Articles filed under Science
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UN: Weather disasters soar in numbers, cost, but deaths fallSep 01, 2021 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather ag...
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Once green, prehistoric Arabia drew early humans from AfricaSep 01, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Huw Groucutt passes rolling sand dunes as far as his eye can see when traveling to archaeological sites in the northern Arabian Peninsula. But the same...
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Astronaut gets special ice cream delivery for 50th birthdayAug 30, 2021 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A space station astronaut is celebrating her 50th birthday with the coolest present ever - a supply ship bearing ice cream and other treats. ...
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Birds of prey face global decline from habitat loss, poisonsAug 30, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite a few high-profile conservation success stories '“ like the dramatic comeback of bald eagle populations in North America '“ birds of prey are i...
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EXPLAINER: Ida similar to Katrina, but stronger, smallerAug 29, 2021 7:00 am - Hurricane Ida is looking eerily like a dangerous and perhaps scarier sequel to 2005's Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in American history. But there's a few still...
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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...