Articles filed under Science
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Satellite launched to map the world's oceans, lakes, riversDec 16, 2022 12:00 am - A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world's oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vande...
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Extinctions, shrinking habitat spur 'rewilding' in citiesDec 07, 2022 12:00 am - DETROIT - In a bustling metro area of 4.3 million people, Yale University wildlife biologist Nyeema Harris ventures into isolated thickets to study Detroit's most elusiv...
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Lawmakers hope to rename Fermilab research center after noted physicistDec 04, 2022 12:00 am - Federal lawmakers from Illinois have introduced legislation to rename Fermilab's Integrated Engineering Research Center after the late Helen Edwards, a particle physicis...
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NASA capsule buzzes moon, last big step before lunar orbitNov 21, 2022 12:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's Orion capsule reached the moon Monday, whipping around the far side and buzzing the lunar surface on its way to a record-breaking orbi...
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NASA capsule on way to moon after launch by giant new rocketNov 16, 2022 12:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A space capsule hurtled toward the moon Wednesday for the first time in 50 years, following a thunderous launch of NASA's mightiest rocket in a dr...
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As climate warms, a China planner advocates "sponge cities"Nov 15, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - To cushion the impact of extreme weather due to climate change, a Chinese landscape architect has been making the case for China and other countries to cr...
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NASA's moon rocket on track for Wednesday launch attemptNov 14, 2022 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA remained on track for Wednesday's planned liftoff of its new moon rocket, after determining that hurricane damage provided little extra ...
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NASA: Moon rocket endured hurricane, set for 1st test flightNov 11, 2022 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's moon rocket needs only minor repairs after enduring a hurricane at the pad and is on track for its first test flight next week, a top ...
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Section of destroyed shuttle Challenger found on ocean floorNov 10, 2022 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic, more than three decade...
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Carbon dioxide emissions rising globally, but drop in ChinaNov 10, 2022 6:00 am - SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) - The world's burning of coal, oil and natural gas this year is putting 1% more heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air than last year, bad n...