Articles filed under Science
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Jupiter, Saturn merging in sky tonight, closest in centuriesDec 21, 2020 12:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Jupiter and Saturn will merge in the night sky Monday, appearing closer to one another than they have since Galileo's time in the 17th centur...
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World's space achievements a bright spot in stressful 2020Dec 16, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts blasted into orbit from the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade, three countries sent spacecraft hurtling toward Mars, and ...
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US regulators OK genetically modified pig for food, drugsDec 15, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. regulators have approved a genetically modified pig for food and medical products, making it the second such animal to get the green light for human...
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Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemicDec 14, 2020 6:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro's Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narro...
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It's close but 2020 likely to end up hottest year on recordDec 14, 2020 6:00 am - Just how warm Earth stays this December will determine if 2020 goes down as the hottest year on record. And it's looking a lot like it will. The National Oceanic and At...
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First woman, next man on moon will come from these NASA 18Dec 09, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has named the 18 astronauts - half of them women - who will train for its Artemis moon-landing program. The first woman and next man on...
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SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, crash-landsDec 09, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas o...
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Vast wildfires in Siberia linked to warming ArcticDec 08, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - This year's vast wildfires in far northeastern Russia were linked to broader changes in a warming Arctic, according to a report Tuesday by the National...
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Test flight of SpaceX's Starship aborted at last secondDec 08, 2020 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The first high-altitude test flight of SpaceX's futuristic Starship was aborted at the last second in Texas on Tuesday. SpaceX came close to...
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Avoiding cheetah hangouts helps ranchers protect herdsDec 07, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - On the dusty savannahs of Namibia, one of the last strongholds of cheetah populations on Earth, conflicts between cattle ranchers and big cats threaten...