Articles filed under Science
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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...
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Harper College team scores big at NASA rocket competitionMay 26, 2013 11:00 pm - Along with being a place to launch an education, Harper College is also where students can learn to launch rockets. A team of five Harper and three DeVry students place...
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Buffalo Grove boy advocates for disabled older brotherMay 25, 2013 11:00 pm - Profoundly disabled teenager Max Randell never has been able to write or utter a single word. But his little brother, Alex, says the 15-year-old communicates with loved ...
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Yee-haw! NASA plans to lasso an asteroidMay 23, 2013 3:57 pm - PASADENA, Calif. — Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid ...
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Fermilab opens new playgroundMay 22, 2013 10:00 am - A new feature at the Lederman Science Center at Fermilab uses kids' energy to teach them about energy, mass and matter. Tuesday, the center dedicated “Run Like a Proton,...
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Experts: CO2 record illustrates ‘scary’ trendMay 11, 2013 8:04 pm - WASHINGTON — The old saying that “what goes up must come down” doesn’t apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone. The chief gre...
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Greenhouse gas milestone; CO2 levels set recordMay 10, 2013 8:20 pm - WASHINGTON — Worldwide levels of the chief greenhouse gas that causes global warming have hit a milestone, reaching an amount never before encountered by humans, federal...