Articles filed under Science

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  NASA delays space station spacewalk because of suit issue Feb 19, 2015 5:06 PM
  By MARCIA DUNN NASA delays space station spacewalk by day because of suit issue, 1st in series over next week
  

   
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  Elgin robotics teams make state championship Feb 19, 2015 5:30 AM
  By Elena Ferrarin Two Elgin-based robotics teams will compete in the state championship Saturday, and one of them would — literally — not be there without the other. The members of team got robot? helped organize and now mentors the younger members of rookie team Blue Box Bots. “It’s very cool,” Kristen McKeller, 18, of Elgin said. “I’ve been blessed with this very wonderful experience, and the opportunity to share that with others so they can avoid some of the pitfalls when I started.”
  

   
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  Rosetta space probe takes sharp, close-up images of comet Feb 16, 2015 10:06 AM
  The Associated Press Rosetta space probe swoops down to take sharp, close images of comet, shows 'stunning details'
  

   
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  Study: Oklahoma's daily small quakes raise risk of big ones Feb 14, 2015 3:05 PM
  By SETH BORENSTEIN Federal study: Oklahoma more at risk of big damaging quakes because of increase in small ones
  

   
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  Europe's Rosetta craft swoops for close look at comet Feb 14, 2015 10:06 AM
  The Associated Press Europe's Rosetta craft swoops in close to comet it's been chasing, altitude under 4 miles
  

   
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  Should we call the cosmos seeking ET? Or is that risky? Feb 13, 2015 2:06 PM
  By SETH BORENSTEIN Dialing ET, but maybe getting Klingons: Scientists debate sending out signals for alien life
  

   
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  Greek archaeologists find couple locked in millennia-old hug Feb 13, 2015 5:37 PM
  Associated Press Archaeologists in southern Greece have discovered the grave of a man and woman buried as they died some 5,800 years ago — still tightly embracing.
  

   
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  Researchers test brain stem device to help deaf children Feb 13, 2015 4:00 PM
  Associated Press Many children born deaf benefit from cochlear implants, electrodes that send impulses to the auditory nerve, where they’re relayed to the brain and recognized as sound. But the small fraction born without a working hearing nerve can’t make that brain connection.The ABI attempts to fill that gap by delivering electrical stimulation directly to the neurons on the brainstem the nerve normally would have targeted.
  

   

• European capsule leaving space station Sat., skipping test Feb 12, 2015 11:06 AM
  The Associated Press European cargo ship leaving space station Saturday, skipping test because of failed power line
  

   
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  SpaceX launches observatory on 3rd try, nixes landing test Feb 12, 2015 10:06 AM
  By MARCIA DUNN SpaceX launches deep-space observatory on 3rd try, nixes rocket-landing test due to rough seas
  

   
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  Study sees even bigger longer droughts for much of US West Feb 12, 2015 2:05 PM
  By SETH BORENSTEIN If you think the California drought is bad, study says with warming it'll get even drier
  

   
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  Study: World dumps 8.8 million tons of plastics into oceans Feb 12, 2015 1:06 PM
  By SETH BORENSTEIN China, other Asian countries chief source of 8.8 million tons of plastics that hit ocean
  

   
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  Science for 'girly-girls' — new NIU program hits Naperville Feb 12, 2015 6:26 AM
  By Marie Wilson Some girls like STEM without any gimmicks, but others lose interest when they begin to think science, technology, engineering and math are no longer “cool,” said Pettee Guerrero, a STEM Outreach associate for Northern Illinois University. It's the “girly-girls” who are prime participants in a new program coming in April to NIU's Naperville campus: STEM Divas. “I created the program to target the girly-girls,” Guerrero said — girls who like makeup, jewelry and wearing pink.
  

   
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  SpaceX launches observatory on third try Feb 11, 2015 6:00 PM
  Associated Press The unmanned Falcon 9 rocket blasted off on the third try in four days, hoisting the spacecraft for NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Air Force.Al Gore — who dreamed up the idea for an environmentally conscious, Earth-gazing satellite 17 years ago — returned for the sunset launch. He was at the previous two attempts as well, eager to see his brainchild finally soar.
  

   

• Correction: Deep Space Observatory story Feb 12, 2015 10:37 AM
  The Associated Press Correction: Deep Space Observatory story
  

   

• Fed report: Time to examine purposely cooling planet idea Feb 10, 2015 1:06 PM
  By SETH BORENSTEIN With new fed report, idea of hacking and cooling Earth moves from fringe to lab, maybe the air
  

   
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  High wind scraps SpaceX observatory launch, rocket landing Feb 10, 2015 8:06 PM
  By MARCIA DUNN Dangerously high wind scraps SpaceX observatory launch, rocket landing test at sea
  

   
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  After 45 years, souvenirs from Apollo 11 come to light Feb 9, 2015 7:06 PM
  By MALCOLM RITTER Not lost in space: Museum announces previously unknown souvenirs from 1969 moon mission
  

   
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  SpaceX launch of observatory, landing test off until Tuesday Feb 9, 2015 11:06 AM
  By MARCIA DUNN SpaceX launch of deep-space observatory, rocket landing test delayed until Tuesday
  

   
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  SpaceX calls off launch of space weather satellite Feb 8, 2015 6:06 PM
  By MARCIA DUNN SpaceX calls off launch of space weather satellite, ocean landing attempt of leftover rocket