Articles filed under Science
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Explore mysteries of the universe with the experts at FermilabJun 05, 2014 11:00 pm - The Fermilab Summer Lecture Series continues with "The Quantum Universe" by University of California-Berkeley professor Hitoshi Murayama at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, in...
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NASA to test giant Mars parachute on EarthJun 01, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - The skies off the Hawaiian island of Kauai will be a stand-in for Mars as NASA prepares to launch a saucer-shaped vehicle in an experimental flight designe...
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Obama's boldest move on carbon comes with perilsMay 31, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The new pollution rule the Obama administration announces Monday will be a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's environmental legacy and arguably the mos...
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White House proposes updated Great Lakes planMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Obama administration on Friday proposed an updated five-year blueprint for Great Lakes environmental protection that would put greater emphasi...
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Study: Species disappearing far faster than beforeMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Species of plants and animals are becoming extinct at least 1,000 times faster than they did before humans arrived on the scene, and the world is on the bri...
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Physics panel to feds: Let Fermilab beam neutrinosMay 22, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The U.S. should build a billion-dollar project to beam ghostlike subatomic particles 800 miles underground from Fermi National Accelerator Lab in Batavia to...
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'Aliens of sea' provide new insight into evolutionMay 21, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Exotic sea creatures called comb jellies may reshape how scientists view early evolution - as their genes suggest nature created more than one way to make a...
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States move to expand access to experimental drugsMay 17, 2014 1:01 am - DENVER - Nick Auden didn't live to see the legislation, but the case of the Denver melanoma patient who died while seeking access to an experimental drug helped inspire ...
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot shrinking before our eyesMay 15, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Jupiter's Great Red Spot seems to be on a cosmic diet, shrinking rapidly before our eyes. Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope calculate that the s...
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Quinn attends climate meeting in IowaMay 14, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn has attended another meeting of President Barack Obama's Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience. The Chicago Democrat made a sto...