Articles filed under Science
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Mississippi law requires cord blood from some teen momsAug 02, 2013 3:55 pm - JACKSON, Miss. — If a girl younger than 16 gives birth and won’t name the father, a new Mississippi law — likely the first of its kind in the country — says authorities ...
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117-year-old telescope returns to U of IAug 01, 2013 4:29 pm - URBANA — The University of Illinois’ 117-year-old observatory telescope is being reinstalled this week after a summer of restoration and a close call on its cross-countr...
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Ball State president: Intelligent design not scienceJul 31, 2013 5:36 pm - Creation science and intelligent design are religion and not appropriate content for science courses at a public university such as Ball State University because it viol...
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Mexico keeps constant eye on Popocatepetl volcanoJul 31, 2013 9:19 am - MEXICO CITY — In a clean, hushed room in the south of Mexico City, cameras, computer screens and scrawling needles track the symptoms of a special patient, as they have ...
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Northwestern settles cancer research fraud claimJul 30, 2013 4:02 pm - Federal prosecutors in Chicago have announced Northwestern University has agreed to pay nearly $3 million to settle a whistle-blower’s lawsuit involving alleged cancer r...
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Masses of plastic particles found in Great LakesJul 29, 2013 3:45 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Already ravaged by toxic algae, invasive mussels and industrial pollution, the Great Lakes now confront another potential threat that few had even...
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Naperville Central workshop invites girls to explore STEM possibilitiesJul 26, 2013 10:06 am - A story about smashing things is what Cassidy Schneider remembers most from the first GEMS summer workshop she attended three years ago. As a freshman at Naperville Cent...
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Fermilab's giant magnet headed near Glen Ellyn todayJul 24, 2013 12:00 am - Searching for teeny-tiny particles that may exist for the briefest of times in a vacuum requires really big tools. Shoppers and others at the Bolingbrook Costco gawked W...
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Physicists unveil results that support standard modelJul 19, 2013 5:50 pm - GENEVA — After a quarter-century of searching, scientists have nailed down how one particularly rare subatomic particle decays into something else — a discovery that add...
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Sea levels increase 2 meters for each degree of global warmingJul 15, 2013 3:43 pm - July 15 — Sea levels may rise by more than 2 meters (6.6 feet) for each degree Celsius of global warming the planet experiences over the next 2,000 years, according to a...