Articles filed under Science
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New atomic clock stays precise for 15 billion yearsApr 21, 2015 1:00 am - A super-accurate atomic clock just got more accurate. Thanks to new modifications, a record-setting strontium atomic clock is now so stable that it could theoretical...
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Harper College to give glimpse of the cosmos Saturday for Astronomy DayApr 20, 2015 1:00 am - Whether the night sky is clear or cloudy, stargazers are invited to attend Astronomy Day at Harper College starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25. If the skies are cle...
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Why are we so bad at imagining the food of the future?Apr 18, 2015 1:00 am - For all its cross-cultural and technological prescience, Star Trek - the most prestigious science-fiction universe of all time - was absolutely awful when it came to foo...
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Svalbard Global Seed Vault keeps backups in case of epic disasterApr 12, 2015 7:13 am - WASHINGTON - It belongs in sci-fi - but it actually exists in reality. On the Svalbard island of Spitsbergen, one of the remotest places on Earth, mostly covered with ic...
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Fact Checker: Would GMO rules cost families $500 more in groceries?Apr 12, 2015 6:59 am - The Washington Post "Having a series of different and conflicting state and local GMO labeling mandates will increase grocery prices for consumers by hundreds of dollars...
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5 things to know about tonight's lunar eclipseApr 03, 2015 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Don't blink. There's a total eclipse of the moon Saturday - and it's an unusually short one. If there are clear skies, the 3½-hour spectacle is visible fro...
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Harper student to participate in NASA's scholars projectMar 30, 2015 1:00 am - Harper College student Hasan Fetahi of Hanover Park is headed to NASA this month - and it's no April Fools' Day joke. Fetahi was selected for NASA's Community College Ae...
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Local winners named in You Be the ChemistMar 29, 2015 11:00 pm - More than 100 students from 35 middle schools in the suburban Chicago area participated in recent regional You Be the Chemist events in Des Plaines, Schaumburg and Lake ...
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$1 billion water spending plan heads to California governorMar 26, 2015 1:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A plan to pump $1 billion of water spending into drought-stricken California cleared the Legislature on Thursday and was sent to Gov. Jerry Brown, w...
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Major solar storm hits Earth, may pull northern lights southMar 16, 2015 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - A severe solar storm smacked Earth with a surprisingly big geomagnetic jolt Tuesday, potentially affecting power grids and GPS tracking while pushing t...