Magnet milestones move distant nuclear fusion dream closer
SAINT-PAUL-LES-DURANCE, France (AP) — Teams working on two continents have marked similar milestones in their respective efforts to tap an energy source key to the fight against climate change: They’ve each produced very impressive magnets.
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Magnet milestones move distant nuclear fusion dream closer
SAINT-PAUL-LES-DURANCE, France (AP) — Teams working on two continents have marked similar milestones in their respective efforts to tap an energy source key to the fight against climate change: They’ve each produced very impressive magnets.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Magnet milestones move distant nuclear fusion dream closer
SAINT-PAUL-LES-DURANCE, France (AP) — Teams working on two continents have marked similar milestones in their respective efforts to tap an energy source key to the fight against climate change: They’ve each produced very impressive magnets.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Magnet milestones move distant nuclear fusion dream closer
SAINT-PAUL-LES-DURANCE, France (AP) — Teams working on two continents have marked similar milestones in their respective efforts to tap an energy source key to the fight against climate change: They’ve each produced very impressive magnets.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
'Code red': UN scientists warn of worsening global warming
Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United Nations called a “code red for humanity.”
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'Code red': UN scientists warn of worsening global warming
Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United Nations called a “code red for humanity.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
'Code red': UN scientists warn of worsening global warming
Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United Nations called a “code red for humanity.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
'Code red': UN scientists warn of worsening global warming
Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United Nations called a “code red for humanity.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
'Nowhere to run': UN report says global warming nears limits
Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United Nations called a “code red for humanity.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
UN report: Global warming is likely to blow past Paris limit
Earth’s climate is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United Nations calls a “code red for humanity.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Cicadas were flying; for hours, Biden's press plane was not
WASHINGTON (AP) — The cicadas were flying. The reporters hoping to join the president in Europe were not.
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Cicadas were flying; for hours, Biden's press plane was not
WASHINGTON (AP) — The cicadas were flying. The reporters hoping to join the president in Europe were not.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Cicadas were flying; for hours, Biden's press plane was not
WASHINGTON (AP) — The cicadas were flying. The reporters hoping to join the president in Europe were not.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Cicadas foil timely takeoff of press plane for Biden UK trip
WASHINGTON (AP) — The cicadas were flying. The reporters hoping to join the president in Europe were not.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Science chief wants next pandemic vaccine ready in 100 days
The
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Science chief wants next pandemic vaccine ready in 100 days
The
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Science chief wants next pandemic vaccine ready in 100 days
The
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Science chief wants next pandemic vaccine ready in 100 days
The
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New White House panel aims to separate science, politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to the turn the page on the Trump years, the Biden White House is launching an effort to unearth past problems with
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
New White House panel aims to separate science, politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to the turn the page on the Trump years, the Biden White House is launching an effort to unearth past problems with
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Summit catapults world ahead in crucial year to curb warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — The world moved closer to curbing the worst of global warming after this week's climate summit. But there’s still a long way to go, and the road to a safer future gets even rockier from here.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Go forth and spend: Call for action closes US climate summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — World leaders shared tales of climate-friendly breakthroughs — and feverish quests for more — to close President Joe Biden's virtual global climate summit on Friday, from Kenyans abandoning kerosene lanterns for solar to Israeli start-ups straining for more efficient storage batteries.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Summit catapults world ahead in crucial year to curb warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — The world moved closer to curbing the worst of global warming after this week's climate summit. But there’s still a long way to go, and the road to a safer future gets even rockier from here.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Go forth and spend: Call for action closes US climate summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — World leaders shared tales of climate-friendly breakthroughs — and feverish quests for more — to close President Joe Biden's virtual global climate summit on Friday, from Kenyans abandoning kerosene lanterns for solar to Israeli start-ups straining for more efficient storage batteries.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Summit catapults world ahead in crucial year to curb warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — The world moved closer to curbing the worst of global warming after this week's climate summit. But there’s still a long way to go, and the road to a safer future gets even rockier from here.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Go forth and spend: Call for action closes US climate summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — World leaders shared tales of climate-friendly breakthroughs — and feverish quests for more — to close President Joe Biden's virtual global climate summit on Friday, from Kenyans abandoning kerosene lanterns for solar to Israeli start-ups straining for more efficient storage batteries.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
In Biden climate show, watch for cajoling, conflict, pathos
WASHINGTON (AP) — It won't rival Netflix for drama, but 40 world leaders will try to save the planet from ever-worsening global warming in
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Summit catapults world ahead in crucial year to curb warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — The world moved closer to curbing the worst of global warming after this week's climate summit. But there’s still a long way to go, and the road to a safer future gets even rockier from here.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Go forth and spend: Call for action closes US climate summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — World leaders shared tales of climate-friendly breakthroughs — and feverish quests for more — to close President Joe Biden's virtual global climate summit on Friday, from Kenyans abandoning kerosene lanterns for solar to Israeli start-ups straining for more efficient storage batteries.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Summit catapults world ahead in crucial year to curb warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — The world moved closer to curbing the worst of global warming after this week's climate summit. But there’s still a long way to go, and the road to a safer future gets even rockier from here.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
In Biden climate show, watch for cajoling, conflict, pathos
WASHINGTON (AP) — It won't rival Netflix for drama, but 40 world leaders will try to save the planet from ever-worsening global warming in
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
In Biden climate show, watch for cajoling, conflict, pathos
WASHINGTON (AP) — It won't rival Netflix for drama, but 40 world leaders will try to save the planet from ever-worsening global warming in
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Biden's virtual climate summit: Diplomacy sans human touch
WASHINGTON (AP) — There will be no hands to shake or backs to slap, no way to look a foreign leader in the eye. The small human moments that define statecraft will be reduced to images on a screen.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Biden's virtual climate summit: Diplomacy sans human touch
WASHINGTON (AP) — There will be no hands to shake or backs to slap, no way to look a foreign leader in the eye. The small human moments that define statecraft will be reduced to images on a screen.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Biden's virtual climate summit: Diplomacy sans human touch
WASHINGTON (AP) — There will be no hands to shake or backs to slap, no way to look a foreign leader in the eye. The small human moments that define statecraft will be reduced to images on a screen.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Biden's virtual climate summit: Diplomacy sans human touch
WASHINGTON (AP) — There will be no hands to shake or backs to slap, no way to look a foreign leader in the eye. The small human moments that define statecraft will be reduced to images on a screen.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is including rivals Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China among the invitees to the first big climate talks of his administration, an event the U.S. hopes will help shape, speed up and deepen global efforts to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuel pollution, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is including rivals Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China among the invitees to the first big climate talks of his administration, an event the U.S. hopes will help shape, speed up and deepen global efforts to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuel pollution, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is including rivals Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China among the invitees to the first big climate talks of his administration, an event the U.S. hopes will help shape, speed up and deepen global efforts to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuel pollution, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is including rivals Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China among the invitees to the first big climate talks of his administration, an event the U.S. hopes will help shape, speed up and deepen global efforts to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuel pollution, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
AP FACT CHECK: Biden on virus deaths, Kerry's climate crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his team are getting the numbers wrong when they talk about the enormity of the mounting
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
World leaders applaud US formal return to Paris climate pact
The United States is back in the Paris climate accord, just 107 days after it left.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Back in Paris accord, US vows no more sidelining of climate
The United States officially returned to the Paris global climate accord on Friday, and U.S. leaders declared the nation could not afford to ever sideline the growing climate crisis again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
AP FACT CHECK: Biden on virus deaths, Kerry's climate crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his team are getting the numbers wrong when they talk about the enormity of the mounting
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Back in Paris pact, US vows no more sidelining of climate
The United States officially returned to the Paris global climate accord on Friday, and President Joe Biden and other U.S. leaders declared the nation could not afford to sideline the growing climate crisis again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Back in Paris pact, US faces tougher climate steps ahead
World leaders welcomed the United States' official return to the Paris climate accord Friday, but politically trickier steps lie just ahead for President Joe Biden, including setting a tough national target in coming months for cutting damaging fossil fuel emissions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
World leaders applaud US formal return to Paris climate pact
The United States is back in the Paris climate accord, just 107 days after it left.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Fighting climate change in America means changes to America
Climate isn’t the only thing changing.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Fighting climate change in America means changes to America
Climate isn’t the only thing changing.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Fighting climate change in America means changes to America
Climate isn’t the only thing changing.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden puts U.S. back into fight to slow global warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden returned the United States to the worldwide fight to slow global warming in one of his first official acts Wednesday and immediately launched a series of climate-friendly efforts that would transform how Americans drive and get their power.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Biden puts U.S. back into fight to slow global warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden returned the United States to the worldwide fight to slow global warming in one of his first official acts Wednesday and immediately launched a series of climate-friendly efforts that would transform how Americans drive and get their power.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Biden puts U.S. back into fight to slow global warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden returned the United States to the worldwide fight to slow global warming in one of his first official acts Wednesday and immediately launched a series of climate-friendly efforts that would transform how Americans drive and get their power.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Hot again: 2020 sets yet another global temperature record
Earth’s rising fever hit or neared record hot temperature levels in 2020, global weather groups reported Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Scientists decry death by 1,000 cuts for world's insects
The world’s vital insect kingdom is undergoing “death by a thousand cuts,” the world’s top bug experts said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Scientists decry death by 1,000 cuts for world's insects
The world’s vital insect kingdom is undergoing “death by a thousand cuts,” the world’s top bug experts said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
One-third of America's rivers have changed color since 1984
America’s rivers are changing color — and people are behind many of the shifts, a new study said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Study: Warming already baked in will blow past climate goals
The amount of baked-in global warming, from carbon pollution already in the air, is enough to blow past international agreed upon goals to limit climate change, a new study finds.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Study: Warming already baked in will blow past climate goals
The amount of baked-in global warming, from carbon pollution already in the air, is enough to blow past international agreed upon goals to limit climate change, a new study finds.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Watch out LA: Feds calculate riskiest, safest places in US
Spending her life in Los Angeles, Morgan Andersen knows natural disasters all too well. In college, an earthquake shook her home hard. Her grandfather was affected by recent wildfires in neighboring Orange County.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Watch out LA: Feds calculate riskiest, safest places in US
Spending her life in Los Angeles, Morgan Andersen knows natural disasters all too well. In college, an earthquake shook her home hard. Her grandfather was affected by recent wildfires in neighboring Orange County.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Watch out LA: Feds calculate riskiest, safest places in US
Spending her life in Los Angeles, Morgan Andersen knows natural disasters all too well. In college, an earthquake shook her home hard. Her grandfather was affected by recent wildfires in neighboring Orange County.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
It's close but 2020 likely to end up hottest year on record
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.
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EXPLAINER: The real math behind "net zero" carbon emissions
More than 100 countries — responsible for about two-thirds of the world's heat-trapping gases — have
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Five years on, signs that Paris climate accord is working
The forecast for global warming is looking a little less bleak in the long term, but not so rosy in the short term.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
World carbon dioxide emissions drop 7% in pandemic-hit 2020
A locked-down pandemic-struck world cut its carbon dioxide emissions this year by 7%, the biggest drop ever, new preliminary figures show.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
UN calls on humanity to end 'war on nature,' go carbon-free
As an extreme year for hurricanes, wildfires and heat waves comes to an end, the head of the United Nations challenged world leaders to make 2021 the year that humanity ends its “war on nature” and commits to a future free of planet-warming carbon pollution.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
UN: Warmer world in 2020 busted weather records, hurt people
An overheating world obliterated weather records in 2020, creating an extreme year for hurricanes, wildfires, heat waves, floods, droughts and ice melt, the United Nations’ weather agency reported Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Hurricanes stay stronger longer after landfall than in past
Hurricanes are keeping their staying power longer once they make landfall, spreading more inland destruction, according to a new study.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Final weeks of historic hurricane season bring new storms
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Just when you thought it should be safe to go back to the water, the record-setting tropics are going crazy. Again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Study: Fix to food climate problem doesn't require veganism
The world likely can’t keep global warming to a relatively safe minimum unless we change how we grow, eat and throw away our food, but we don’t need to all go vegan, a new study says.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
US formally exits Paris pact aiming to curb climate change
BERLIN (AP) — The United States on Wednesday formally left the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Flash of luck: Astronomers find cosmic radio burst source
A flash of luck helped astronomers solve a cosmic mystery: What causes powerful but fleeting radio bursts that zip and zigzag through the universe?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
US formally exits Paris pact aiming to curb climate change
BERLIN (AP) — The United States on Wednesday formally left the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
US vote to shape how world warms as climate pact exit looms
What happens on election day will to some degree determine how much more hot and nasty the world’s climate will likely get, experts say.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
US vote to shape how world warms as climate pact exit looms
What happens on election day will to some degree determine how much more hot and nasty the world’s climate will likely get, experts say.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
US Paris climate pact exit, vote may dictate how world warms
What happens on election day will to some degree determine how much more hot and nasty the world’s climate will likely get, experts say.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Study: 1 to 2 million tons of US plastic trash go astray
More than a million tons a year of America's plastic trash isn't ending up where it should. The equivalent of as many as 1,300 plastic grocery bags per person is landing in places such as oceans and roadways, according to a new study of U.S. plastic trash.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Study: 1 to 2 million tons of US plastic trash go astray
More than a million tons a year of America's plastic trash isn't ending up where it should. The equivalent of as many as 1,300 plastic grocery bags per person is landing in places such as oceans and roadways, according to a new study of U.S. plastic trash.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's skewed indictment of wind power
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's dismissal of wind power as a glitchy, pricey, bird-slaughtering way to make electricity is out of step with the times.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: US trust in COVID-19 information down
Americans have lost trust across the board in the people and institutions informing them about
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Forecasters: Drought more likely than blizzards this winter
Don’t expect much of a winter wallop this year, except for the pain of worsening drought, U.S. government forecasters said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Earth breaks September heat record, may reach warmest year
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 year on record.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Earth breaks September heat record, may reach warmest year
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 year on record.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Trump clinches GOP nomination with Tuesday primary wins
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has clinched the Republican Party nomination, surpassing the necessary delegate threshold.
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Sanders wins Northern Mariana Islands caucus, 4 delegates
WASHINGTON (AP) —
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Sanders' formula for delegate victory evaporating in March
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders' mathematical path to winning enough delegates for the Democratic nomination is rapidly disappearing.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
'Odd' quirk raises delegate stakes in Tuesday's elections
WASHINGTON (AP) — A quirk in how delegates are won under Democratic Party rules is raising the stakes for Tuesday's elections, allowing a candidate to make up ground in the race quickly — or fall further behind.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
'Odd' quirk raises delegate stakes in Tuesday's elections
WASHINGTON (AP) — A quirk in how delegates are won under Democratic Party rules is raising the stakes for Tuesday's elections, allowing a candidate to make up ground in the race quickly — or fall further behind.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
'Odd' quirk raises delegate stakes in Tuesday's elections
WASHINGTON (AP) — A quirk in how delegates are won under Democratic Party rules is raising the stakes for Tuesday's elections, allowing a candidate to make up ground in the race quickly — or fall further behind.
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One more victory: Biden wins most Super Tuesday delegates
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden has put an exclamation point on his Super Tuesday victories by winning the most delegates on the presidential primary calendar's biggest night.
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One more victory: Biden wins most Super Tuesday delegates
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden has put an exclamation point on his Super Tuesday victories by winning the most delegates on the presidential primary calendar's biggest night.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Fat sense: Scientists show we have a distinct taste for fat
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Study: Weather patterns that bring heatwaves happening more
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May a month of extreme weather around world
WASHINGTON — Even for a world getting used to wild weather, May seems stuck on strange.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Antarctica's mysteries could be key to future
DECEPTION ISLAND, Antarctica - Earth's past, present and future come together here on the northern peninsula of Antarctica, the wildest, most desolate and mysterious of its continents.
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Winter weather: A tale of two nations
WASHINGTON - It may be hard to believe for a country that's shivering from Maine to Miami, but 2015 has gotten off to a rather toasty start.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Cute chick rover
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Alien-like, swimming dinosaur unveiled NASA's newest human spacecraft on the move
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Is there anybody out there?
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
Jurassic mosquito: Ancient bug's last supper still in fossil
In a steamy tropical forest 46 million years ago, a prehistoric mosquito bit a critter, drew blood and was blown into a lake that now is the Middle Fork of the Flathead River. Belly full, she died and sank.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO
A bug problem with some bite
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It's getting hot in here
WASHINGTON - As the world gets warmer, people are more likely to get hot under the collar, scientists say. A massive new study finds that aggressive acts like committing violent crimes and waging war become more likely with each added degree.
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A mighty wind
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Greenhouse gas levels set record
WASHINGTON - Worldwide levels of the chief greenhouse gas that causes global warming have hit a milestone, reaching an amount never before encountered by humans, federal scientists said Friday.
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Rocket to Mars
WASHINGTON - In less than five years, a married couple could be on their way toward Mars in an audacious but bare-bones private mission that would slingshot them around the red planet, under a plan announced Wednesday by a financial tycoon and his team.
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Climate contradiction: Less snow, more blizzards
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Old-fashioned battery holds back technology
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Firm hopes to sell $1.5 billion moon trips
WASHINGTON - Attention wealthy nations and billionaires: A team of former NASA executives will fly you to the moon in an out-of-this-world commercial venture combining the wizardry of Apollo and the marketing of Apple.
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Let the debate continue
WASHINGTON - Climate change is suddenly a hot topic again. The issue is resurfacing in talks about a once radical idea: a possible carbon tax.
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Forecasters warn East Coast about 'Frankenstorm'
WASHINGTON - All the spare parts appear to be coming together to create what forecasters are calling "Frankenstorm," a monster combination of high wind, heavy rain, extreme tides and maybe snow that could cause havoc along the East Coast just before Halloween next week.
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Earth-sized planet found 'nearby'
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NASA: Strange and sudden massive ice melt in Greenland
WASHINGTON - Nearly all of Greenland's massive ice sheet suddenly started melting a bit this month, a freak event that surprised scientists.
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Get ready to turn up the air conditioning
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Baboons can learn to spot real words
Dan the baboon sits in front of a computer screen. The letters BRRU pop up. With a quick and almost dismissive tap, the monkey signals it's not a word. Correct. Next comes, ITCS. Again, not a word. Finally KITE comes up.
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Huge solar storm races toward Earth
WASHINGTON - Earth's magnetic field is about to be shaken like a snow globe by the largest solar storm in five years.
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Where's the snow?
WASHINGTON - Snow has been missing in action for much of the U.S. the last couple months. But it's not just snow. It's practically the season that's gone AWOL.
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Planting zones reflect warm-up
WASHINGTON - Global warming is hitting not just home, but garden. The color-coded map of planting zones often seen on the back of seed packets is being updated by the government, illustrating a hotter 21st century.
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NOAA: Another hot year
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Huge plane to launch spaceships
SEATTLE - Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan are building the world's biggest plane to help launch cargo and astronauts into space, in the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons clamoring to write America's next chapter in spaceflight.
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Earth-like planet found
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Is drilling responsible for Oklahoma quakes?
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A spectacular sight at night
WASHINGTON - A baffling solar storm pulled colorful northern lights unusually far south, surprising space weather experts and treating skywatchers to a rare and spectacular treat.
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A peaceful world
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Daunting space task - send astronauts to asteroid
HOUSTON- With the space shuttle now history, NASA's next great mission is so audacious, the agency's best minds are wrestling with how to pull it off: Send astronauts to an asteroid in less than 15 years.
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NASA rocket will pack extra punch
WASHINGTON - To soar far away from Earth and even on to Mars, NASA has dreamed up the world's most powerful rocket, a behemoth that borrows from the workhorse liquid-fuel rockets that sent Apollo missions into space four decades ago.
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It's a wild, wild world
WASHINGTON - Our world is a much wilder place than it looks.
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New theory: Earth once had two moons
WASHINGTON - In a spectacle that might have beguiled poets, lovers and songwriters if only they had been around to see it, Earth once had two moons, astronomers now think. But the smaller one smashed into the other in what is being called the "big splat."
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Applause, but no tears at Mission Control Space shuttle program ends
HOUSTON - There was no crying in Mission Control.
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NASA's old guard: Save Our Shuttle
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A somewhat generational battle over NASA's future is escalating even as NASA is about to close the book on the space shuttle era.
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Power grid change may disrupt clocks
WASHINGTON - A yearlong experiment with the nation's electric grid could mess up traffic lights, security systems and some computers - and make plug-in clocks and appliances like programmable coffeemakers run up to 20 minutes fast.
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We've seen fire, we've seen rain in wild April
WASHINGTON - April was a historic month for wild weather in the United States, and it wasn't just the killer tornado outbreak that set records, according to scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Scientists skeptical of meteorite holes hosting alien life
WASHINGTON - The gaps and stringy fibers in these space rocks sure look like bacteria, and a NASA researcher has caused a stir with claims that they're fossils of alien life. But as NASA found 15 years ago, looks can be deceiving.
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Is there anybody out there?
WASHINGTON - An orbiting NASA telescope is finding whole new worlds of possibilities in the search for alien life, spotting more than 50 potential planets that appear to be in the habitable zone.
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Scientist haunted by misuse of his work
WASHINGTON - David Nichols studies the way psychedelic drugs act in the brains of rats. But he's haunted by how humans hijack his work to make street drugs, sometimes causing overdose deaths.
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A world gone wild
This was the year the Earth struck back.
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Starry starry night
WASHINGTON - The universe may glitter with far more stars than even Carl Sagan imagined when he rhapsodized about billions upon billions.
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Genetically altered salmon just the start
WASHINGTON - We've always played with our food - even before we knew about genes or how to change them.
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Microbes eating up BP oil in Gulf
WASHINGTON - Government scientists studying the BP disaster are reporting the best possible outcome: Microbes are consuming the oil in the Gulf without depleting the oxygen in the water and creating "dead zones" where fish cannot survive.
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Spill panel big on policy, not engineering
WASHINGTON - The panel appointed by President Barack Obama to investigate the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is short on technical expertise but long on talking publicly about "America's addiction to oil." One member has blogged about it regularly.
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Obama: On to Mars!
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - President Barack Obama boldly predicted Thursday his new plans for space exploration would lead American astronauts on historic, almost fantastic journeys to an asteroid and then to Mars - and in his lifetime - relying on rockets and propulsion still to be imagined and built.
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Obama space plan angers old heroes
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Call it NASA: The Next Generation. The president is pointing America toward a new direction in space, and some heroes from NASA's long-ago glory days don't like it.
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'Big Bang machine' a big deal?
GENEVA - The world's largest atom smasher threw together minuscule particles racing at unheard of speeds in conditions simulating those just after the Big Bang - a success that kick-started a megabillion-dollar experiment that could one day explain how the universe began.
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Study: Cuts in greenhouse gas could lessen warming
WASHINGTON - A new scientific study finds that the absolute worst of global warming can still be avoided if the entire world cuts emission of greenhouse gases the way President Barack Obama and Europe want.
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Study: Cuts in greenhouse gas could lessen warming
WASHINGTON - A new scientific study finds that the absolute worst of global warming can still be avoided if the entire world cuts emission of greenhouse gases the way President Barack Obama and Europe want.
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Study: Cuts in greenhouse gas could lessen warming
WASHINGTON - A new scientific study finds that the absolute worst of global warming can still be avoided if the entire world cuts emission of greenhouse gases the way President Barack Obama and Europe want.
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