Hope Babowice
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Rudimentary postal system dates back to colonial timesNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - "Who invented the post office?" asked Maya D'Souza, 10,a fifth-grader at Butterfield School in Libertyville. The post office, the place where letters and packages are s...
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Prescription lenses not rocket science, but do take precisionNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - "How do you put a prescription into glasses or contacts?," asks Lara Braverman, 11, a sixth-grader at West Oak Middle School in Mundelein. Healthy eyes and good vision a...
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What 'fly' means to you may not be mom's definitionOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - "Why do we use the words that we do?," asked Jennifer Blum, 11, a sixth-grader at West Oak Middle School in Mundelein. The study of words is called lexicology. A diction...
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Origin of candy starts with the ancient EgyptiansOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - "What was the first popular candy and what is the most eaten candy today?" asked Alex Bahena, 17, a junior at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire. Candy has a simple r...
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Highly unlikely galaxy can be swallowed by black holeOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - "Is the sun's gravitational pull strong enough to create a black hole that will swallow in the whole Milky Way?" asked Jessica Banuelos, 13, an eighth-grader at West Oak...
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Mastiffs dogs are big in size, and have a big heartOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - "What is the largest dog?," asked Megan Thompson, 11, a sixth-grader at West Oak Middle School in Mundelein. The largest dog breed is the English mastiff. These pooches ...
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Serious business of old-time photos meant most didn't smileOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - "Why didn't anybody smile in really old pictures?" asked Annie Farrugia, 10, a fifth-grader at Libertyville's Butterfield School. In the 1870s, having a picture taken at...
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There's a rich history when it comes to mathSep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - "Who invented math?," asked Lucia Zhang, 10, a fifth-grader at Butterfield School in Libertyville. Understanding why we need higher-level math might help to reveal who w...
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Icy Antarctica started out connected to India, AfricaSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Thomas Peterson, 10, a fifth-grader at Libertyville's Butterfield School, asked, "When was Antarctica formed?" Antarctica, the fifth largest continent with 5 million s...
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Firms develop an ecological vision of a future ChicagoSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - "What will Chicago look like in 100 years?," asked Sarah Hidalgo, 10, a fifth-grader at O'Plaine School in Gurnee. Recently, eight architectural, design and engineering ...