Articles filed under Science
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SpaceX's 1st launch since rocket blast now bumped to JanuaryDec 07, 2016 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX's first launch since a rocket explosion at the pad has slipped to January. The company said Wednesday it needs more time. So instead o...
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Giraffes, rarer than elephants, put on extinction watch listDec 07, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The giraffe, the tallest land animal, is now at risk of extinction, biologists say. Because the giraffe population has shrunk nearly 40 percent in just...
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Arctic sea ice hits record monthly low for 7th time in 2016Dec 06, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Though this is when the Arctic is supposed to be refreezing, scientists say sea ice there hit record low levels for November. In the crucial Barents Se...
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Study: Warming to trigger 3 times as many downpours in USDec 05, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Extreme downpours - like those that flooded Louisiana, Houston and West Virginia earlier this year - will happen nearly three times as often in the Uni...
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Buzz Aldrin: Altitude sickness forced South Pole evacuationDec 03, 2016 6:00 am - CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) - Buzz Aldrin said he was evacuated from the South Pole last week because he became short of breath and began showing signs of altitude si...
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Buzz Aldrin gets visit from NASA after polar evacuationDec 02, 2016 6:00 am - CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) - Buzz Aldrin had an unexpected bedside visit from NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman on Saturday as he continued to recover in a New Z...
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Ailing Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole to New ZealandDec 01, 2016 6:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - An ailing Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, was evacuated from the South Pole to New Zealand where he was in a hospital on ...
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Russia: Space ship malfunctions, breaks up over SiberiaDec 01, 2016 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - An unmanned Russian cargo spaceship heading to the International Space Station broke up in the atmosphere over Siberia on Thursday due to an unspecified ma...
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Study: Biggest tornado outbreaks are spawning more twistersDec 01, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The most extreme tornado outbreaks are mysteriously spawning many more twisters than they did decades ago, a new study claimed. The once-every-five-yea...
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Ailing Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole to New ZealandDec 01, 2016 6:00 am - An ailing Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, was evacuated from the South Pole to New Zealand where he was hospitalized Thursday in stable condition. Aldri...