Articles filed under Science
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3 planets orbiting dwarf star prime spots to search for lifeMay 02, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronomers searching for life beyond our solar system may need to look no farther than a little, feeble nearby star. A Belgian-led team repo...
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As mosquito season begins, will Zika strike here?May 02, 2016 5:00 am - West Nile virus. Sunburn. Lyme disease. Do we need to add Zika virus to the list of ways nature could hurt us this summer? The answer is: No. Yes. Maybe. It depends on w...
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This real-time video of a sinking Titanic was made to honor the victims. Does it?May 01, 2016 5:36 am - In the final two minutes of a 2-hour-and-40-minute simulation of the Titanic sinking, its creators decided to introduce the sounds of screams. The viral, real-time video...
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The asteroid miner's guide to the galaxyMay 01, 2016 1:00 am - The tech firm Deep Space Industries (DSI) is headquartered on the second story of an aging office building at the edge of NASA's Ames Research Center, not far from the t...
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Pop went the weasel and down went the Large Hadron ColliderApr 29, 2016 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - It's one of the physics world's most complex machines, and it has been immobilized - temporarily - by a weasel. Spokesman Arnaud Marsollier says the world'...
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SpaceX aims to send 'Red Dragon' capsule to Mars in 2018Apr 27, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX is shooting for Mars. Elon Musk, the company's billionaire founder and chief executive, announced Wednesday via Twitter that he plans ...
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Butterfield students conduct STEM experiments in LibertyvilleApr 27, 2016 1:00 am - Butterfield Elementary School fourth- and fifth-grade students are tapping into their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) knowledge this week as they explor...
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Hubble Telescope finds tiny moon orbiting dwarf planetApr 26, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Chalk up a moon for the icy dwarf planet Makemake. The Hubble Space Telescope has detected a tiny, dark moon circling the dwarf planet on the...
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From tiny to titan: Baby dinosaur fossils reveal megagrowthApr 21, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Think your kids grow fast? Scientists say one dinosaur baby went from tiny to a true titan in the blink of a prehistoric eye. At birth, titanosaur babi...
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Lake Villa school goes green for Earth WeekApr 21, 2016 1:00 am - Olive Martin School in Lake Villa went green this week as students participated in a variety of events in advance of Earth Day on Saturday-. "Every year, we do an Earth...