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U.S. astronaut will vote from orbit if homecoming is delayed
By MARCIA DUNN
Sep 23, 2016 6:24 AM - The lone American in orbit says she'll vote from the International Space Station if her homecoming is delayed.
Satellite-based radar confirms man-made Texas earthquakes
By SETH BORENSTEIN
Sep 22, 2016 12:09 PM - Scientists used radar from satellites to show that five Texas earthquakes, one reaching magnitude 4.8, were caused by injections of wastewater in drilling for oil and gas
Students exploring science careers try hand at robotic surgery in Hoffman Estates
By Christopher Placek
Sep 22, 2016 9:36 AM - Dr. M. Susan Scanlon, who operates at Amita St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, hopes opportunities like the hands-on learning event she helped organize Wednesday will encourage more young women to seek careers in science-related fields.
Greenland ice loss 40 trillion pounds bigger than thought
BY SETH BORENSTEIN
Sep 21, 2016 1:34 PM - Greenland is losing about 40 trillion pounds more ice a year than scientists had thought, according to a new study that uses GPS to help estimate how much is melting there
Human DNA tied mostly to single exodus from Africa long ago
By MALCOLM RITTER
Sep 21, 2016 11:10 AM - New research suggests that the genetic ancestry of people living outside Africa can be traced almost completely to a single exodus of humans from that continent long ago
Earth smashes yet another heat record; 16th month in a row
By SETH BORENSTEIN
Sep 20, 2016 12:42 PM - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says August's temperature of 61.74 degrees (16.52 Celsius) was the 16th month in a row that Earth set a record for the hottest month
2016's hellish summer weather: A told-you-so climate moment?
By SETH BORENSTEIN
Sep 20, 2016 11:29 AM - This past summer's weather was relentless and hellish, crowded with the type of record-smashing extremes that scientists have long warned about
NASA astronaut wears spacesuit painted by kids with cancer
The Associated Press
Sep 16, 2016 7:00 AM - Some childhood cancer patients will chat Friday with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station wearing a hand-painted spacesuit they helped decorate
Abbott sells eye surgery products unit to Johnson & Johnson
By Anna Marie Kukec
Sep 16, 2016 5:21 PM - Libertyville Township-based Abbott has sold a unit that makes equipment for cataract and other eye surgeries to Johnson & Johnson for about $4.3 billion in cash.
Sea ice in Arctic shrinks to second lowest level on record
By SETH BORENSTEIN
Sep 15, 2016 3:58 PM - Arctic sea ice this summer shrank to its second lowest level since scientists started to monitor it by satellite

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