Articles filed under Science
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Feds: Risk of 2016 quake increases, especially in OklahomaMar 28, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The ground east of the Rockies is far more likely to shake this year with damaging though not deadly earthquakes, federal seismologists report in a new...
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Meteorologists may soon give 50-day notice for extreme heatMar 28, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Meteorologists may soon be able to predict likelihood of extreme heat in the Eastern United States as much as 50 days in advance, according to a new st...
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New NASA launch control software late, millions over budgetMar 28, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Launch control software under development for NASA's deep-space exploration program is more than a year behind schedule and tens of millions ...
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District 214 WildStang team invited to regional robotics competitionMar 28, 2016 1:00 am - Nine suburban Chicago high school robotics teams working with professional engineers and scientists have been invited to the FIRST Illinois Robotics Midwest Regional Com...
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Easter delivery: Cargo ship arrives at space stationMar 26, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The six astronauts at the International Space Station got an early Easter treat this weekend with the arrival of a supply ship full of fresh ...
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Microbe with stripped-down DNA may hint at secrets of lifeMar 24, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists have deleted nearly half the genes of a microbe, creating a stripped-down version that still functions, an achievement that might reveal secre...
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Space station cargo launches by light of nearly full moonMar 23, 2016 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Fresh supplies shipped out late Tuesday for the International Space Station, where the shelves finally are getting full after a string of fai...
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Beyond record hot, February was 'astronomical' and 'strange'Mar 17, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Earth got so hot last month that federal scientists struggled to find words, describing temperatures as "astronomical," ''staggering" and "strange." Th...
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Mount Prospect school's science club works with Bosch Tool engineersMar 16, 2016 1:00 am - Fairview School in Mount Prospect Elementary District 57 started a science club this year that incorporates volunteers from Robert Bosch Tool Corp. in Mount Prospect. T...
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Fossil find sheds light on how evolution produced T. rexMar 14, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK - How did evolution produce a monstrous killer like T. rex? A fossil find in Central Asia is giving scientists a glimpse of the process. T. rex and other tyrann...