Articles filed under Science
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Budding scientists display prowess during Arlington Heights Science OlympiadJan 14, 2017 12:00 am - Not all the inventions entered in the annual Science Olympiad invitational at South Middle School in Arlington Heights looked pretty. But when it comes to these contrap...
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Spacewalking astronauts upgrade orbiting lab's power gridJan 13, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The International Space Station's solar power grid got three more top-of-the-line batteries Friday during the second spacewalk in a week. Com...
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Scientists: Moon over the hill at 4.51 billion years oldJan 11, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - It turns out the moon is older than many scientists suspected: a ripe 4.51 billion years old. That's the newest estimate, thanks to rocks and...
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Shooting suspect's mental issues may explain littleJan 10, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Esteban Santiago, the 26-year-old man held in the fatal shootings last week at Fort Lauderdale's airport, reportedly has a history of mental difficulties...
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Report: Our moon may have formed from multiple small onesJan 09, 2017 6:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A series of cosmic collisions may have spawned multiple moonlets that morphed into the one big moon we know today. Rather than one giant impa...
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Long-distance birdie call: Sex-crazed pipers travel for tailJan 09, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - You fly more than 100 miles for love. You get rejected. You fly another 100 miles. Another rejection. And another. That's the high-flying but futile se...
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US had near record heat, costly weather disasters in 2016Jan 09, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - With steamy nights, sticky days and torrential downpours, last year went down as one of the warmest and wildest weather years on record in the United S...
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Shooting suspect's mental issues may explain littleJan 09, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Esteban Santiago, the 26-year-old man held in the fatal shootings last week at Fort Lauderdale's airport, reportedly has a history of mental difficulties...
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'Excitement' of cancer care leads Naperville doctor to treatment advancesJan 08, 2017 6:00 am - Naperville oncologist Dr. Patrick Stiff says it's his personality as an “excitement junkie” that led him to a career in cancer research instead of, say, internal medicin...
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Fermilab scientists face kids' questionsJan 08, 2017 12:00 am - Scientists working to understand the mysteries of the universe met one of their biggest challenges Sunday - kids with questions. More than 100 young scientists visited t...