Articles filed under Science
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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 ...
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Tests suggest baby born with HIV may be curedOct 23, 2013 5:43 pm - Doctors now have convincing evidence that they put HIV into remission, hopefully for good, in a Mississippi baby born with the AIDS virus — a medical first that is promp...
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FDA seeks pet owner help on dangerous jerky treatsOct 23, 2013 4:35 pm - WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is trying to solve a stubborn mystery surrounding the deaths of almost 600 dogs that ate jerky treats, and officials are ho...
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Turbine company won’t tap Mississippi RiverOct 18, 2013 4:08 pm - VICKSBURG, Miss. — A company has dropped plans to sink power-generating turbines in the Mississippi River. Retired Brig. Gen. Robert Crear has told a Vicksburg civic cl...
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DNA links mysterious Yeti to ancient polar bearOct 17, 2013 7:39 pm - LONDON — A British scientist says he may have solved the mystery of the Abominable Snowman — the elusive ape-like creature of the Himalayas. He thinks it’s a bear. DNA a...
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1.8 million-year-old skull gives glimpse of our evolutionOct 17, 2013 7:23 pm - DMANISI, Georgia — The discovery of a 1.8-million-year-old skull of a human ancestor buried under a medieval Georgian village provides a vivid picture of early evolution...
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Scott Carpenter, second U.S. astronaut in orbit, diesOct 10, 2013 3:57 pm - DENVER — Astronaut Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit the Earth and first person to explore both the heights of space and depths of the ocean, died Thursday a...