Articles filed under Science
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NASA: Voyager 1 probe has left the solar systemSep 13, 2013 9:13 am - LOS ANGELES — Voyager 1 has crossed a new frontier, becoming the first spacecraft ever to leave the solar system, NASA said Thursday. Thirty-six years after it was launc...
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Poll Vault: Are we alone in the universe?Sep 13, 2013 12:01 am - Are we alone? That’s the essential question now that NASA’s Voyager 1 has reached interstellar space. Launched in 1977, the spacecraft is equipped with television camer...
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Experts: Climate primary factor on lake levelsSep 09, 2013 6:34 pm - MILWAUKEE — Placing water retention structures in the St. Clair River may not be enough to counteract the effects of a warming climate and raise Lakes Huron and Michigan...
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Arkansas girl recovering from rare infection goes swimmingSep 06, 2013 9:58 pm - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas girl who has been recovering from a rare and often-fatal infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba went swimming at a hospital pool on Fr...
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Labs seeking sarin chemical signature in Syria attackSep 06, 2013 8:03 am - WASHINGTON — Three simple numbers will prove whether sarin was used to gas Syrians last month: 99-125-81. Chemists this week around Europe are feeding samples of bodily ...
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Why are chemical weapons treated differently than other killing tools?Aug 31, 2013 8:58 pm - WASHINGTON — After the guns of World War I fell silent, the world’s nations convened in Geneva to outlaw for the first time an entire class of weapons. Barely 1 percent ...
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Measles cases put Texas megachurch under scrutinyAug 31, 2013 6:50 pm - NEWARK, Texas — The teachings of televangelist Kenneth Copeland and his family focusing on the virtues of trusting God to keep healthy are under scrutiny after a cluster...
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Twin's brother comes home 63 years after war deathAug 29, 2013 5:30 am - Were 80-year-old Donald V. MacLean stepping off that plane Wednesday at O'Hare, he might drape his arm around his wife of 50 years, walk into a welcome from their grown ...
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Want better biofuels? Get the wood outAug 25, 2013 6:45 am - Wood is strong, abundant, and cheap. But when it comes to the hot prospect of turning trees and agricultural waste into an energy source for cars and trucks, wood gets i...
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Crews rush to clean up former California nuke labAug 17, 2013 1:36 pm - SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — The sun was barely up at a former Cold War rocket test site when crews in hard hats, neon vests and steel-toe boots collected jars of dirt as part ...