Articles filed under Science
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NASA spacecraft barreling toward Jupiter for July 4 meetupJun 16, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A NASA spacecraft is bound for a Fourth of July encounter with Jupiter in the latest quest to study how the largest planet in the solar system formed ...
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Earth breaks heat record again, but not by as much as beforeJun 16, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Earth sizzled to its 13th straight month of record heat in May, but it wasn't quite as much of an over-the-top scorcher as previous months, federal sci...
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A crucial second note heard in soundtrack of chaotic cosmosJun 15, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Astronomers say they've heard the echoes of two more crashing black holes - a discovery that hints that the unseen violence of the universe may be pret...
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For the Kermit Sutra? New mating position reported for frogsJun 14, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - This just in from the Department of Amphibian Philandering: For years, scientists have thought frogs and toads used only six positions to mate. It turns ...
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Oakton students win ban on sale of plastic water bottles on campusJun 13, 2016 11:00 pm - In response to a student lobbying effort, the Oakton Community College President's Council recently agreed to support a ban of single-use plastic water bottles on campus...
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Lights drown out Milky Way for third of world's populationJun 10, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - More than one-third of the world's population can no longer see the Milky Way because of man-made lights. Among those missing out on awe-insp...
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Scientists turn chief global warming gas into harmless stoneJun 09, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have a found a quick way - but not a cheap one - to turn heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas into harmless rock. Experts say the results of a t...
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Experts find climate change's fingerprints in French floodsJun 09, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - An international team of scientists has found that man-made climate change nearly doubled the likelihood of last month's devastating French flooding. I...
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More Americans are dying each year by accidentJun 09, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Accidents are killing more Americans each year, increasingly from overdoses and falls. A new report from the National Safety Council said that in 2014,...
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Earth's super-sized El Nino is over; coming up, La NinaJun 09, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - This year's monstrous El Nino, nicknamed Godzilla by NASA, is dead. It heated up the globe, but didn't quite end California's four-year drought. In its...