night for ...
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What's a total solar eclipse and why this one is so unusualAug 05, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Total solar eclipses occur every year or two or three, often in the middle of nowhere like the South Pacific or Antarctic. What makes the Aug...
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Scientists ID tiny prehistoric sea worm with 50 head spinesAug 03, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, a bizarre creature with a Venus flytrap-like head swam the seas. Scientists have uncovered fossils of a tiny fa...
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Warming to worsen dead zones, algae blooms choking US watersJul 27, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Projected increases in rain from global warming could further choke U.S. waterways with fertilizer runoff that trigger dead zones and massive algae blo...