Articles filed under Science
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Balloonists land safely in MexicoJan 31, 2015 12:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Two pilots in a helium-filled balloon landed safely off the coast of Mexico early Saturday after an audacious, nearly 7,000-mile-long trip across the...
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NASA launches Earth-observing satelliteJan 30, 2015 10:00 pm - VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - A NASA satellite lifted off early Saturday with the hope it will transmit data that will help the world do a better job of prepa...
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Milk industry has a cow, takes on bad publicityJan 30, 2015 12:01 am - NEW YORK - Embattled milk producers launched a social media campaign this week to rebuild public confidence in the health benefits of their product. But how healthy is i...
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Scientists abandon highly publicized claim about cosmic findJan 29, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists who made headlines last March by announcing that they'd found long-sought evidence about the early universe are now abandoning that claim. New...
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Poll shows giant gap between what public, scientists thinkJan 28, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The American public and U.S. scientists are light-years apart on science issues. And 98 percent of surveyed scientists say it's a problem that we don't...
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NASA moisture satellite launch scrubbed due to windsJan 28, 2015 10:00 pm - VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - NASA has scrubbed the launch of an Earth-observing satellite because of wind conditions over California and technical problems. ...
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'Anonymized' credit card data not so anonymous, study showsJan 28, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Credit card data isn't quite as anonymous as promised, a new study says. Scientists showed they can identify you with more than 90 percent accuracy by ...
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Astronomers find solar system more than double ours in ageJan 26, 2015 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A newly discovered solar system - with five small rocky planets - makes ours look like a baby. An international team of astronomers announced...
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Bees, bugs and butterflies topic of CFC programJan 26, 2015 12:01 am - Experienced conservationist and insect photographer Joan Sayre will lead the discussion at Citizens for Conservation's February program, "Bees, Bugs and Butterflies." Sa...
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Boeing, SpaceX will beat Russia on price for astronaut ridesJan 25, 2015 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA expects to save millions of dollars sending astronauts to the International Space Station, once its commercial crew program starts flyin...