Articles filed under Science
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Constable: The Grove in Glenview hosts roots, remains of an amazing life and mysterious deathApr 14, 2022 5:00 am - One of the greatest naturalists of the 19th century, Robert Kennicott, or rather his skeleton, is on display at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington. His...
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Battle over carbon capture as tool to fight climate changeApr 13, 2022 7:00 am - Polly Glover realized her son had asthma when he was nine months old. Now 26, he carries an inhaler in his pocket whenever he's out and about in Prairieville, Louisiana,...
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WH environmental justice advisors press for Justice40 actionApr 13, 2022 7:00 am - Key members of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council said Tuesday that the Biden administration hadn't done enough to make good on its promise that 40% ...
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Pouring it on: Climate change made 2020 hurricanes rainierApr 12, 2022 7:00 am - Climate change made the record-smashing deadly 2020 Atlantic hurricane season noticeably wetter, a new study says. And it will likely make this season rainier, too, scie...
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NOAA: Potent heat-trapping methane increases at record paceApr 07, 2022 7:00 am - Global atmospheric levels of the potent but short-lived greenhouse gas methane increased a record amount last year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s...
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Dolphins' playful social habits form bonds, but spread virusApr 07, 2022 7:00 am - REEDVILLE, Va. (AP) - Three young male dolphins simultaneously break the water's surface to breathe - first exhaling, then inhaling - before slipping back under the wave...
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Key particle weighs in a bit heavy, confounding physicistsApr 07, 2022 7:00 am - The grand explanation physicists use to describe how the universe works may have some major new flaws to patch after a fundamental particle was found to have more mass t...
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More delays for NASA's moon rocket test, fueling stalledApr 05, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's dress rehearsal for its mega moon rocket is off until at least this weekend because of a pair of technical problems that kept stalling...
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Constable: A star is born, as Wheaton native makes astrophysics historyApr 05, 2022 5:30 am - In his adolescent dreams as a student at Wheaton Warrenville South High School, Brian Welch fantasized about a pie-in-the-sky career as a star tight end with the Chicago...
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Fermilab appoints first woman as directorApr 05, 2022 1:00 am - For the first time in its history, a woman will lead Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia. Lia Merminga, an internationally renowned physicist, will take the...