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Pluto may be hiding giant ocean

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Evidence is mounting for an ocean at Pluto, buried beneath its frozen heart. Scientists said Wednesday that Pluto may have rolled over on its axis eons ago,...

DATE: Nov 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Bouncing back from extinction

Study shows recovering from geologic disaster can take long time

DATE: Nov 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Study shows growing threat to sea ice

New report links emissions to thawing in Arctic region

DATE: Nov 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Ancient monkeys may have been tool makers also

NEW YORK – Call them knockoffs. Rock-smashing monkeys in Brazil make stone flakes that look a lot like tools made by our ancient ancestors. Scientists watched as Capuchin monkeys ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Cave drawings shed light on old mystery

Ancient paintings provide clues about European bison’s ancestor

DATE: Oct 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Early cosmic crash sets off hot debate

Researchers believe space rock caused global warming 56 million years ago

DATE: Oct 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Universe may have as many as 2 trillion galaxies

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Thought the universe was crowded with 100 billion to 200 billion galaxies? Try 1 trillion or even 2 trillion galaxies and more. That’s the latest census, re...

DATE: Oct 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Walrus begin arriving near Alaska village in annual event

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Pacific walrus are beginning to come ashore near a remote community on Alaska’s northwest coast in what’s become an annual marine mammal phenomenon caused by a warming cl...

DATE: Oct 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Study: Cows, landfills possible culprits in methane spike

Oil and gas may play a much more minor role than once thought

DATE: Oct 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Planetary painting

Pluto may be giving Charon its reddish polar caps

DATE: Sep 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Earth’s moon may be causing quakes after all

The moon is really a lost piece of Earth, blasted away during a cataclysmic collision with another planet. For 4½ billion years, it has circled around us in a vast, cosmic dance. Though it’s...

DATE: Sep 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Bigger sea species more threatened

Extinctions are hitting larger animals harder, study finds

DATE: Sep 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

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