Articles filed under Science
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Student engineers compete for best 'bot at Naperville robotics tourneyJan 16, 2016 12:00 am - A few hundred young robot operators spent Saturday crowded into the gym at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, competing in a game called “Nothing But Net” as they ...
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Spacewalk aborted after water leaks into astronaut's helmetJan 15, 2016 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Two astronauts aborted their spacewalk Friday and hurried back into the International Space Station after water leaked into one of the men's ...
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Scientists spot brightest supernova yet, outshines Milky WayJan 14, 2016 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronomers have discovered the brightest star explosion ever, a super supernova that easily outshines our entire Milky Way. An international...
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Bones of hunted mammoth show early human presence in ArcticJan 14, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The remains of a mammoth that was hunted down about 45,000 years ago have revealed the earliest known evidence of humans in the Arctic. Marks on the bone...
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33 scientists honored by film academy with Sci-Tech AwardsJan 08, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The engineers and inventors whose creations help deliver colorful, stable film images and cutting-edge animation are getting recognition from Oscar. T...
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All the winter's a weird weather stage; Here are the playersJan 07, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Get ready for weather whiplash as powerful climatic forces elbow each other for starring roles in a weird winter show. The spine-chilling polar vortex ...
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In the groove: Scrape marks in ground linked to dinosaursJan 07, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists say they've discovered evidence of a frenzied mating ritual by dinosaurs: long grooves in the ground etched by the pawing of clawed feet. Such...
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Wild December pushes US weather in 2015 to near recordsJan 07, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - December's wild El Nino pushed 2015 in the United States to near-record levels for heat, moisture and downright extreme conditions, federal weather off...
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EPA says pesticide harms bees in some casesJan 06, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A major pesticide harms honeybees when used on cotton and citrus but not on other big crops like corn, berries and tobacco, the Environmental Protectio...
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5 supersize stars found in other galaxiesJan 06, 2016 6:00 am - KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) - Scientists have discovered five supersize stars in other galaxies on a par with the monstrous stellar system in our own Milky Way. Eta Carinae is ...