Articles filed under Science
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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...
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5 Sci-Fi Movies Set in 2017: What They Got Wrong and Eerily RightJan 26, 2017 6:00 am - The best science-fiction films visualize the technologies of the future to reveal something about the human condition of today. But 95 percent of sci-fi flicks simply ta...
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Genes may help grocery tomatoes catch up to heirloom tasteJan 26, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Bite into a supermarket tomato and you'll probably notice something missing: taste. Scientists think they can put the yum back into the grocery tomato ...
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Hundreds honor 3 astronauts lost in Apollo fire 50 years agoJan 26, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Moonwalkers and dozens of others who took part in NASA's storied Apollo program paid tribute Thursday to the three astronauts killed in a fir...
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Scientists take first steps to growing human organs in pigsJan 26, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists have grown human cells inside pig embryos, a very early step toward the goal of growing livers and other human organs in animals to transplant...
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NASA displays Apollo capsule hatch 50 years after fatal fireJan 25, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A relic from America's first space tragedy is finally going on display this week, 50 years after a fire on the launch pad killed three astron...