Articles filed under Science
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Crews rush to clean up former California nuke labAug 17, 2013 1:36 pm - SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — The sun was barely up at a former Cold War rocket test site when crews in hard hats, neon vests and steel-toe boots collected jars of dirt as part ...
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Two Russians perform record spacewalkAug 16, 2013 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In a record-long spacewalk, Russian cosmonauts rigged cable outside the International Space Station on Friday for a new lab that’s due to arrive i...
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CIA acknowledges Area 51Aug 16, 2013 6:27 pm - LAS VEGAS — UFO buffs and believers in space aliens are celebrating the CIA’s clearest acknowledgement yet of the existence of Area 51, the top-secret Cold War test site...
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Student-built solar home returns to UofIAug 14, 2013 3:00 pm - URBANA, Ill. — A solar-powered home constructed six years ago by University of Illinois students is returning to campus. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports the buildin...
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Dengue epidemic looms for Central American regionAug 09, 2013 6:24 pm - MEXICO CITY — Central America is on track to have one of its worst years ever for the painful, sometimes fatal disease of dengue, prompting governments across the region...
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Meteors to light up suburban skies this weekendAug 08, 2013 12:00 am - Hundreds of meteors and bright fireballs will shoot across the suburban sky this weekend during what's expected to be an unusually good viewing year for the annual Perse...
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Scientists plan controversial lab-made bird fluAug 07, 2013 2:08 pm - WASHINGTON — Scientists who sparked an outcry by creating easier-to-spread versions of the bird flu for research purposes want to try such experiments again using a worr...
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Evidence suggests new bird flu spreads person to personAug 06, 2013 6:53 pm - LONDON — Chinese scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that a new bird flu strain is sometimes able to spread from person to person, but they are emphasizing ...
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NASA’s Curiosity rover celebrates 1 year on MarsAug 05, 2013 9:17 am - LOS ANGELES — Mount Sharp has beckoned Curiosity since the NASA rover made its grand entrance on Mars exactly a year ago, dangling from nylon cables to a safe landing. ...
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Five dead after Legionnaires' outbreak at Ohio retirement centerAug 03, 2013 3:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio — Health officials say Ohio's largest outbreak of Legionnaires' disease has killed five people and sickened 39 others at a retirement community since July...