Articles filed under Science
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Can't crush this: Beetle armor gives clues to tougher planesOct 21, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - It's a beetle that can withstand bird pecks, animal stomps and even being rolled over by a Toyota Camry. Now scientists are studying what the bug's crush...
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US spacecraft touches asteroid surface for rare rubble grabOct 20, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and, dodging boulders the size of buildings, momentarily touched the surface to collect a ...
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Touch-and-go: US spacecraft sampling asteroid for returnOct 18, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - After almost two years circling an ancient asteroid hundreds of millions of miles away, a NASA spacecraft this week will attempt to descend t...
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'Big pile' of eels dumped in NYC park; impact not yet knownOct 17, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Andrew Orkin was taking a break from his evening jog to sit by Prospect Park Lake when he turned around and was startled to see a tangle of wriggling sna...
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What the DuPage Children's Museum is doing to adapt during the COVID-19 pandemicOct 16, 2020 11:00 pm - In pre-pandemic times, families would spend hours exploring the interactive displays strategically woven through the DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville. Groups of sc...
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Forecasters: Drought more likely than blizzards this winterOct 15, 2020 7:00 am - Don't expect much of a winter wallop this year, except for the pain of worsening drought, U.S. government forecasters said Thursday. Two-thirds of the United States sho...
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Earth breaks September heat record, may reach warmest yearOct 14, 2020 7:00 am - Earth sweltered to a record hot September last month, with U.S. climate officials saying there's nearly a two-to-one chance that 2020 will end up as the globe's hottest ...
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NASA's new moonshot rules: No fighting or littering, pleaseOct 13, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's new moonshot rules: No fighting and littering. And no trespassing at historic lunar landmarks like Apollo 11'²s Tranquility Base. The...
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NASA moon-landing tech hitches ride to space on Bezos rocketOct 13, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company launched a New Shepard rocket for a seventh time from a remote corner of Texas on Tuesday, testing new ...
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Fake asteroid? NASA expert IDs mystery object as old rocketOct 11, 2020 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The jig may be up for an 'œasteroid'ť that's expected to get nabbed by Earth's gravity and become a mini moon next month. Instead of a cosmic...