Articles filed under Science
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Chemist pleads guilty in drug lab scandalNov 22, 2013 2:58 pm - BOSTON — A former chemist at a Massachusetts drug lab who admitted faking test results in criminal cases pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to prison in a scandal t...
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NASA’s newest Mars flyer will explore atmosphereNov 17, 2013 2:03 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA hopes its newest Mars spacecraft lives up to its know-it-all name. The robotic explorer called Maven is due to blast off Monday on a 10-month...
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Scientists: Oldest big cat fossil found in TibetNov 12, 2013 6:29 pm - LOS ANGELES — Scientists have unearthed the oldest big cat fossil yet, suggesting the predator — similar to a snow leopard — evolved in Asia and spread out. The nearly c...
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Satellite hits Atlantic — but what about next one?Nov 11, 2013 12:40 pm - BERLIN — This time it splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean — but what about next time? The European Space Agency says one of its research satellites re-entered the Earth’...
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Polio threatens Europe as virus making comebackNov 08, 2013 3:42 pm - Bloomberg News GENEVA — Polio, the crippling virus driven to the brink of extinction, may return to Europe as regional conflicts undermine a $10 billion eradication cam...
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NOAA: No giant floating island of tsunami debrisNov 07, 2013 3:35 pm - WASHINGTON — Federal officials say there is no island of debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami floating toward the United States. Some media reports have warned of a Tex...
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Russian fireball shows meteor risk may be biggerNov 06, 2013 4:58 pm - WASHINGTON — Scientists studying the terrifying meteor that exploded without warning over a Russian city last winter say the threat of space rocks smashing into Earth is...
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Study: 8.8 billion Earth-size, just-right planetsNov 04, 2013 5:56 pm - WASHINGTON — Space is vast, but it may not be so lonely after all: A study finds the Milky Way is teeming with billions of planets that are about the size of Earth, orbi...
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Village might expand ash tree replacement programOct 31, 2013 12:44 pm - West Dundee officials will consider pumping more money into one of its tree programs designed to help residents replace ash trees destroyed by the emerald ash borer. Th...
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Scientists dig for fossils in LA a century laterOct 27, 2013 9:40 pm - LOS ANGELES — Surrounded by a gooey graveyard of prehistoric beasts, a small crew diligently wades through a backlog of fossil finds from a century of excavation at the ...