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Feds: Many causes for dramatic bee disappearance
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:59PM May 02, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of U.S. honeybees since 2006.
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Alan Alda wants scientists to cut out the jargon
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:42AM May 01, 2013 CommentSTONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — Alan Alda wants scientists to cut out the jargon.
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Russia charging NASA $70 million per rocket seat
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:23PM April 30, 2013 CommentCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is blaming Congress for the need to pay $424 million more to Russia to get U.S. astronauts into space.
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Monster hurricane watch at Saturn's North Pole
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:34PM April 29, 2013 CommentCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured stunning views of a monster hurricane at Saturn's North Pole.
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Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered flight
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:22AM April 29, 2013 CommentMOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — Virgin Galactic's passenger spaceship has made its first powered test flight.
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Hospitals see surge of superbug-fighting products
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:33AM April 29, 2013 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Hospitals sweep, swap and sterilize, but they can't seem to stop the spread of germs.
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Damaged Russian ship docks with space station
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:31AM April 26, 2013 CommentMOSCOW (AP) — A Russian cargo spacecraft with a malfunctioning antenna has docked with the International Space Station, and officials say the problem isn't expected to prevent unloading the food, fuel, oxygen and equipment aboard.
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Researchers track evolution of Philly's odd accent
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:40AM April 26, 2013 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Soon Philadelphia may no longer be a place where residents drink wooder and root for the Iggles.
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Newfound hormone holds hope for diabetes treatment
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:15PM April 25, 2013 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have identified a hormone that can sharply boost the number of cells that make insulin in mice, a discovery that may someday lead to a treatment for the most common type of diabetes.
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Ohioans promoting Richter scale developer legacy
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:22AM April 25, 2013 CommentCINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio native Charles Richter's scale for measuring the power of earthquakes isn't as widely used as before, but he has fans determined to make sure his name and legacy don't fade away.
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Nets, harpoons could be used to haul in space junk
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:12AM April 25, 2013 CommentBERLIN (AP) — Nets, harpoons and suicide robots could become weapons of choice to hunt down the space junk threatening crucial communications satellites currently in orbit round Earth, scientists said Thursday.
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CERN scientists find asymmetry in particle decay
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:02AM April 24, 2013 CommentGENEVA (AP) — Scientists at the world's biggest atom smasher have found further reasons for the apparent lack of antimatter in the universe.
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Did brotherly bond play role in Boston bombings?
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:25AM April 24, 2013 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Some experts in sibling research say the powerful bonds that can develop between brothers may have played a role in the actions of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings.
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Survey: US teens better in science than thought
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:22PM April 22, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — American teenagers aren't doing as poorly on international science tests as adults think. Despite the misconceptions, the adults surveyed still don't think the subject should get greater emphasis in schools.
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Sun-powered plane completes California test flight
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:57PM April 19, 2013 CommentMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — A solar-powered plane that has wowed aviation fans in Europe took to the skies Friday over the San Francisco Bay area in a successful test flight.
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2 Russians take spacewalk outside space station
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:14AM April 19, 2013 CommentCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two Russian cosmonauts are taking a spacewalk outside their orbiting home.
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Scientists: Superstorm Sandy jolted United States
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:30PM April 18, 2013 CommentSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Superstorm Sandy didn't just rattle the East Coast, it also jiggled the ground across the country ever so slightly, scientists reported Thursday.
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NASA sees distant planets that seem ideal for life
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:12PM April 18, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — NASA's planet-hunting telescope has discovered two planets that seem like places for some sort of life to flourish. They are just the right size and in just the right place near their star.
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Gorbachev sees global failure to address eco-risks
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:46AM April 18, 2013 CommentGENEVA (AP) — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday painted a dim picture of the world's environmental progress, two decades after he founded the environmental group Green Cross International.
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East Coast test rocket launch scrubbed
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:03PM April 17, 2013 CommentWALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (AP) — A private company hired by NASA to make supply runs to the International Space Station scrubbed a Wednesday test launch of an unmanned rocket, saying an important data cord linked to the rocket's second stage detached too soon.
