Articles filed under Science
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NASA spacecraft almost to Pluto: Smile for the camera!Jan 22, 2015 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - It's showtime for Pluto. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has traveled 3 billion miles and is nearing the end of its nine-year journey to Pluto...
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Magnificent blue glow of Hong Kong seas also disturbingJan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - Eerie fluorescent blue patches of water glimmering off Hong Kong's seashore are magnificent, disturbing and potentially toxic, marine biologists say. The glow is an indi...
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Atomic Scientists: We're getting even closer to doomsdayJan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says Earth is now closer to human-caused doomsday than it has been in more than 30 years because of global warmin...
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Thumb bones in pre-humans make them more like us, study saysJan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Some of our tree-swinging pre-human ancestors may have been a bit more like us than previously thought, thanks to a tiny section of their thumbs. One k...
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Asteroid 1,800 feet across to whip past Earth MondayJan 20, 2015 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - An asteroid up to 1,800 feet across is headed Earth's way. But don't worry: It will miss us by 745,000 miles, about three times the distance ...
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Study: DNA trick cripples bacteria that escape confinementJan 20, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Bacteria have been modified so that they die if they get out of human control, a potential step toward better management of genetically engineered organi...
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Air Force launches rocket carrying a Navy satellite aloftJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A Navy communications satellite is bound for orbit. The Air Force launched an unmanned Atlas V (five) rocket Tuesday night from Cape Canavera...
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NOAA, NASA say 2014 warmest year on recordJan 16, 2015 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - For the third time in a decade, the globe sizzled to the hottest year on record, federal scientists announced Friday. Both the National Oceanic and Atmosphe...
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Clarification: Hottest Year storyJan 15, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - In a story Jan. 16, The Associated Press reported that the odds that nine of the 10 hottest years have occurred since 2000 are about 650 million to one...
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SpaceX releases video of rocket crash-landing on ocean bargeJan 15, 2015 10:00 pm - HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) - SpaceX has released dramatic footage of its booster rocket trying to land on a floating ocean barge after a launch - an unprecedented attempt th...