Articles filed under Science
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Naperville North science team advances to national competitionFeb 24, 2023 12:00 am - Whether it's a question about biology, chemistry or physics, Naperville North High School's science team is ready. So ready that the Huskies recently won a regional comp...
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Hong Kong pulls visa for man behind gene-edited babies claimFeb 21, 2023 12:00 am - BEIJING - Hong Kong on Tuesday revoked a visa it granted to a Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate five years ago with claims that he made the world's first g...
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Book review: Greta Thunberg aims to educate with 'The Climate Book'Feb 13, 2023 10:00 pm - "The Climate Book" by Greta Thunberg (Penguin Press) Skipping school to sit outside the Swedish Parliament in 2018 with a sign reading "School Strike for...
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Green comet streaking through the night sky will be visible in suburbs for a few weeksJan 11, 2023 4:30 am - Amateur astronomers of the suburbs take note: For the next few weeks, a bright green-tinted comet will be visible in the night sky through telescopes or binoculars befor...
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Historic biodiversity agreement reached at UN conferenceDec 19, 2022 12:00 am - MONTREAL - Negotiators reached a historic deal at a U.N. biodiversity conference early Monday that would represent the most significant effort to protect the world's lan...
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Loved or hated, Fauci's parting advice: Stick to the scienceDec 19, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Long before the bobbleheads and the "Fauci ouchie," Dr. Anthony Fauci was a straight-shooter about scary diseases - and "stick with the science" remain...
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Satellite launched to map the world's oceans, lakes, riversDec 16, 2022 12:00 am - A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world's oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vande...
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Extinctions, shrinking habitat spur 'rewilding' in citiesDec 07, 2022 12:00 am - DETROIT - In a bustling metro area of 4.3 million people, Yale University wildlife biologist Nyeema Harris ventures into isolated thickets to study Detroit's most elusiv...
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Lawmakers hope to rename Fermilab research center after noted physicistDec 04, 2022 12:00 am - Federal lawmakers from Illinois have introduced legislation to rename Fermilab's Integrated Engineering Research Center after the late Helen Edwards, a particle physicis...
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NASA capsule buzzes moon, last big step before lunar orbitNov 21, 2022 12:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's Orion capsule reached the moon Monday, whipping around the far side and buzzing the lunar surface on its way to a record-breaking orbi...