Articles filed under Science
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Observatory opens for ‘Not the End of the World’Dec 11, 2012 3:45 pm - Harper College astronomy instructors have a hunch the world won’t really end on Dec. 21. When it doesn’t, they’ll celebrate with a free midday observatory party allowing...
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Drug makers’ interference with generics gets high court reviewDec 07, 2012 2:47 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will take a close look at payments from brand-name drug makers to manufacturers of generic equivalents to keep the no-name products off th...
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Below surface, moon reveals a “shattered” historyDec 05, 2012 12:59 pm - LOS ANGELES — The moon took quite a beating in its early days, more than previously believed, scientists reported Wednesday. This surprising new view of the moon comes ...
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Mars rover: No surprise in soil testDec 03, 2012 6:03 pm - LOS ANGELES — NASA’s Curiosity rover has indeed found something in the Martian dirt. But so far, there’s no definitive sign of the chemical ingredients necessary to supp...
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U.S. aims to double habitat for spotted owlNov 22, 2012 6:13 am - GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The last building block of the Obama administration’s strategy unveiled Wednesday to keep the northern spotted owl from extinction nearly doubles the...
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Study: Distant dwarf planet has no atmosphereNov 22, 2012 6:13 am - WASHINGTON — Astronomers say Pluto’s icy more distant sister seems even more alien than thought because it doesn’t have an atmosphere. Scientists gained that bit of new ...
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NASA scientists eyeing regional dust storm on MarsNov 22, 2012 6:01 am - PASADENA, Calif. — NASA is tracking a regional dust storm on Mars, but says it has not affected the operations of its two rovers on the surface. The space agency said We...
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Dark matter detector nearing activation in mineNov 20, 2012 5:56 pm - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Scientists hoping to detect dark matter deep in a former South Dakota gold mine have taken the last major step before flipping the switch on their de...
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Cavemen started hunting earlier than thoughtNov 17, 2012 6:53 am - NEW YORK — Scientists found evidence that human ancestors used stone-tipped weapons 200,000 years earlier than once thought, findings that may change notions about the s...
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NIU professors from suburbs studying what's beneath Antarctic ice shelfNov 12, 2012 10:00 pm - What's in the water deep below the ice in West Antarctica? And will it help scientists figure out how the ice shelf moves and melts, and how it relates to the theory of ...