Articles filed under Science
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Solar plane lands near WashingtonJun 16, 2013 9:46 am - WASHINGTON — A solar-powered plane nearing the close of a cross-continental journey landed at Dulles International Airport outside the nation’s capital early Sunday, onl...
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Village must change course on ash treesJun 10, 2013 5:00 am - The village approved spending $300,000 for a flood control study but warned there are no funds for improvements. The study will analyze the sewer system, 2011 flood and ...
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Weakened Andrea breaks Northeast rainfall recordsJun 08, 2013 3:59 pm - NEW YORK — The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season smashed rainfall totals across the Northeast and pushed some streams and creeks over their banks but sp...
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Tech makes tracking cicada spawn easierJun 08, 2013 7:55 am - The last time cicadas took over the eastern U.S., researchers used pencils, postcards and paper maps to track the insects, which spawn every 17 years. Now, the tools are...
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Boston hospital cleaning 2,500-year-old mummyJun 07, 2013 4:46 pm - BOSTON — A 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy came out of his coffin Friday to undergo cleaning and restoration at Massachusetts General Hospital. The mummy known as Padiher...
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Mars rover driving to new spotJun 07, 2013 4:40 pm - LOS ANGELES — NASA’s Opportunity rover is rolling across the Martian surface again, leaving behind a clay-rich rock in search of more discoveries. Mission managers said ...
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Elgin man part of team that discovers rare fossilJun 06, 2013 5:15 am - An Elgin anthropologist is part of a team of international researchers that discovered the fossil of a 55 million-year-old tiny primate from China that's unique because ...
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Storied nuke plant becomes environmental wastelandJun 01, 2013 6:45 pm - Storied nuke plant becomes environmental wasteland
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Reality catches up with sci-fi in storm dronesJun 01, 2013 1:29 pm - TULSA, Okla. — At the time it premiered, “Twister” put forth a fantastical science fiction idea: Release probes into a storm in order to figure out which tornadoes could...
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New study restores famed fossil to “bird” branchMay 29, 2013 1:50 pm - LOS ANGELES — A raven-sized creature that lived about 150 million years ago is back on its perch, a new study says. Widely pegged as the earliest known bird, Archaeopte...