Articles filed under Science
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Fed report: Time to examine purposely cooling planet ideaFeb 09, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - It's time to study and maybe even test the idea of cooling the Earth by injecting sulfur pollution high in the air to reflect the sun's heat, a first-o...
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SpaceX launch of observatory, landing test off until TuesdayFeb 08, 2015 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A deep-space observatory has to wait yet another day before flying. SpaceX called off Sunday evening's launch attempt because of trouble with...
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After 45 years, souvenirs from Apollo 11 come to lightFeb 08, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - More than four decades after the Apollo 11 moon landing, a cloth bag full of souvenirs brought back by astronaut Neil Armstrong has come to light. Among ...
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Pure science = pure fun at Fermilab open houseFeb 08, 2015 12:00 am - Fermilab proved Sunday that pure science could be pure fun at its annual Family Open House that drew thousands to Wilson Hall on the Batavia campus. Supported in part by...
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SpaceX calls off launch of space weather satelliteFeb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX called off Sunday's planned launch of a deep-space observatory - and a revolutionary rocket-landing attempt - after a critical radar-t...
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2 weeks before Oscars, academy hosts night of nerdsFeb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, California - Two weeks before the glamour of the Oscars, the film academy hosted its annual "night of the nerds" honoring software engineers, digital proj...
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Students test skills at Science Olympiad Invitational in GrayslakeFeb 07, 2015 12:00 am - Hallie Olsen never really liked bugs, until her seventh-grade science teacher urged her to take an entomology class. "I ended up really liking it," said the 12-year-old ...
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Rocket booster aiming for ocean barge in redo of SpaceX testFeb 06, 2015 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A space weather satellite is poised to blast off Sunday for a destination 1 million miles away, but it's the rocket's ocean landing that is s...
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Skull not Gettysburg soldier's, but 700 years oldFeb 06, 2015 12:00 am - GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Experts say a skull nearly auctioned off as that of a Civil War soldier killed at Gettysburg is actually more than 700 years old and from the Southwest...
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New $39 million Oakton science and health building open for classesJan 31, 2015 6:43 am - The $39 million Margaret Burke Lee Science and Health Careers Center has opened at Oakton Community College - the culmination of the largest construction project since t...