Articles filed under Science
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Biggest, brightest supermoon coming SundayAug 08, 2014 1:01 am - On Sunday, we'll be treated to a special cosmological treat. The year's biggest and brightest full moon will rise. Technically there's only one supermoon a year, and thi...
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Comet-chasing craft reaches destination after 10-year pursuitAug 05, 2014 1:01 am - Europe's Rosetta spacecraft reaches its final destination today after a decade-long journey into deep space that aims to place the first lander on a comet. Rosetta will ...
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5 things to know about Ebola outbreakAug 02, 2014 1:01 am - Three West Africa nations are struggling to control an outbreak of Ebola. The virus was first discovered nearly four decades ago in Congo in a village near the Ebola Riv...
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Gigantic magnet moved to permanent home at FermilabJul 30, 2014 1:00 am - The behemoth floated by barge down the East Coast, around Florida, through the Gulf of Mexico, then up rivers and over interstates before landing in Batavia. More than ...
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Heads up! Supermoon coming SaturdayJul 11, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The full moon on Saturday will appear to be unusually big. In fact, it will be a "supermoon." That's the nickname for full moons that happen when our celesti...
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Forgotten vials of smallpox found in storage roomJul 08, 2014 1:01 am - ATLANTA - A government scientist cleaning out an old storage room at a research center near Washington made a startling discovery last week - decades-old vials of smallp...
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Why we don't see lightning bugs in the suburbsJul 07, 2014 1:00 am - Our suburban night skies give us dazzling light shows. Public fireworks grow more spectacular each July 4. Illegal backyard explosives also seem more plentiful and grand...
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Bigfoot hair samples mostly from bears, wolvesJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - LONDON - DNA testing is taking a bite out of the Bigfoot legend. After scientists analyzed more than 30 hair samples reportedly left behind by Bigfoot and similar mythic...
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Scientists withdraw claim about making stem cellsJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Scientists who reported that they'd found a startlingly simple way to make stem cells withdrew that claim Wednesday, admitting to "extensive" errors in the re...
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NASA launches satellite to study carbon dioxide in atmosphereJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A rocket carrying a NASA satellite lit up the pre-dawn skies Wednesday on a mission to track atmospheric carbon dioxide, the chief cu...