Articles filed under Science
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Want better biofuels? Get the wood outAug 25, 2013 6:45 am - Wood is strong, abundant, and cheap. But when it comes to the hot prospect of turning trees and agricultural waste into an energy source for cars and trucks, wood gets i...
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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. ...