Articles filed under Science
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Should we call the cosmos seeking ET? Or is that risky?Feb 12, 2015 10:00 pm - SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Astronomers have their own version of the single person's dilemma: Do you wait by the phone for a call from that certain someone? Or do you make ...
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Science for 'girly-girls' — new NIU program hits NapervilleFeb 12, 2015 4:30 am - Some girls like STEM. They build robots and mix it up with the boys. They choose a STEM major and become engineers. STEM — the acronym for science, technology, enginee...
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SpaceX launches observatory on 3rd try, nixes landing testFeb 11, 2015 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX launched an observatory inspired by former Vice President Al Gore toward a solar-storm lookout point a million miles away Wednesday. T...
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European capsule leaving space station Sat., skipping testFeb 11, 2015 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A European cargo ship is set to depart the International Space Station this weekend. But it will re-enter the atmosphere and burn up the next...
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Study: World dumps 8.8 million tons of plastics into oceansFeb 11, 2015 10:00 pm - SAN JOSE, California (AP) - Each year about 8.8 million tons of plastic ends up in the world oceans, a quantity much higher than previous estimates, according to a new s...
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Study sees even bigger longer droughts for much of US WestFeb 11, 2015 10:00 pm - SAN JOSE, California (AP) - As bad as recent droughts in California, the Southwest and the Midwest have been, scientists say far worse "megadroughts" are coming - and th...
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SpaceX launches observatory on third tryFeb 11, 2015 12:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX launched an observatory inspired by former Vice President Al Gore toward a solar-storm lookout point a million miles away Wednesday. The un...
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Correction: Deep Space Observatory storyFeb 10, 2015 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - In a story Feb. 11 about the launch of a space observatory, The Associated Press reported erroneously where the booster rocket landed in the ...
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High wind scraps SpaceX observatory launch, rocket landingFeb 09, 2015 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Dangerously high winds kept a deep-space observatory grounded Tuesday and put off a radically new landing test of the booster rocket. SpaceX ...
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Fed report: Time to examine purposely cooling planet ideaFeb 09, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - It's time to study and maybe even test the idea of cooling the Earth by injecting sulfur pollution high in the air to reflect the sun's heat, a first-o...