Articles filed under Science
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Arachnid super-web reveals the surprising ‘constant party’ life of cohabiting spidersNov 15, 2025 3:38 pm - What is thought to be the world’s largest-known spider's web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border.
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Lost or leading the way? Rare birds may signal shifting migration routesNov 12, 2025 6:36 pm - While vagrants are often considered evolutionary dead-ends, a recent study by a U of I ornithologist and others suggests they could be the vanguard of range expansion and adaptation to changing habitats due to climate change, representing a critical part of the cycle for migratory birds.
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Vibrant northern lights paint the suburban skiesNov 12, 2025 8:49 am - The northern lights have made an impressive appearance across the suburbs this week, and more could be on the away. In towns including Schaumburg, Carpentersville, Huntle...
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Planetary health check topic of Tuesday Green Drinks gatheringNov 10, 2025 1:43 pm - How resilient is Earth? The Planetary Health Check 2025 will be discussed during a Green Drinks event at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Pizzeria de Ville, 404 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Libertyville.
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US skips COP30 climate conference, lobbies to sink new global dealsNov 08, 2025 4:37 pm - No other countries have followed the United States in withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, but the Trump administration is using a mix of lobbying and economic threats to thwart emissions-cutting and environmental initiatives around the world.
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James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97Nov 08, 2025 3:15 pm - James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crime-fighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97.
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Molecular discovery that won Nobel Prize in chemistry is likened to 'Harry Potter' enchanted handbagOct 08, 2025 8:13 am - STOCKHOLM — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for their development of metal — organic frameworks that could eventually help reduce pollution...
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Nobel Prize in physics goes to 3 scientists whose work advanced quantum technologyOct 07, 2025 9:00 am - John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for research on the weird world of sub-atomic quantum tunneling that advances the power of everyday digital communications and computing.
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Elmhurst native wins Nobel Prize in medicine for key immune system discoveriesOct 06, 2025 12:27 pm - A suburban native is among three scientists who won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies.
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Hate the time change? New evidence says it could even harm your health.Sep 15, 2025 2:36 pm - Twice a year, Americans grumble about the inconvenience and sleep disruption of seasonal time changes, but there’s more to our grudge against springing forward and falling back. New evidence shows we’d all be a little less prone to obesity and strokes if we ditched the switch, according to a study Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.