Articles filed under Science
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Pure science = pure fun at Fermilab open houseFeb 08, 2015 12:00 am - Fermilab proved Sunday that pure science could be pure fun at its annual Family Open House that drew thousands to Wilson Hall on the Batavia campus. Supported in part by...
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SpaceX calls off launch of space weather satelliteFeb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX called off Sunday's planned launch of a deep-space observatory - and a revolutionary rocket-landing attempt - after a critical radar-t...
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2 weeks before Oscars, academy hosts night of nerdsFeb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, California - Two weeks before the glamour of the Oscars, the film academy hosted its annual "night of the nerds" honoring software engineers, digital proj...
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Students test skills at Science Olympiad Invitational in GrayslakeFeb 07, 2015 12:00 am - Hallie Olsen never really liked bugs, until her seventh-grade science teacher urged her to take an entomology class. "I ended up really liking it," said the 12-year-old ...
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Rocket booster aiming for ocean barge in redo of SpaceX testFeb 06, 2015 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A space weather satellite is poised to blast off Sunday for a destination 1 million miles away, but it's the rocket's ocean landing that is s...
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Skull not Gettysburg soldier's, but 700 years oldFeb 06, 2015 12:00 am - GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Experts say a skull nearly auctioned off as that of a Civil War soldier killed at Gettysburg is actually more than 700 years old and from the Southwest...
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New $39 million Oakton science and health building open for classesJan 31, 2015 6:43 am - The $39 million Margaret Burke Lee Science and Health Careers Center has opened at Oakton Community College - the culmination of the largest construction project since t...
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Balloonists land safely in MexicoJan 31, 2015 12:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Two pilots in a helium-filled balloon landed safely off the coast of Mexico early Saturday after an audacious, nearly 7,000-mile-long trip across the...
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NASA launches Earth-observing satelliteJan 30, 2015 10:00 pm - VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - A NASA satellite lifted off early Saturday with the hope it will transmit data that will help the world do a better job of prepa...
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Milk industry has a cow, takes on bad publicityJan 30, 2015 12:01 am - NEW YORK - Embattled milk producers launched a social media campaign this week to rebuild public confidence in the health benefits of their product. But how healthy is i...