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US Decries Chinese Dams, Disruption of Mekong River
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed concern over Chinese activities on the Mekong River in Southeast Asia, calling them troubling trends.
Associated Press Aug. 1, 2019
Rhinoceros Conceived Artificially Born at California Zoo
A conservation organization in San Diego says it has achieved the first successful artificial insemination birth of a southern white rhino in North America, an important step in saving another rhino species from extinction.
Associated Press July 30, 2019
Mayor: Hawaiian Leaders Want to Meet Again on Telescope
The man tasked with trying to find a way out of an impasse over the construction of a giant telescope in Hawaii says he met with Native Hawaiian leaders. But the only issue they reached a consensus on was to meet again.
Associated Press July 29, 2019
Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Schrieffer Dies in Florida
John Robert Schrieffer, a physicist who shared in the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing a pioneering theory of superconductivity, has died.
Associated Press July 27, 2019
Supporters Say Hawaii Telescope Will Bring Jobs, Knowledge
There are impassioned supporters of a giant telescope planned for Hawaii's tallest mountain but they haven't received as much attention as the protesters blocking construction for a second week.
Associated Press July 26, 2019
Images Show Lightsail 2 Spacecraft's Solar Sail Has Deployed
Photos transmitted from The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 spacecraft confirm the successful deployment of its solar sail.
Associated Press July 26, 2019
SpaceX Launch Sends 3D Bioprinter, Supplies to Space Station
SpaceX launches rocket, Dragon capsule, carrying supplies to the space station including a 3D printer for human tissue.
Associated Press July 25, 2019
Sustainable Wood Group Sanctions Korean-Indonesian Company
The main global organization for certifying sustainable wood says it's requiring changes from one of its members that destroyed tropical forests in easternmost Indonesia.
Associated Press July 24, 2019
Documents: $6 Million to Armstrong Family in Wrongful Death
Court documents show that an Ohio hospital paid the estate of astronaut Neil Armstrong $6 million to settle allegations that post-surgical complications led to his 2012 death.
Associated Press July 23, 2019