Articles filed under Science
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Scientists dig for fossils in LA a century laterOct 27, 2013 9:40 pm - LOS ANGELES — Surrounded by a gooey graveyard of prehistoric beasts, a small crew diligently wades through a backlog of fossil finds from a century of excavation at the ...
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Tests suggest baby born with HIV may be curedOct 23, 2013 5:43 pm - Doctors now have convincing evidence that they put HIV into remission, hopefully for good, in a Mississippi baby born with the AIDS virus — a medical first that is promp...
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FDA seeks pet owner help on dangerous jerky treatsOct 23, 2013 4:35 pm - WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is trying to solve a stubborn mystery surrounding the deaths of almost 600 dogs that ate jerky treats, and officials are ho...
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Turbine company won’t tap Mississippi RiverOct 18, 2013 4:08 pm - VICKSBURG, Miss. — A company has dropped plans to sink power-generating turbines in the Mississippi River. Retired Brig. Gen. Robert Crear has told a Vicksburg civic cl...
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DNA links mysterious Yeti to ancient polar bearOct 17, 2013 7:39 pm - LONDON — A British scientist says he may have solved the mystery of the Abominable Snowman — the elusive ape-like creature of the Himalayas. He thinks it’s a bear. DNA a...
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1.8 million-year-old skull gives glimpse of our evolutionOct 17, 2013 7:23 pm - DMANISI, Georgia — The discovery of a 1.8-million-year-old skull of a human ancestor buried under a medieval Georgian village provides a vivid picture of early evolution...
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Scott Carpenter, second U.S. astronaut in orbit, diesOct 10, 2013 3:57 pm - DENVER — Astronaut Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit the Earth and first person to explore both the heights of space and depths of the ocean, died Thursday a...
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NIU Antarctic study, Fermilab activities in jeopardy from federal shutdownOct 10, 2013 5:15 am - Last year at this time, Reed Scherer of Elburn was excited about his upcoming trip to Antarctica, where the Northern Illinois University professor would continue studyin...
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W. Dundee allows backyard beekeepingOct 01, 2013 6:57 pm - West Dundee has officially become a haven for homegrown honeybees. Last week, the village board voted 4-3 to remove its ban on honeybees, which allows residents to raise...
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Des Plaines Library to host student engineering expoSep 27, 2013 11:43 am - Students can explore engineering through a host of interactive activities led by structural engineers at an open house from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Des...