Articles filed under Science
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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...
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Study: Warming giving US type of weather we prefer _ for nowApr 20, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Global warming has mostly made the weather more pleasant for Americans over the last 40 years, which may explain why much of the public doesn't rank cl...
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Earth's hot streak continues for a record 11 monthsApr 19, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Earth's record monthly heat streak has hit 11 months in a row - a record in itself. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesd...
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Study: Dinosaurs were declining long before asteroid hitApr 18, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Dinosaurs were in decline long before an asteroid strike polished them off about 66 million years ago, a study says. It's the latest contribution to a lo...