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NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander

Read full article: NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander

A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander.

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2 days ago

UK lawmakers back a bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives

Read full article: UK lawmakers back a bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives

U.K. lawmakers have backed a bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives in a historic vote in Parliament that takes it a step nearer to becoming law.

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The summer solstice is here. What to know about the longest day of the year

Read full article: The summer solstice is here. What to know about the longest day of the year

Summer gets its official start in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of the summer solstice.

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3 days ago

Fact Focus: US and Israeli strikes on Iran nuclear sites pose limited radiation risks

Read full article: Fact Focus: US and Israeli strikes on Iran nuclear sites pose limited radiation risks

The United States has joined Israel in its attacks on Iran’s nuclear program.

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3 days ago

Iranian missile strikes Israel's 'crown jewel of science'

Read full article: Iranian missile strikes Israel's 'crown jewel of science'

For years, Israel has assassinated Iranian nuclear scientists, hoping to choke progress on Iran’s nuclear program by striking at the brains behind it.

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Government says Harvard researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos brought 'biological materials'

Read full article: Government says Harvard researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos brought 'biological materials'

Attorneys argued over whether a Harvard University researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos brought “biological materials” into the U.S. Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born scientist conducting cancer research for Harvard Medical School, appeared in Massachusetts federal court Wednesday for a probable cause hearing, where government and defense attorneys argued over whether she brought “biological materials” into the U.S. She was returning from a vacation from France in February when she was...

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The US plans to open a fly factory in Texas as part of its fight against a flesh-eating parasite

Read full article: The US plans to open a fly factory in Texas as part of its fight against a flesh-eating parasite

The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year to breed millions of the insects in Texas near the border with Mexico as part of an effort to keep a flesh-eating parasite from infesting American cattle.

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Early humans survived in a range of extreme environments before global migration, study says

Read full article: Early humans survived in a range of extreme environments before global migration, study says

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.

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Meet the bug that uses the stars to navigate hundreds of miles

Read full article: Meet the bug that uses the stars to navigate hundreds of miles

A new study finds an Australian moth follows the stars during its yearly migration, using the night sky as a guiding compass.

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This photo of the nearby Sculptor galaxy spans 65,000 light years

Read full article: This photo of the nearby Sculptor galaxy spans 65,000 light years

Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors.

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Had a belly full. Could Chinese swimmers have eaten 5 kilos of food en route to failed doping test?

Read full article: Had a belly full. Could Chinese swimmers have eaten 5 kilos of food en route to failed doping test?

The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency told senators that Chinese swimmers would have had to ingest around 11 pounds, or five kilograms of food to test for the amounts of the performance enhancer that resulted in the much-debated positive drug tests from 2021 that were later disregarded.

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Volcanic eruption in Indonesia forces evacuations and flight cancelations

Read full article: Volcanic eruption in Indonesia forces evacuations and flight cancelations

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki has erupted with giant ash and smoke plumes again after forcing evacuations of villages and flight cancelations, including to and from the resort island of Bali.

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Eruption of Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano creates ash plume visible 90 miles away

Read full article: Eruption of Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano creates ash plume visible 90 miles away

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in south-central Indonesia has erupted, spewing towering columns of hot ash.

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Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he's never seen such discrimination in 40 years

Read full article: Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he's never seen such discrimination in 40 years

A federal judge says it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants issued by the National Institutes of Health.

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A look at the first artificial solar eclipses created by two European satellites

Read full article: A look at the first artificial solar eclipses created by two European satellites

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses through precise and fancy formation flying.

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Houston oncologist discusses groundbreaking treatment in cancer medicine

Read full article: Houston oncologist discusses groundbreaking treatment in cancer medicine

It’s a revolution in cancer treatment, and it’s available right here in Houston. Dr. Philip Salem, oncologist and founder of Salem Oncology, recently stopped by Houston Life, alongside his patient, Hans Lengers, to chat about ICTriplex and its groundbreaking results.

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Space station leak concerns will delay visit by astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

Read full article: Space station leak concerns will delay visit by astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

A chartered spaceflight for India, Poland and Hungary's first astronauts in decades has been delayed indefinitely because of leak concerns at the International Space Station.

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A grassland bird eavesdrops on prairie dog calls to keep itself safe from predators

Read full article: A grassland bird eavesdrops on prairie dog calls to keep itself safe from predators

New research says long-billed curlews listen to alarm barks from prairie dog colonies to protect themselves from predators.

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Ping, ping ping. Here's what it's like to drive into a big hailstorm in the name of science

Read full article: Ping, ping ping. Here's what it's like to drive into a big hailstorm in the name of science

A team of about 60 researchers are spending six weeks in the Great Plains chasing hail.

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Trump EPA moves to repeal climate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants

Read full article: Trump EPA moves to repeal climate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to eliminate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas.

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Emperor penguins show dramatic decline in one region of Antarctica, satellite photos show

Read full article: Emperor penguins show dramatic decline in one region of Antarctica, satellite photos show

Satellite photos show emperor penguins in one region of Antarctica declined 22% in the past 15 years.

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When a fox says ‘help’ in London, there’s often an ambulance on its way

Read full article: When a fox says ‘help’ in London, there’s often an ambulance on its way

The red fox is such a fixture of life in London that it has its own ambulance service.

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US reports the arrest of another Chinese scientist with no permit to send biological material

Read full article: US reports the arrest of another Chinese scientist with no permit to send biological material

A Chinese scientist has been arrested while arriving in the U.S. in Detroit.

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How a lab recreates hurricane storm surge to protect coastal communities

Read full article: How a lab recreates hurricane storm surge to protect coastal communities

Inside the University of Miami's SUSTAIN Laboratory, scientists are creating Category 5 hurricanes on demand in the world's largest hurricane simulator, leading to breakthrough discoveries about deadly storm surge that could revolutionize how coastal cities protect themselves against increasingly powerful storms.

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Video shows dolphin calf birth and first breath at Chicago zoo. Mom's friend helped

Read full article: Video shows dolphin calf birth and first breath at Chicago zoo. Mom's friend helped

A bottlenose dolphin at the Brookfield Zoo Chicago gave birth to a calf early Saturday morning with the help of a fellow mom.

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Elon Musk pulls back on threat to withdraw Dragon spacecraft

Read full article: Elon Musk pulls back on threat to withdraw Dragon spacecraft

Elon Musk is dialing back his threat to decommission a capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station for NASA.

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UN nuclear agency members draft resolution accusing Iran of failing to meet obligations

Read full article: UN nuclear agency members draft resolution accusing Iran of failing to meet obligations

Western nations are planning to table a resolution at an IAEA meeting that will find Iran in non-compliance with its so-called safeguards obligations for the first time in 20 years, a senior western diplomat said.

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Cutting off rhinos' horns is a contentious last resort to stop poaching. A new study found it works

Read full article: Cutting off rhinos' horns is a contentious last resort to stop poaching. A new study found it works

A study published in the academic journal Science has found that cutting off the horns of rhinos in Africa leads to a reduction in poaching of the endangered species.

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Welcome to kitten season, when animal shelters need all the help they can get

Read full article: Welcome to kitten season, when animal shelters need all the help they can get

It's kitten season in warm-weather areas and animal shelters need all the help they can get.

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Canada's first astronaut and former Foreign Minister Marc Garneau dies at 76

Read full article: Canada's first astronaut and former Foreign Minister Marc Garneau dies at 76

Former astronaut and Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau has died.

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Private lunar lander from Japan crashes into moon in failed mission

Read full article: Private lunar lander from Japan crashes into moon in failed mission

A private lunar lander from Japan has crashed into the moon.

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Dilly Dally the sea turtle returns to the ocean after flipper amputation

Read full article: Dilly Dally the sea turtle returns to the ocean after flipper amputation

An adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally is back in the Atlantic Ocean, months after having a front flipper amputated at a Florida turtle hospital.

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What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus US authorities say was smuggled in from China?

Read full article: What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus US authorities say was smuggled in from China?

Federal prosecutors have charged two Chinese researchers with smuggling a crop-killing fungus into the U.S. last summer.

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A Virginia museum found 4 Confederate soldiers' remains. It's trying to identify them

Read full article: A Virginia museum found 4 Confederate soldiers' remains. It's trying to identify them

Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.

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US says it broke up effort to bring toxic fungus to Michigan lab from China

Read full article: US says it broke up effort to bring toxic fungus to Michigan lab from China

Two scientists from China have been charged in Michigan in what the FBI says was an effort to bring a toxic fungus to the U.S. Investigators say the pathogen can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice and sicken livestock and people.

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A long-running experiment finds a tiny particle is still acting weird

Read full article: A long-running experiment finds a tiny particle is still acting weird

Final results from a long-running U.S.-based experiment show a tiny particle continues to act strangely -- but that’s still good news for the laws of physics as we know them.

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What made Mount Etna's latest eruption so rare

Read full article: What made Mount Etna's latest eruption so rare

Mount Etna has again captivated the world with a spectacular show.

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Scientists say a record amount of seaweed hit the Caribbean and nearby areas in May

Read full article: Scientists say a record amount of seaweed hit the Caribbean and nearby areas in May

A new report says that a record 38 million metric tons of sargassum piled up across the Caribbean and nearby areas in May, with more expected this month.

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‘Wall of Wind’ helps researchers understand hurricanes, build stronger communities

Read full article: ‘Wall of Wind’ helps researchers understand hurricanes, build stronger communities

Florida International University’s 'Wall of Wind' simulates hurricane winds up to 150 mph, helping researchers improve building resilience and safety standards to reduce disaster impacts on communities.

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How a new planetarium show helped scientists unlock a cosmic secret

Read full article: How a new planetarium show helped scientists unlock a cosmic secret

Scientists say a new planetarium show about the Milky Way has helped them unlock one of the solar system’s many secrets.

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Northern lights could be visible again in some US states after weekend solar storms

Read full article: Northern lights could be visible again in some US states after weekend solar storms

Space weather forecasters say northern lights may be visible in parts of the northern United States following weekend solar storms.

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Milky Way's chance of colliding with galaxy billions of years from now? New study puts odds at 50-50

Read full article: Milky Way's chance of colliding with galaxy billions of years from now? New study puts odds at 50-50

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all.

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Sicily's Mount Etna erupts with columns of smoke and ash

Read full article: Sicily's Mount Etna erupts with columns of smoke and ash

Sicily’s Mount Etna has put on a fiery show, sending a cloud of smoke and ash miles into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population.

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Archaeologists find new evidence of ancient slave labor in southern Iraq

Read full article: Archaeologists find new evidence of ancient slave labor in southern Iraq

A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a massive agricultural system built by slave labor.

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Strauss' 'Blue Danube' is beamed into space as Vienna celebrates with a concert

Read full article: Strauss' 'Blue Danube' is beamed into space as Vienna celebrates with a concert

Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA's Voyagers.

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Trump says he's withdrawing the nomination of Musk associate Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

Read full article: Trump says he's withdrawing the nomination of Musk associate Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

President Donald Trump says he's withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, an associate of Trump adviser Elon Musk, to lead NASA.

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FAA demands an accident investigation into SpaceX's latest out-of-control Starship flight

Read full article: FAA demands an accident investigation into SpaceX's latest out-of-control Starship flight

The Federal Aviation Administration is demanding an accident investigation into the out-of-control Starship flight by SpaceX.

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Half of world's population endured extra month of extreme heat due to climate change, experts say

Read full article: Half of world's population endured extra month of extreme heat due to climate change, experts say

Scientists say 4 billion people, about half the world’s population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025.

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US supercomputer named after Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna to power AI and scientific research

Read full article: US supercomputer named after Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna to power AI and scientific research

A new supercomputer named after a winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry will help power artificial intelligence technology and scientific discoveries from a perch in the hills above the University of California, Berkeley, federal officials said Thursday.

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What would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out? This decades-long experiment has some answers

Read full article: What would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out? This decades-long experiment has some answers

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future.

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China launches spacecraft it says will return samples and yield 'groundbreaking discoveries'

Read full article: China launches spacecraft it says will return samples and yield 'groundbreaking discoveries'

China's space agency says it has launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from a pair of asteroids near Mars and yield “groundbreaking discoveries and expand humanity’s knowledge of the cosmos."

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Ancient DNA reveals a new group of people who lived near land bridge between the Americas

Read full article: Ancient DNA reveals a new group of people who lived near land bridge between the Americas

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient people who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America.

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Judge: Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos was unlawfully detained by ICE

Read full article: Judge: Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos was unlawfully detained by ICE

A federal judge in Vermont has granted a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher release from immigration custody as she deals with a criminal charge of smuggling frog embryos into the U.S. Colleagues and academics testified Wednesday on Kseniia Petrova’s behalf, saying she is doing valuable research in pursuing cures for cancer.

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A new variant of COVID-19 may be driving up cases in some parts of the world, WHO says

Read full article: A new variant of COVID-19 may be driving up cases in some parts of the world, WHO says

A new variant of COVID-19 is circulating in parts of the world and may be driving an increase in cases in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions.

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Astronomers discover strange new celestial object in our Milky Way galaxy

Read full article: Astronomers discover strange new celestial object in our Milky Way galaxy

Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy.

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SpaceX launches another Starship rocket after back-to-back explosions, but it tumbles out of control

Read full article: SpaceX launches another Starship rocket after back-to-back explosions, but it tumbles out of control

SpaceX has launched its Starship mega rocket again after back-to-back explosions.

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What is Manhattanhenge and when can you see it?

Read full article: What is Manhattanhenge and when can you see it?

Twice per year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated to a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers.

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Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier

Read full article: Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier

Texas has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in decades.

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Slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima will be used in the prime minister's flower beds

Read full article: Slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima will be used in the prime minister's flower beds

Japan plans to use some of the slightly radioactive soil removed from across Fukushima prefecture on flower beds outside Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s office.

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Scientists date the oldest known tools made from whale bones to 20,000 years ago

Read full article: Scientists date the oldest known tools made from whale bones to 20,000 years ago

Scientists have pinpointed the oldest known evidence of humans making tools from whale bone.

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Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them

Read full article: Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them

As the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the U.S. lost their jobs or grants.

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Strauss' 'Blue Danube' waltz is launching into space to mark his 200th birthday

Read full article: Strauss' 'Blue Danube' waltz is launching into space to mark his 200th birthday

Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth.

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Uncommon May nor’easter brings rain and snow to New England states just before Memorial Day weekend

Read full article: Uncommon May nor’easter brings rain and snow to New England states just before Memorial Day weekend

An unusual May nor’easter is pulling away from New England after soaking the region and setting some record cold temperatures.

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How the Trump administration's move will affect Harvard's international students

Read full article: How the Trump administration's move will affect Harvard's international students

The efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to prevent Harvard University from enrolling international students have struck at the core of the Ivy League school’s identity and unsettled current and prospective students around the world.

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Get ready for another busy Atlantic hurricane season, but maybe not as crazy as 2024

Read full article: Get ready for another busy Atlantic hurricane season, but maybe not as crazy as 2024

With warmer-than-normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic.

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Rare May nor'easter brings rain and chance of snow to New England before Memorial Day

Read full article: Rare May nor'easter brings rain and chance of snow to New England before Memorial Day

An unusual May nor’easter is soaking New England and threatening to bring snow to higher elevations as the states prepared for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

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NASA's Mars Perseverance snaps a selfie as a Martian dust devil blows by

Read full article: NASA's Mars Perseverance snaps a selfie as a Martian dust devil blows by

The latest selfie by NASA's Perseverance rover at Mars has captured an unexpected guest: a Martian dust devil.

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Clownfish shrink their bodies to survive ocean heat waves

Read full article: Clownfish shrink their bodies to survive ocean heat waves

New research finds clownfish shrink their bodies to survive warming oceans.

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STEM superstars! The Listers’ passion takes them to Times Square and beyond

Read full article: STEM superstars! The Listers’ passion takes them to Times Square and beyond

We're catching up with our favorite STEM family, The Listers! From a billboard in times square to a STEM carnival in Africa -- Crystal, Kevin, Krissy, and Kinsley Lister have been busy! We'll find out what they've been up to and all the ways they continue to spread science, math, engineering, and technology education with the world. Plus, they showed us how to get lit in Studio B with a fun and fiery science experiment.

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Markers in blood and urine may reveal how much ultraprocessed food we are eating

Read full article: Markers in blood and urine may reveal how much ultraprocessed food we are eating

Scientists have identified molecules from blood and urine that may reveal how much energy a person consumes from ultraprocessed foods.

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Takeaways from AP's report on creationist beliefs 100 years after the Scopes trial

Read full article: Takeaways from AP's report on creationist beliefs 100 years after the Scopes trial

Some people thought the 1925 Scopes monkey trial marked a cultural defeat for biblical fundamentalism.

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With a massive ark and museum, he spreads creationism a century after Scopes trial. He’s not alone

Read full article: With a massive ark and museum, he spreads creationism a century after Scopes trial. He’s not alone

The 1925 Scopes monkey trial famously put the spotlight on evolution and appeared to mark a defeat for biblical fundamentalism.

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Caught on camera, capuchin monkeys kidnap howler monkey babies

Read full article: Caught on camera, capuchin monkeys kidnap howler monkey babies

Scientists have found evidence of monkey kidnappings in Panama.

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RFK Jr. pledged not to upend US vaccine system, but big changes are underway

Read full article: RFK Jr. pledged not to upend US vaccine system, but big changes are underway

Health agencies working under Robert F.

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Morocco unveils policies it hopes bolster the care and management of stray dogs

Read full article: Morocco unveils policies it hopes bolster the care and management of stray dogs

Morocco is expanding its efforts to humanely manage the millions of stray dogs that roam the country's streets.

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Trump budget would cut ocean data and leave boaters, anglers and forecasters scrambling for info

Read full article: Trump budget would cut ocean data and leave boaters, anglers and forecasters scrambling for info

Sweeping research cuts in President Donald Trump's proposed budget would target an ocean-monitoring system that scientists say is crucial to predicting tsunami escape routes and hurricane intensity and helping ships navigate dangerous harbors safely.

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Indian space agency's satellite mission fails due to technical issue in launch vehicle

Read full article: Indian space agency's satellite mission fails due to technical issue in launch vehicle

The Indian space agency’s mission to launch into orbit a new Earth observation satellite has failed after the launch vehicle encountered a technical issue during the third stage of flight.

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Harvard researcher charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos to be transferred to Massachusetts

Read full article: Harvard researcher charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos to be transferred to Massachusetts

A federal judge has ordered the transfer of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher facing deportation from Louisiana, where she was detained by immigration authorities, to Massachusetts, where she has been charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos.

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The FBI is disbanding one of its Washington-based public corruption squads, AP sources say

Read full article: The FBI is disbanding one of its Washington-based public corruption squads, AP sources say

The FBI is disbanding a Washington-based squad that investigates allegations of fraud and public corruption against members of Congress and other federal officials.

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Gene editing helped a desperately ill baby thrive. Scientists say it could someday treat millions

Read full article: Gene editing helped a desperately ill baby thrive. Scientists say it could someday treat millions

A baby born with a rare and dangerous genetic disease is thriving after getting an experimental gene editing treatment made just for him.

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What the EPA's partial rollback of the 'forever chemical' drinking water rule means

Read full article: What the EPA's partial rollback of the 'forever chemical' drinking water rule means

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will roll back limits on several types of what are known as forever chemicals in drinking water.

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Early human ancestors used their hands to both climb trees and make tools, new study shows

Read full article: Early human ancestors used their hands to both climb trees and make tools, new study shows

A new study shows two species of early human ancestors used their hands for both climbing and tool-making.

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NASA rover spies the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye

Read full article: NASA rover spies the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye.

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How ancient reptile footprints are rewriting the history of when animals evolved to live on land

Read full article: How ancient reptile footprints are rewriting the history of when animals evolved to live on land

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone recovered near Melbourne.

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Bright auroras on Jupiter are captured by Webb Space Telescope

Read full article: Bright auroras on Jupiter are captured by Webb Space Telescope

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal that Jupiter’s dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth.

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Trump administration fires top copyright official days after firing Librarian of Congress

Read full article: Trump administration fires top copyright official days after firing Librarian of Congress

The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official, Shira Perlmutter.

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Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit

Read full article: Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit

A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus.

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Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests

Read full article: Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests

A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors.

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Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a form of ancient communication

Read full article: Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a form of ancient communication

A new study shows that chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks.

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Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to plummet to Earth this weekend after 53 years

Read full article: Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to plummet to Earth this weekend after 53 years

A half-ton spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend.

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US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change

Read full article: US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it will no longer track the cost of weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more.

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Eggs are less likely to crack when dropped on their side, according to science

Read full article: Eggs are less likely to crack when dropped on their side, according to science

New experiments show eggs are less likely to crack when they fall on their side.

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Baby seal stabbed on Oregon coast prompts search for suspect

Read full article: Baby seal stabbed on Oregon coast prompts search for suspect

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it is searching for the person who stabbed a baby seal multiple times on a beach in Oregon.

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Smoke from climate-fueled wildfires contributed to thousands of US deaths over 15 years, study says

Read full article: Smoke from climate-fueled wildfires contributed to thousands of US deaths over 15 years, study says

A new study out in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment finds that wildfires fueled by climate change are linked to as many as thousands of annual deaths and billions of dollars in economic burden.

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Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya given $7,700 fine or 1-year prison sentence

Read full article: Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya given $7,700 fine or 1-year prison sentence

Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya have been fined $7,700 or the option to serve 12 months in prison — the minimum penalty for the offense — for violating wildlife conservation laws.

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Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ahead of a June touchdown

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A private lunar lander from Japan is now orbiting the moon, with just another month to go before it attempts a touchdown.

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Democratic senators press Trump administration on how it will protect endangered species

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Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species — and whether industry had a hand in drafting it.

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Europe launches a drive to attract scientists and researchers after Trump freezes US funding

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The European Union is launching a drive to attract scientists and researchers with offers of grants and new policy plans.

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EPA announces broad reorganization that includes shuffle of scientific research

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The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced a broad reorganization as part of the Trump administration’s drive to cut costs that some activists worry will harm the agency’s independent scientific research.

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A community rallied to share flu shot experiences. Then the government stopped the study

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Some Denver parents got texts during this winter's brutal flu season with videos sharing why people in their neighborhoods chose flu shots for their kids.

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