Articles filed under Science
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Spacewalking astronauts turn cable guys in 1st of 3 jobsFeb 20, 2015 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Spacewalking astronauts routed more than 300 feet of cable outside the International Space Station on Saturday, tricky and tiring advance wor...
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Elgin robotics teams make state championshipFeb 19, 2015 4:30 am - Two Elgin-based robotics teams will compete in the state championship Saturday, and one of them would not be there without the other. The members of team got robot?, whi...
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NASA delays space station spacewalk because of suit issueFeb 18, 2015 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A series of upcoming spacewalks at the International Space Station will begin a day late. The first spacewalk by a pair of U.S. astronauts wa...
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Winter weather both toasty and cold; a tale of 2 nationsFeb 18, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - It may be hard to believe for a country that's shivering from Maine to Miami, but 2015 has gotten off to a rather toasty start. Last month was the seco...
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Rosetta space probe takes sharp, close-up images of cometFeb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - The European Space Agency says high-resolution images the Rosetta space probe took during a swoop close to a comet it's been tracking for months show bould...
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Study: Oklahoma's daily small quakes raise risk of big onesFeb 13, 2015 10:00 pm - SAN JOSE, California (AP) - Small earthquakes shaking Oklahoma and southern Kansas daily and linked to energy drilling are dramatically increasing the chance of bigger a...
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Europe's Rosetta craft swoops for close look at cometFeb 13, 2015 10:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - The European Space Agency has sent its Rosetta probe in for a close look at the comet it's been tracking for months, a swoop that scientists hope will prov...
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Greek archaeologists find couple locked in millennia-old hugFeb 13, 2015 12:00 am - ATHENS, Greece - Death did not part them. Archaeologists in southern Greece have discovered the grave of a man and woman buried as they died some 5,800 years ago - still...
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Researchers test brain stem device to help deaf childrenFeb 13, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - At age 3, Angelica Lopez is helping to break a sound barrier for deaf children. Born without working auditory nerves, she can detect sounds for the first ti...
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Should we call the cosmos seeking ET? Or is that risky?Feb 12, 2015 10:00 pm - SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Astronomers have their own version of the single person's dilemma: Do you wait by the phone for a call from that certain someone? Or do you make ...