Articles filed under Science
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Northwest glaciers melting, disappearingAug 29, 2015 1:00 am - MOUNT BAKER, Wash. — Mauri Pelto digs his crampons into the steep icy slope on Mount Baker in Washington state and watches as streams of water cascade off the thick mas...
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Boaters mapping Pacific garbage arrive in San FranciscoAug 23, 2015 1:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Scientists and volunteers who have spent the last month gathering data on how much plastic garbage is floating in the Pacific Ocean returned to San Franc...
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EPA knew of 'blowout' risk for tainted water at gold mineAug 22, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. officials knew of the potential for a catastrophic "blowout" of toxic wastewater from an inactive gold mine, yet appeared to have only a cursory plan t...
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Between eye surgeries in Haiti, Paul talks 2016 challengesAug 22, 2015 1:00 am - CAP-HATIEN, Haiti - Mathieux Saint Fleur has been virtually blind for two decades. In less than 24 hours, he will see again. As the 75-year-old Haitian patient lies on a...
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Kildeer Girl Scout creates public garden devoted to butterfliesAug 09, 2015 11:00 pm - The nearly 50 acres of the Reed Turner Woodlands in Long Grove feature a multitude of wildflowers and native grasses, not to mention more than 100 varieties of birds. Bu...
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How cleaner cow burps could help fight climate changeAug 01, 2015 1:00 am - First, let's get one thing straight. Despite what you may have heard, it is cow burps, not cow farts, that are the real climate change problem. Here's how it works: Cows...
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Putin puts Crimean archaeological site under federal controlAug 01, 2015 1:00 am - MOSCOW - Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Saturday placed a major archaeological site in Crimea, which he has hailed as the country's most sacred spiritual symbol, u...
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Experimental Ebola vaccine highly effective in early trialsJul 31, 2015 1:00 am - LONDON - An experimental Ebola vaccine tested on thousands of people in Guinea seems to work and might help shut down the waning epidemic in West Africa, according to in...
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Fermilab wants to restore 'sense of grandeur' with new buildingJul 30, 2015 1:00 am - As Fermilab celebrates turning 50 in 2017, "It is time to renew and rejuvenate," CEO Tim Meyer says. He and other Fermilab officials were thrilled to learn the federal g...
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'Hamilton' cast 'thrilled' after Obama and his girls see playJul 18, 2015 1:00 am - NEW YORK - The current American president took a trip back in time Saturday to visit some of the country's early leaders in the hip-hop musical "Hamilton" on Broadway, l...