Articles filed under Science
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New study sheds light on meat, mummies in ancient tombsDec 29, 2013 5:00 am - So you’ve gone through all the trouble of mummifying a loved one. You’ve hired embalmers to remove her organs, treat her body with a precise mixture of oils and balms, a...
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Otters make major comeback in IllinoisDec 25, 2013 2:58 pm - DANVILLE, Ill. — As a sixth grader in 1997, Josh Gabehart opened one of the pens that held 15 river otters being released at Kennekuk County Park in an effort to reintro...
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Astronauts complete rare Christmas Eve spacewalkDec 24, 2013 7:38 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space station astronauts repaired a crippled cooling system during a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk Tuesday, braving a “mini blizzard” of noxious am...
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University to test pot for contaminantsDec 24, 2013 7:18 pm - WEST HAVEN, Conn. — The microscope at the University of New Haven, set at 10-times magnification, shows a marijuana leaf covered with dozens of tiny bumps. It’s mold, an...
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NASA astronauts tackle urgent spacewalking repairsDec 21, 2013 10:49 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts removed an old space station pump Saturday, sailing through the first of a series of urgent repair spacewalks to revive a crippled cool...
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Feds begin killing barred owls to help spotted owlDec 20, 2013 3:41 pm - GRANTS PASS, Ore. — An experiment to see if killing invasive barred owls will help the threatened northern spotted owl reverse its decline toward extinction is underway ...
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Durbin, Kirk support Argonne mass transit studyDec 20, 2013 6:06 am - Illinois’ two U.S. senators say they’re supporting a proposal by Argonne National Laboratory to conduct new federal research into mass transit safety. Argonne wants to l...
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Illini grad to go for a walk in spaceDec 18, 2013 7:09 am - URBANA — A University of Illinois graduate who is an astronaut on the International Space Station is scheduled to walk in space to make repairs to a pump with a bad valv...
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Navy expands sonar testing despite troubling signsDec 15, 2013 6:18 pm - SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Navy plans to increase sonar testing over the next five years, even as research it funded reveals worrying signs that the loud underwater noise coul...
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Register now for Kane County Certified Naturalist programDec 13, 2013 2:56 pm - Ankle-deep in the water, a student peered into the creek. She gingerly reached for a creature crawling under the water. It disappeared under a rock. Mustering up courage...