Articles filed under Science
-
Why did Hurricane Patricia become a monster so quickly?Oct 24, 2015 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Hurricane Patricia zoomed from tropical storm to record-beater in 30 hours flat like a jet-fueled sports car. Why? The Pacific storm had just the right...
-
Brooklyn channel, once a fetid mess, now serene wetlandOct 24, 2015 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Amid the crammed concrete and steel of Brooklyn, a ribbon of clear water stretches out into a vast bay. Tall grass rustles along the undulating shoreline, whe...
-
Feds: Californians in flood areas should buy insurance nowOct 23, 2015 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - With a strong El Nino in place, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is urging Californians in flood prone places to buy insurance before it's too l...
-
NASA's New Horizons on new post-Pluto missionOct 22, 2015 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The spacecraft that gave us the first close-up views of Pluto now has a much smaller object in its sights. NASA's New Horizons was programmed...
-
September was record hot globally; 7th time this yearOct 21, 2015 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - This past September was the hottest ever worldwide - the seventh monthly record set this year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calc...
-
Study finds the warmer it gets, the more world economy hurtsOct 21, 2015 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - With each upward degree, global warming will singe the economies of three-quarters of the world's nations and widen the north-south gap between rich and poo...
-
Faraway object being destroyed by real-life 'Death Star'Oct 21, 2015 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A white dwarf star in the Constellation Virgo turns out to be a "death star" worthy of "Star Wars." Astronomers announced Wednesday that they...
-
Hints of life on what was thought to be desolate early EarthOct 19, 2015 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have found fossil-like hints that some kind of life existed on Earth 4.1 billion years ago - when the planet was a mere volcanic toddler. Th...
-
Doggie DNA study says Fido first appeared in Central AsiaOct 19, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK - Where did dogs first arrive on the scene? Scientists have long debated that question, and now a study of doggie DNA from around the world is pointing to Centr...
-
Public to name new moth speciesOct 18, 2015 1:00 am - TUCSON, Ariz. - An auction on eBay allows the public to make a different kind of purchase as they peruse the used clothing, electronics and war relics on the site. Up fo...