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Science Project Fuels Airport Bomb Scare

Matt Cantor — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:07:03 CDT

A college student's science project prompted a panic at Dallas Love Field airport yesterday, with authorities evacuating hundreds of people and detaining 11 passengers. As college students and their professor exited a Southwest Airlines plane that had flown in from Kansas City, one left a "robotic device" on board; a...

At Last, Collider Gets Atoms Smashing

Will McCahill — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:09:30 CST

For the first time, the world’s largest, most expensive science experiment worked as it was supposed to today, with the Large Hadron Collider sending beams of protons smashing into each other—as envisioned when it first opened in 2008. The 17-mile track underneath the French-Swiss Alps has seen more than...

Spanish Teens + $82 Balloon = Stunning Space Pics

Harry Kimball — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:49:59 CDT

A group of Spanish high-school students has successfully sent a balloon and camera package 20 miles above the surface of the Earth, scoring stunning pictures of space, the Telegraph reports—and on a budget of about $82. “We were overwhelmed at our results, especially the photographs,” the team’s 18-year-old leader...