Articles filed under Science
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Mouse sperm made in lab; technique may help with infertilityFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists have produced rudimentary mouse sperm from stem cells in the laboratory, a step that may lead to a treatment for infertile men. If the techniq...
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Just before Oscars, plant named for hero of "The Martian"Feb 25, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Matt Damon may not win the Oscar for best actor on Sunday, but the character he played in "The Martian" has gotten its own recognition. In a paper publis...
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US space-endurance champ says he could do another yearFeb 25, 2016 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - America's space-endurance champ, Scott Kelly, returns to Earth next week after nearly a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station....
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Seas are rising way faster than any time in past 2,800 yearsFeb 22, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Sea levels on Earth are rising several times faster than they have in the past 2,800 years and are accelerating because of man-made global warming, acc...
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Space station astronauts give huge trash can the bootFeb 19, 2016 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The International Space Station just got a whole lot tidier. A pair of NASA astronauts released a capsule loaded with 1.5 tons of trash Frida...
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Record number of astronaut wannabes apply to NASA — 18,300Feb 19, 2016 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Space travel never looked so good. NASA announced Friday it received a record number of applicants - some 18,300 - for its next astronaut cla...
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El Nino weakens a tad, but we won't feel that for monthsFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Meteorologists see signs that the super El Nino is weakening ever so slightly, but they caution months will pass before people in the Americas will fee...
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The heat goes on: Earth sets 9th straight monthly recordFeb 17, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The January figures are in, and Earth's string of hottest-months-on-record has now reached nine in a row. But NASA said January stood out: The temperat...
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Constable: Despite Einstein theory confirmation, Argonne physicist dashes time travel hopeFeb 16, 2016 4:00 am - Last week's announcement that the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory confirmed Albert Einstein's century-old theory of general relativity and proved the...
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Munn, Segel help film academy honor inventors, engineersFeb 14, 2016 6:00 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Subjects like rapid prototyping, 3-D texture painting and the intricacies of digital media review systems became comic material Saturday for...