Articles filed under Science
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Arctic posts record warmth over land, less ice in its oceanDec 15, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The warming Arctic has set another record. The average air temperature over Arctic land reached 2.3 degrees F (1.3 degrees C) above average for the year ...
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NASA Want Ad: Astronauts needed to help get to MarsDec 14, 2015 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Need more office space? How about outer space? NASA opened its astronaut-application website Monday. It's accepting applications through Feb....
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Did dark matter cause dinosaur extinction?Dec 13, 2015 6:11 am - There have been a number of theories advanced for what killed off the dinosaurs more than 66 million years ago, but until 2014 there was never one that involved dark mat...
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Mysteries of the universe solved thanks to this hot Japan stockDec 13, 2015 5:16 am - When employees at Hamamatsu Photonics found out their high-precision light sensors had helped win this year's Nobel Prize in physics, they treated it just like any other...
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3 space station astronauts safely return to EarthDec 11, 2015 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - A three-person crew from the International Space Station landed safely Friday in the snowy steppes of Kazakhstan. The U.S. space agency's Kjell Lindgren, R...
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El Nino remains strong; wet California winter expectedDec 10, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - This year's El Nino is staying unusually strong, and forecasters say it's still expected to bring a wet winter to drought-stricken California. In an upda...
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SpaceX launches may resume Dec. 19, 6 months after accidentDec 10, 2015 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX says it's close to launching rockets again six months after an accident. Chief executive Elon Musk announced via Twitter on Thursday a...
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Christmas delivery: 1st US space station shipment in monthsDec 09, 2015 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The International Space Station accepted its first U.S. shipment in more than half a year early Wednesday, receiving Christmas presents and m...
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Benedictine professor X-rays rare eggs to study environmental changesDec 09, 2015 12:00 am - Eggs. We eat them, decorate them and collect them. But what if we could use eggs to go "back to the future" and find out what happened in the past that has affected and ...
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Liftoff: 1st US shipment in months flying to space stationDec 06, 2015 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A U.S. shipment of much-needed groceries and other astronaut supplies rocketed toward the International Space Station for the first time in m...