Articles filed under Science
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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...
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NASA delays satellite launch to replace damaged antennaJul 27, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has delayed the launch of a major communications satellite by more than two weeks to replace a damaged antenna. One of the antennas on th...
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How scientists redesign DNA codesJul 26, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists are working to create yeast that operates with custom-made DNA. They have long been able to make specific changes in an organism's DNA. Now, t...
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Scientists build DNA from scratch to alter life's blueprintJul 26, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK - At Jef Boeke's lab, you can whiff an odor that seems out of place, as if they were baking bread here. But he and his colleagues are cooking up something else ...