Articles filed under Science
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Mars, Earth, sun line up perfectly in sky this weekendMay 19, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Last week, Mercury stole the show. Now it's Mars' turn. On Sunday morning, Mars, Earth and the sun will line up perfectly in the sky. This once-ev...
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Stuck on hot: Earth breaks 12th straight monthly heat recordMay 18, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Earth's heat is stuck on high. Thanks to a combination of global warming and an El Nino, the planet shattered monthly heat records for an unprecedented...
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Report: Genetically altered food safe but not curing hungerMay 17, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Genetically manipulated food remains generally safe for humans and the environment, a high-powered science advisory board declared in a report Tuesday....
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International Space Station makes 100,000th orbit of EarthMay 16, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - It's 100,000 laps around Earth and counting for the International Space Station. The space station reached the orbital milestone - 17 ˆ½ year...
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Stevenson senior wins science prizeMay 16, 2016 1:00 am - Stevenson High School senior Rebecca Nelson won an award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Festival in Phoenix, school officials announced Monday. Nelso...
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Scientists say they've built an engine a million times smaller than an antMay 14, 2016 6:33 am - Picture an ant. It's fuzzy, black and small, maybe a fifth of an inch long - and capable of carrying up to 50 times its own body weight. Now envision a powerful motor a ...
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Early snowbirds? Florida sinkhole yields ancient artifactsMay 13, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists say a stone knife and other artifacts found deep underwater in a Florida sinkhole show people lived in that area some 14,500 years ago. That m...
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Dundee-Crown students' startup awarded $20,000May 12, 2016 5:10 am - A company that composts wasted food from restaurants and turns it into organic fertilizer was awarded a $20,000 startup package, allowing student entrepreneurs from Dund...
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SpaceX Dragon returns to Earth with precious science loadMay 11, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A SpaceX capsule returned to Earth on Wednesday with precious science samples from NASA's one-year space station resident. Less than six hour...
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This stings: Winter death rate for America's bees jumpsMay 10, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - After two years of improvement, America's honeybees had another tough and deadly winter, probably because of mites, according to a new federal survey r...