Articles filed under Science
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Curiosity propels competitors at Grayslake Science OlympiadFeb 11, 2017 12:00 am - Almost 750 middle-schoolers put their knowledge of science to a fun test Saturday at the annual Grayslake Invitational Science Olympiad. It was held for the fifth consec...
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Weak and short La Nina fades away; climate shifts to neutralFeb 09, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - La Nina, we hardly knew ye. U.S. weather forecasters said Thursday the cool flip side to the climate phenomenon El Nino has faded away. The La Nina epi...
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Full moon, comet starring in night sky show this weekendFeb 08, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A full moon and comet share double billing in a special night sky show this weekend. A lunar eclipse starts everything off Friday night. The moon ...
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Major global warming study again questioned, again defendedFeb 07, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Another round of bickering is boiling over about temperature readings used in a 2015 study to show how the planet is warming. The issue is about how reading...
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Binge Eater: Black hole taking over decade to devour starFeb 06, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Scientists have detected a black hole that's taken a record-breaking decade to devour a star - and it's still chewing away. The food fest is ...
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Whoosh! Swish! Meet Bat Bot, the new flying batlike droneFeb 01, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Holy drone, Batman! Mechanical masterminds have spawned the Bat Bot, a soaring, sweeping and diving robot that may eventually fly circles around other ...
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Barrington area all-girls robotics team wins state championshipJan 30, 2017 10:00 pm - "Team Phoenix," a robotics team made up of middle-school age girls from the Barrington area, won the 64-team state Northern Championship Tournament last month to advance...
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School shootings rise when economy struggles, study suggestsJan 30, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - School shootings rise when the economy tanks, according to a new study of U.S. schools, even as violent crime in general appears to be unaffected. Rese...
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How bad are email, streaming, gaming for the environment?Jan 28, 2017 6:12 am - A story started making the rounds last week about French energy regulators asking companies to cut back on email in order to save energy. It sort of sounds like a satiri...
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NASA opens exhibit on 50th anniversary of Apollo 1 fireJan 27, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA opened an exhibit Friday honoring the astronauts in the Apollo 1 fire - 50 years to the day they died. The hatch from the burned spacecr...