NASA Official: Tense Moments but Calm Crew in Aborted Launch
12 October 2018 Two minutes after Hague and Ovchinin blasted off for the International Space Station, their rocket failed.
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Study: DNA Websites Cast Broad Net for Identifying People
11 October 2018 With DNA databases "you need just a minute fraction of the population to really identify many more people," said Yaniv Erlich of Columbia University, an author of the study.
US, Russian Astronauts Safe After Emergency Landing
11 October 2018 It was the latest in a recent series of failures for the troubled Russian space program, which is used by the U.S. to carry its astronauts to the station.
UN Report on Global Warming Carries Life-or-Death Warning
8 October 2018 The Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its gloomy report at a meeting in Incheon, South Korea.
Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Leon Lederman Dies at 96
5 October 2018 Lederman's Nobel Prize sold was sold for $765,000 in an auction in 2015 to help pay for his medical bills and care.
Scientists: US Military Program Could Be Seen as Bioweapon
4 October 2018 Research authors say the U.S. needs to provide greater justification for the peace-time purpose of its Insect Allies project to avoid being perceived as hostile to other countries.
Agency Says Two-Headed Snake May Go to Educational Facility
24 September 2018 The Wildlife Center of Virginia says the snake was found in a northern Virginia neighborhood.
Bye Bye Bugs? Scientists Fear Non-Pest Insects Are Declining
20 September 2018 A study estimates a 14 percent decline in ladybugs in the United States and Canada from 1987 to 2006.
#Ancient? Crisscrossed Lines Called World’s Oldest Drawing
12 September 2018 Scientists say a tiny 73,000-year-old sketch found in a South African cave is the oldest known drawing.
What Scares Experts About Hurricane Florence
11 September 2018 To whip up a monstrous storm like the one chugging for the Carolinas you need a handful of ingredients — and Florence has them all.
Florence Strengthens to Potentially Catastrophic Category 4 Storm
10 September 2018 Forecasters said Florence could become an extremely dangerous major hurricane and remain that way for days.
Bat Signal: Fireflies’ Glow Tells Bats They Taste Awful
22 August 2018 Fireflies flash not just for sex, but survival, a new study suggests.
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