Articles filed under Science
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World's biggest particle collider restarts after long breakApr 22, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The world's biggest particle accelerator restarted on Friday after a break of more than three years for upgrading and maintenance work. The 27-kilometer (1...
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Program helps Congo families protect endangered gorillasApr 22, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Decades of conservation efforts have stabilized the population of endangered mountain gorillas in eastern Africa. But the number of Grauer's gorillas -...
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Fermilab gets the go-ahead to start building new linear accelerator anticipated worldwideApr 22, 2022 1:00 am - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia can start building a new superconducting radio-frequency linear accelerator that will help scientists in their quest to ...
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Cleaner Earth: Healing ozone hole, less smog, more eaglesApr 21, 2022 7:00 am - With climate change, plastic pollution and a potential sixth mass extinction, humanity has made some incredible messes in the world. But when people, political factions...
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NASA moon rocket faces more flight delays as repairs mountApr 18, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The flight debut of NASA's mega moon rocket faces additional delays following a string of failed fueling tests. Officials said Monday it will...
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HBCU students, faculty press urgent need for climate actionApr 15, 2022 7:00 am - New Orleans (AP) - Both joy and frustration are in the air in New Orleans at the HBCU Climate Change Conference this week as environmental and climate advocates and rese...
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Fuel leak thwarts NASA's dress rehearsal for moon rocketApr 14, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's latest attempt to fuel its huge moon rocket for a countdown test was thwarted Thursday by a hazardous hydrogen leak, the latest in a s...
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There's still a way to reach global goal on climate changeApr 14, 2022 7:00 am - If nations do all that they've promised to fight climate change, the world can still meet one of two internationally agreed upon goals for limiting warming. But the plan...
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Constable: The Grove in Glenview hosts roots, remains of an amazing life and mysterious deathApr 14, 2022 5:00 am - One of the greatest naturalists of the 19th century, Robert Kennicott, or rather his skeleton, is on display at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington. His...
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Battle over carbon capture as tool to fight climate changeApr 13, 2022 7:00 am - Polly Glover realized her son had asthma when he was nine months old. Now 26, he carries an inhaler in his pocket whenever he's out and about in Prairieville, Louisiana,...