Articles filed under Science
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Study hints at biology of schizophrenia, may aid treatmentJan 27, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists pursuing the biological roots of schizophrenia have zeroed in on a potential factor - a normal brain process that gets kicked into overdrive. ...
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Beyond chess: Computer beats human in ancient Chinese gameJan 27, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A computer program has beaten a human champion at the ancient Chinese board game Go, marking a significant advance for development of artificial intellig...
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Accumulating questions: What's a blizzard? Is this El Nino?Jan 23, 2016 6:00 am - KENSINGTON, Md. (AP) - Oh, the weather outside is frightful. Winds will soon turn spiteful. The East has no place to go. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. The massi...
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5 brightest planets gather in pre-dawn sky for heavenly showJan 21, 2016 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Our five closest planetary neighbors are putting on a heavenly show. Starting this week, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are gathering to...
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New evidence points to giant 9th planet on solar system edgeJan 20, 2016 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The solar system may have a ninth planet after all. This one is 5,000 times bigger than outcast Pluto and billions of miles farther away, say...
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NOAA, NASA: 2015 was Earth's hottest by a wide marginJan 20, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Last year wasn't just the Earth's hottest year on record - it left a century of high temperature marks in the dust. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Ad...
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Earth's temperature depends on where you put thermometerJan 20, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - When it comes to measuring global warming, it's all about altitude. Temperature readings taken close to Earth's surface - about 6 feet off the ground -...
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Grisly fossils from Kenya reveal a 10,000-year-old massacreJan 20, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists have found grisly evidence of a massacre in Kenya about 10,000 years ago, providing rare evidence of violence between groups in ancient hunter...
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Astronaut nurses zinnia to full bloom after mold invasionJan 19, 2016 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The International Space Station now has a bright pop of orange, thanks to commander Scott Kelly's green thumb. Kelly showed off his gardening...
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East Coast, Ohio Valley brace for possible big snowstormJan 19, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Tens of millions of Americans from Washington to Boston and the Ohio Valley could be walloped by an end-of-the-week snowstorm, meteorologists say. Alth...