Articles filed under Science
-
SpaceX sends satellite into orbit after 2-day delayMar 16, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX has launched a communications satellite into orbit after a two-day delay. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying an EchoStar satellite lift...
-
Watch out: Mammals shrink when Earth heats up, study saysMar 15, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON - Global warming shrank certain animals in the ancient past, and scientists worry it could happen again. Warm-blooded animals got smaller at least twice in Ea...
-
Weather Service decided last minute not to cut snow forecastMar 14, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Before the first snow fell, U.S. meteorologists realized there was a good chance the late-winter storm wasn't going to produce giant snow totals in big...
-
Sax in space: French astronaut delighted with birthday giftMar 14, 2017 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - This is one cosmically cool sax - and saxophone player. France's musical astronaut Thomas Pesquet is enjoying a special birthday present deli...
-
Districts 214, 23 celebrate partnership for STEM studentsMar 09, 2017 10:00 pm - Districts 214, 23 celebrate partnership for STEM students
-
Caveman menu: Woolly rhino in Belgium, mushrooms in SpainMar 08, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Eating like a caveman meant chowing down on woolly rhinos and sheep in Belgium, but munching on mushrooms, pine nuts and moss in Spain. It all depended on w...
-
Study: Climate change goosed odds of freakishly hot FebruaryMar 08, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A freakishly balmy February broke more than 11,700 local daily records for warmth in the United States, but it didn't quite beat 1954 for the warmest F...
-
Zap Map: Satellite tracks lightning for better heads upMar 06, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - A new U.S. satellite is mapping lightning flashes worldwide from above, which should provide better warning about dangerous strikes. The National Oceanic an...
-
STEM Camp for middle-school students March 20-24 at OaktonMar 05, 2017 12:00 am - For middle-school students grades 6-8 who enjoy creative inventions, robots, computers, video games and other fun, science-related activities, Oakton Community College i...
-
Tiny tubes in Canadian rock may be oldest known fossilsMar 01, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tiny tubes and filaments in some Canadian rock appear to be the oldest known fossils, giving new support to some ideas about how life began, a new study ...