Articles filed under Science
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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...
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It's not just Alberta: Warming-fueled fires are increasingMay 10, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Alberta's unusually early and large fire is just the latest of many gargantuan fires on an Earth that's grown hotter with more extreme weather. Earlier...
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NASA's official exoplanet count more than doublesMay 10, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Milky Way just got a lot more crowded - with planets. NASA on Tuesday announced 1,284 new planets orbiting stars outside our solar system...
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Little Mercury a black dot as it crosses vast face of sunMay 09, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - For the first time in 10 years, Mercury passed directly between the Earth and sun on Monday, resembling a black dot against the vast, glowing...