Articles filed under Science
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SpaceX launches ants, avocados, robot to space stationAug 29, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A SpaceX shipment of ants, avocados and a human-sized robotic arm rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday. The delivery - d...
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Fossil leaves may reveal climate in last era of dinosaursAug 24, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Richard Barclay opens a metal drawer in archives of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum containing fossils that are nearly 100 million years old. De...
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Lawmakers celebrate Illinois' role in distribution of penicillinAug 19, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers gathered Tuesday at the University of Illinois Springfield to designate a new state microbe and add agriculture sciences to the list of courses t...
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Boeing astronaut capsule grounded for months by valve issueAug 13, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Boeing's astronaut capsule is grounded for months and possibly even until next year because of a vexing valve problem. Boeing and NASA offic...
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Global sizzling: July was hottest month on record, NOAA saysAug 13, 2021 7:00 am - Earth sizzled in July and became the hottest month in 142 years of recordkeeping, U.S. weather officials announced. As extreme heat waves struck parts of the United Stat...
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Higher but still slim odds of asteroid Bennu slamming EarthAug 11, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The good news is that scientists have a better handle on asteroid Bennu's whereabouts for the next 200 years. The bad news is that the space ...
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NASA blames Mars rover sampling fiasco on bad, powdery rockAug 11, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is blaming unusually soft rock for last week's sampling fiasco on Mars. The Perseverance rover came up empty after attempting to collec...
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Space station supplies launched with a pizza delivery for 7Aug 10, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Northrop Grumman's latest space station delivery includes pizza for seven. The company's Cygnus cargo ship rocketed away from Virginia's east...
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Casten, Underwood highlight infrastructure bill's environmental positivesAug 10, 2021 1:00 am - Two suburban lawmakers and the White House climate czar toured two national scientific research facilities Tuesday to promote the economic and environmental benefits of ...
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'Code red': UN scientists warn of worsening global warmingAug 09, 2021 1:00 am - Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report r...