Articles filed under Science
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Oakton installs WeatherBug weather stationMar 31, 2016 11:00 pm - Oakton Community College recently installed a WeatherBug weather station, camera and web-based educational software tools allowing students, meteorological teams across ...
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Study: Indonesia "hobbit" fossils older than first thoughtMar 30, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - It was a spectacular discovery: Fossil remains in an Indonesian cave revealed a recent relative of modern humans that stood about 3 feet tall. The creatu...
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Study: Antarctic ice may melt faster than expectedMar 30, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Warmer air, less frigid water and gravity may combine to make parts of Antarctica's western ice sheet melt far faster than scientists had thought, rais...
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Arctic sea ice reaches new record low mark for wintertimeMar 28, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The growth of Arctic sea ice this winter peaked at the lowest maximum level on record, thanks to extraordinarily warm temperatures, federal scientists ...
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Feds: Risk of 2016 quake increases, especially in OklahomaMar 28, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The ground east of the Rockies is far more likely to shake this year with damaging though not deadly earthquakes, federal seismologists report in a new...
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Meteorologists may soon give 50-day notice for extreme heatMar 28, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Meteorologists may soon be able to predict likelihood of extreme heat in the Eastern United States as much as 50 days in advance, according to a new st...
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New NASA launch control software late, millions over budgetMar 28, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Launch control software under development for NASA's deep-space exploration program is more than a year behind schedule and tens of millions ...
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District 214 WildStang team invited to regional robotics competitionMar 28, 2016 1:00 am - Nine suburban Chicago high school robotics teams working with professional engineers and scientists have been invited to the FIRST Illinois Robotics Midwest Regional Com...
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Easter delivery: Cargo ship arrives at space stationMar 26, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The six astronauts at the International Space Station got an early Easter treat this weekend with the arrival of a supply ship full of fresh ...
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Microbe with stripped-down DNA may hint at secrets of lifeMar 24, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists have deleted nearly half the genes of a microbe, creating a stripped-down version that still functions, an achievement that might reveal secre...