Atlas V Rocket Launches US Missile-Warning Satellite and other top stories.

• Atlas V Rocket Launches US Missile-Warning Satellite

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Florida today (Jan. 20) to put a missile-detection and early warning satellite into orbit for the U.S. military. The 19-story-tall rocket bolted off its seaside launch pad here at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:42 p.m. EST (0042 GMT Saturday), kicking off the first of 11 missions on ULA's 2017 calendar. Launch was delayed one day after a plane flew into restricted launch airspace during the final m..

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• Ancient warm period hints at bigger-than-expected sea level rise

  

  A woman is battered by a wave as he walks along the seafront in New Brighton, northern England Thomson Reuters By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Sea levels could rise by a greater-than-expected six meters (20 ft) over many centuries even if governments cap global warming around current levels, scientists said on Thursday, based on clues from an ancient warm period. Sea levels have risen by about 20 cms (8 inches) in the past 100 years, with a thaw of ice from Greenl..

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• Next big hurdle for SpaceX: Relaunch a used rocket

  

  Reusing a rocket that has already delivered a payload into space is the next big thing for commercial space pioneer SpaceX.There's little doubt the company can do it; the technology exists. But many observers in the industry and at research institutions are waiting to see just how much reusability will cost. On one hand, reusing rockets could dramatically cut launch costs. That would be great for the commercial space industry, space exploration and Florida's Space Coast.But skeptics say retool..

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• Needham Divided On Two Biotech Players: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ACAD)

  

  Needham analyst Alan Carr is out with a mixed research report today on biotech players Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) and ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ACAD). When considering upcoming events for the new year, though the analyst is ...

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• Huge crack in Antarctic ice shelf grows by 6 more miles

  

  CLOSE A nearly 2,000-square-mile section of the Larson C ice shelf is hanging on by a thread. Video provided by Newsy NewslookThis Nov. 10, 2016, aerial photo released by NASA, shows a rift in the Antarctic Peninsula's Larsen C ice shelf.(Photo: John Sonntag, AP)A crack in an ice shelf in Antarctica grew by six miles in the past few weeks, British scientists say, and now measures more than 100 miles long.Once the crack is complete, a giant iceberg larger than Rhode Island will break or ..

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• Cassini Gets Up Close and Personal With Saturn's 'Wavemaker' Moon Daphnis

  

  Cassini Gets Up Close and Personal With Saturn's 'Wavemaker' Moon DaphnisMoreCassini's daring ring-skimming orbits of Saturn are already paying off, producing some beautiful and awe-inspiring views that have, until now, been too far away to see. But now, as this almost surreal observation of Saturn's tiny moon Daphnis shows, we're finally getting a really good look at the small-scale processes that are at work in Saturn's rings. Orbiting the Saturnian system since 2004, NASA's Cassini mission ha..

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• Female Shark Reproduces without a Male After Years in Solitude

  

  By Ian Bongso-Seldrup, January 20, 2017 @ 11:25 PM (EST)Source: New Scientist A female zebra shark in an aquarium in Townsville, Australia has proven that she doesn’t need to rely on a man to get what she wants. Despite being separated from any potential suitors since 2012, early last year “Leonie” produced three baby sharks anyway—all by herself. While it is known that certain animals—sharks, rays, turkeys, snakes, and Komodo dragons, for example—can reproduce asexually (even though they usua..

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• Interior nominee Zinke disputes Trump on climate change

  

  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s choice to head the Interior Department on Tuesday rejected the president-elect’s claim that climate change is a hoax, saying it is indisputable that environmental changes are affecting the world’s temperature and human activity is a major reason. “I don’t believe it’s a hoax,” Rep. Ryan Zinke told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at his confirmation hearing. “The climate is changing; man is an influence,” the Montana Republican said. “I think wh..

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