Articles filed under Science
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U.S. hits record for costly weather disasters: $306 billionJan 08, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - With three strong hurricanes, wildfires, hail, flooding, tornadoes and drought, the United States tallied a record high bill last year for weather disa...
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Stevenson senior publishes book on his science experimentsJan 07, 2018 10:00 pm - Justin Lee, an 17-year-old Stevenson High School student from Buffalo Grove, has been conducting experiments since middle school to answer the age-old question: "Why doe...
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Low oxygen levels, coral bleaching getting worse in oceansJan 04, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Global warming is making the world's oceans sicker, depleting them of oxygen and harming delicate coral reefs more often, two studies show. The lower o...
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Real weather term "bomb cyclone" blows up on social mediaJan 04, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - When it comes to weather, it's hard to sound scarier than "bomb cyclone." It's a version of a real weather term that applies to a massive winter storm ...
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Social media explodes over the real weather term "bomb"Jan 03, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - When it comes to weather, it's hard to sound scarier than "bomb cyclone." It's a version of a real weather term that applies to a massive winter storm ...
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Ancient DNA gives glimpse of ancestors of Native AmericansJan 03, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - DNA from an infant who died in Alaska some 11,500 years ago is giving scientists the best look yet at the genetics of the ancestors of today's native peo...
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Warmer in Alaska than Florida? Why our weather is upside downJan 02, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Anchorage, Alaska, was warmer Tuesday than Jacksonville, Florida. The weather in the U.S. is that upside down. That's because the Arctic's deeply frigi...
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Disasters pound North America in 2017; overall down globallyDec 30, 2017 6:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - North America couldn't catch a break in 2017. Parts of the United States were on fire, underwater or lashed by hurricane winds. Mexico shook with back...
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Trump tweets U.S. could use some 'Global Warming' as temperatures plungeDec 29, 2017 12:00 am - In the years before moving to the White House, Donald Trump used Twitter to call climate change "nonsense" peddled by "con artists" and "created by and for the Chinese."...
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District 128 projects win grants from community foundationDec 22, 2017 4:30 am - Fourteen innovative projects at Libertyville High School and sister school Vernon Hills High have received grants totaling more than $18,771 from a local community found...