Articles filed under Science
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Fermilab theorist: 'God particle' could end our universeFeb 28, 2013 11:00 am - Cue "It's the End of the World As We Know It" for background music. A Fermilab particle physics theorist announced last week that, given what has been learned about the...
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Tycoon wants to send married couple on Mars flybyFeb 27, 2013 6:40 pm - WASHINGTON — It’s a road trip that could test the best of marriages: Mars. A tycoon announced plans Wednesday to send a middle-aged couple on a privately built spaceship...
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Black holes in galaxies rotate really fast, study findsFeb 27, 2013 3:40 pm - LOS ANGELES — There’s a new spin on supermassive black holes: They’re incredibly fast, astronomers say. It’s long been suspected that gigantic black holes lurking in the...
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Argonne scientist moonlights as 'Breaking Bad' actorFeb 25, 2013 10:00 pm - He's spent years contributing to important, high-level science projects - helping make nuclear power safer and improving the durability of energy products. Yet, what's ...
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DNA privacy gets first Supreme Court testFeb 23, 2013 9:00 am - When Alonzo King was arrested for assault in 2009 after pointing a shotgun at several people, authorities had no reason to think he was also a rapist. Then officials swa...
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Six Hanford nuclear tanks leakingFeb 22, 2013 6:05 pm - YAKIMA, Wash. — Six underground tanks that hold a brew of radioactive and toxic waste at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site are leaking, Washington Gov. Jay Ins...
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Zoo institute seeks to better engage youthFeb 22, 2013 3:33 pm - A new educational institute at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo is launching several initiatives to better engage young people in science learning. The Hurvis Center for Learn...
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Study: Asian carp DNA may not signal live fishFeb 20, 2013 4:04 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Live Asian carp don’t necessarily have to be present for their DNA to turn up in the environment, according to a government study released Wednesd...
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Cuba, California report possible meteor explosionsFeb 16, 2013 12:23 pm - HAVANA — Cuba apparently experienced a phenomenon similar to but smaller than the meteorite that detonated over Russia this week, island media reported, with startled re...
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Armageddon not in the stars as UN takes aim at asteroidsFeb 16, 2013 6:04 am - For an anxious world suddenly attuned to the risks from asteroids, a reassuring message is coming from Vienna: Don’t worry, earthlings, the United Nations is on the job....