Articles filed under Science
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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...
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AIDS researcher pleads not guilty to faking dataJul 01, 2014 1:01 am - DES MOINES, Iowa - A former Iowa State University scientist has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he falsified his research for an AIDS vaccine to secure millions o...
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Mars 'flying saucer' splashes down after NASA testJun 28, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - A saucer-shaped NASA vehicle launched by balloon high into Earth's atmosphere splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, completing a successful test ...
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Station astronauts getting espresso makerJun 27, 2014 1:01 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Talk about a cosmic caffeine jolt. The International Space Station is getting a real Italian espresso machine. Astronauts of all nationalities - b...
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Woman or machine? New robots look creepily humanJun 24, 2014 1:01 am - TOKYO - The new robot guides at a Tokyo museum look so eerily human and speak so smoothly they almost outdo people - almost. Japanese robotics expert Hiroshi Ishiguro,...
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War zones: When drones fall from the skyJun 20, 2014 1:01 am - The Washington Post More than 400 large U.S. military drones have crashed in major accidents around the world since 2001, a record of calamity that exposes the potential...
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Doctors Without Borders: Ebola 'out of control'Jun 20, 2014 1:01 am - DAKAR, Senegal - The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa is "totally out of control," according to a senior official for Doctors Without Borders, who says the medical gr...