Articles filed under Science
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Everyone lies, but politicians do it more oftenApr 18, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - This is the season of lies. We watch with fascination as candidates for the world's most powerful job trade falsehoods and allegations of dishonesty. R...
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We all lie, scientists say, but politicians even more soApr 17, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - This is the season of lies. We watch with fascination as candidates for the world's most powerful job trade falsehoods and allegations of dishonesty. R...
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Celebrate Earth Week at Oakton Community CollegeApr 17, 2016 1:00 am - Celebrate Earth Week, April 18-23, at Oakton Community College campuses in Des Plaines and Skokie, with lectures, green space restoration projects and recreational activ...
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13 teams studying for first elementary Science OlympiadApr 15, 2016 6:00 am - Ask a third-grader on one of the state's 13 new elementary Science Olympiad teams to identify a cardinal and be prepared for an in-depth answer. Teams of kids at two sc...
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Students put on Energy Fair in Long GroveApr 15, 2016 1:00 am - One of only 40 school districts awarded an Energizing Student Potential grant, students in Kildeer-Countryside Elementary District 96 made the most of it on Friday by pu...
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El Nino weakens, here comes La Nina, meteorologists sayApr 14, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - In the midst of an epic El Nino, federal meteorologists say its flip side, La Nina, is around the corner. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administ...
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British astronaut all set to run London Marathon from spaceApr 14, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Britain's first official spaceman, Timothy Peake, says he's ready to run the London Marathon in 1ˆ½ weeks - from 250 miles up. But he's not e...
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Study: Brain implant lets paralyzed man regain use of handApr 13, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A paralyzed 24-year-old man has regained some use of his right hand, controlling it with signals relayed from electronic sensors in his brain. Ian Burkha...
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Scientists: Greenland ice sheet is melting freakishly earlyApr 13, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Greenland's massive ice sheet this week started melting freakishly early thanks to a weather system that brought unseasonably warm temperatures and rai...
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SpaceX's recovered rocket back at port after sea landingApr 12, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The rocket that made a historic landing at sea last week is back at its home port. SpaceX's recovered 15-story booster, still standing tall o...