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Father of Jacksonville rapper testifies that his son is the person seen killing 23-year-old in ambush murder

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NIH cuts spotlight a hidden crisis facing patients with experimental brain implants

Read full article: NIH cuts spotlight a hidden crisis facing patients with experimental brain implants

People with experimental brain implants often turn to the treatment as a last resort, hoping to improve their health when everything else has failed.

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A science journal pulled a controversial study about a bizarre life form against the authors' wishes

Read full article: A science journal pulled a controversial study about a bizarre life form against the authors' wishes

A scientific journal has retracted a controversial study that hinted at the possibility of a bizarre life form.

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How to watch two meteor showers peak together in late July

Read full article: How to watch two meteor showers peak together in late July

It's almost time to catch summer's double meteor showers.

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Russia launches an Iranian communications satellite into orbit

Read full article: Russia launches an Iranian communications satellite into orbit

A Russian rocket has sent an Iranian communications satellite into orbit, highlighting strong ties between the two countries.

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Trump's AI plan calls for massive data centers. Here's how it may affect energy in the US

Read full article: Trump's AI plan calls for massive data centers. Here's how it may affect energy in the US

President Donald Trump’s plan to boost artificial intelligence and build data centers across the U.S. could speed up a building boom that was already expected to strain the nation’s ability to power it.

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Philanthropist Wendy Schmidt insists science and immersive media can inspire action for the planet

Read full article: Philanthropist Wendy Schmidt insists science and immersive media can inspire action for the planet

Philanthropist Wendy Schmidt and her husband, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, have long insisted that the scientific advancements they fund be shared widely and for the planet's protection.

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A 100,000-year-old burial site in Israel is changing what we know about early humans

Read full article: A 100,000-year-old burial site in Israel is changing what we know about early humans

Archaeologists in central Israel are excavating one of the world's oldest-known burial sites, dating back 100,000 years.

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Scientists in Barbados overturn hundreds of rocks to rediscover world's smallest-known snake

Read full article: Scientists in Barbados overturn hundreds of rocks to rediscover world's smallest-known snake

No one had spotted the world’s smallest known snake for nearly two decades.

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For hope on climate change, follow the money, UN chief tells AP

Read full article: For hope on climate change, follow the money, UN chief tells AP

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says money, not just science, makes the case for curbing climate change.

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Science and local sleuthing identify a 250-year-old shipwreck on a Scottish island

Read full article: Science and local sleuthing identify a 250-year-old shipwreck on a Scottish island

Archaeologists have identified a 250-year-old shipwreck uncovered on a remote Scottish beach.

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Greenpeace hails Italian court ruling allowing climate case against energy company Eni to continue

Read full article: Greenpeace hails Italian court ruling allowing climate case against energy company Eni to continue

Italy’s highest court has ruled that a lawsuit brought by climate activists against Italian energy giant Eni and its government shareholders can go ahead.

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Bees have some ways to cope with a warming Earth, but researchers fear for their future

Read full article: Bees have some ways to cope with a warming Earth, but researchers fear for their future

As global temperatures rise under climate change, the bees responsible for pollinating many crops are under increasing stress and scientists are trying to understand how they are affected.

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Harvard seeks billions in funding restored at a pivotal hearing in its standoff with Trump

Read full article: Harvard seeks billions in funding restored at a pivotal hearing in its standoff with Trump

Harvard University has appeared in federal court, challenging $2.6 billion in funding cuts by the Trump administration.

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Discovery 'Shark Week' has breaching great whites, looks back at 'Jaws' and starts with some dancing

Read full article: Discovery 'Shark Week' has breaching great whites, looks back at 'Jaws' and starts with some dancing

Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” kicks off with a unique twist this year: “Dancing with Sharks.”.

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Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state. Here is why Wednesday's earthquake was notable

Read full article: Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state. Here is why Wednesday's earthquake was notable

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years.

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The grueling 135-mile journey of a 66-year-old runner through one of the hottest places on Earth

Read full article: The grueling 135-mile journey of a 66-year-old runner through one of the hottest places on Earth

For 37 years in a searing California desert, runners from across the globe have embarked on a 135-mile race through one of the hottest places on Earth.

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Healthy babies born in Britain after scientists used DNA from three people to avoid genetic disease

Read full article: Healthy babies born in Britain after scientists used DNA from three people to avoid genetic disease

Researchers report that eight healthy babies were born with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help mothers avoid passing rare diseases to their children.

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Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches $5.3 million at auction, but young dinosaur steals the show

Read full article: Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches $5.3 million at auction, but young dinosaur steals the show

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth has sold for just over $5 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York.

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Astronomers capture the birth of planets around a baby sun outside our solar system

Read full article: Astronomers capture the birth of planets around a baby sun outside our solar system

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star.

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A look inside a lab making the advanced fuel to power growing US nuclear energy ambitions

Read full article: A look inside a lab making the advanced fuel to power growing US nuclear energy ambitions

At Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, a half-dozen workers are making what appear to be gray billiard balls.

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Iceland volcano eruption forces evacuation of town and iconic geothermal spa

Read full article: Iceland volcano eruption forces evacuation of town and iconic geothermal spa

A volcanic eruption in southwestern Iceland has once again forced the evacuation of local residents and tourists at the internationally known Blue Lagoon geothermal spa.

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Some Australian dolphins use sponges to hunt fish, but it's harder than it looks

Read full article: Some Australian dolphins use sponges to hunt fish, but it's harder than it looks

Some dolphins in Australia use sponges on their noses to hunt fish, a skill passed down through generations.

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America's only rare earth producer gets a boost from Apple and Pentagon agreements

Read full article: America's only rare earth producer gets a boost from Apple and Pentagon agreements

MP Materials, the operator of the only rare earths mine in the United States, has signed a $500 million deal with Apple.

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Private spaceflight ends with a Pacific splashdown for astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

Read full article: Private spaceflight ends with a Pacific splashdown for astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary are back on Earth.

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Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary head back to Earth after private space station mission

Read full article: Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary head back to Earth after private space station mission

The International Space Station's first visitors from India, Poland and Hungary are headed back to Earth.

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The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York

Read full article: The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York

Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

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Texas leads nation in flood deaths due to geography, size and population

Read full article: Texas leads nation in flood deaths due to geography, size and population

A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019.

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Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted

Read full article: Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted

A small town in Tennessee courted national publicity a century ago when it recruited a local teacher to challenge a state law banning the teaching of evolution.

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A Denver dino museum makes a find deep under own parking lot. Like 'a hole in one from the moon.'

Read full article: A Denver dino museum makes a find deep under own parking lot. Like 'a hole in one from the moon.'

A dinosaur fossil has been found in an unlikely place, a hole drilled under the parking lot of a Colorado museum where dinosaur skeletons are on display.

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Breaking down the force of water in the Texas floods

Read full article: Breaking down the force of water in the Texas floods

Flash floods last week in Texas caused the Guadalupe River to rise dramatically, reaching three stories high in just two hours.

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US has reclosed its southern border after a flesh-eating parasite is seen further north in Mexico

Read full article: US has reclosed its southern border after a flesh-eating parasite is seen further north in Mexico

The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying that a flesh-eating parasite has moved further north in Mexico than previously reported.

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A century after a man was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rages

Read full article: A century after a man was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rages

The 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial” in Tennessee, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution, continues to influence debates on religion in public schools.

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Senate confirms new FAA administrator at a time of rising concern about air safety

Read full article: Senate confirms new FAA administrator at a time of rising concern about air safety

The U.S. Senate has confirmed a new leader at the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Trump administration pulls back on plans to rewrite Biden-era asbestos ban

Read full article: Trump administration pulls back on plans to rewrite Biden-era asbestos ban

The Trump administration is dropping plans to allow continued use of the last type of asbestos legally allowed in U.S. manufacturing after an outcry from asbestos opponents.

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'Lord of the Rings' director backs long shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand's lost moa

Read full article: 'Lord of the Rings' director backs long shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand's lost moa

Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech company known for its grand and controversial plans to bring back lost species.

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Residents wear masks as volcanic ash blankets villages near erupting Indonesian volcano

Read full article: Residents wear masks as volcanic ash blankets villages near erupting Indonesian volcano

Residents are wearing masks to protect themselves from thick volcanic ash that is blanketing several Indonesian villages as rumbling Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted for a second straight day.

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Underwater turbine spinning for 6 years off Scotland's coast is a breakthrough for tidal energy

Read full article: Underwater turbine spinning for 6 years off Scotland's coast is a breakthrough for tidal energy

Submerged in about 40 meters of water off Scotland’s coast, a turbine has been spinning for more than six years to harness the power of ocean tides and generate electricity.

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Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts and sends searing-hot ash miles high

Read full article: Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts and sends searing-hot ash miles high

Indonesia’s rumbling Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki has erupted twice and sent clouds of searing gas miles into the sky while tons of ash fell on villages and flights were cancelled.

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Here's what to know about clean energy in Republican megabill headed to Trump

Read full article: Here's what to know about clean energy in Republican megabill headed to Trump

Congressional passage of a massive bill cuts billions of dollars in spending across many areas including clean energy.

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EPA puts on leave 139 employees who spoke out against policies under Trump

Read full article: EPA puts on leave 139 employees who spoke out against policies under Trump

The Environmental Protection Agency has placed on administrative leave 139 employees who signed a so-called “declaration of dissent” against the federal agency's policies.

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New interstellar comet will keep a safe distance from Earth, NASA says

Read full article: New interstellar comet will keep a safe distance from Earth, NASA says

NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard.

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Astronomers track object that may have originated outside the solar system

Read full article: Astronomers track object that may have originated outside the solar system

Astronomers are monitoring an object headed our way that may have wandered over from another star system.

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Ancient DNA shows genetic link between Egypt and Mesopotamia

Read full article: Ancient DNA shows genetic link between Egypt and Mesopotamia

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia.

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The US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest. Here is how it will work

Read full article: The US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest. Here is how it will work

The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and drop them from airplanes over Mexico and even southern Texas.

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Iran assesses the damage and lashes out after Israeli and US strikes damage its nuclear sites

Read full article: Iran assesses the damage and lashes out after Israeli and US strikes damage its nuclear sites

Iran is assessing the damage and lashing out over the American and Israeli airstrikes that damaged its nuclear sites.

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NOAA delays the cutoff of key satellite data for hurricane forecasting

Read full article: NOAA delays the cutoff of key satellite data for hurricane forecasting

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it is delaying by one month the planned cutoff of satellite data that helps forecasters track hurricanes.

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Trump administration finds Harvard failed to protect Jewish students, threatens to cut all funding

Read full article: Trump administration finds Harvard failed to protect Jewish students, threatens to cut all funding

The Trump administration has intensified its battle with Harvard University.

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EPA employees put names to 'declaration of dissent' over agency moves under Trump

Read full article: EPA employees put names to 'declaration of dissent' over agency moves under Trump

A group of Environmental Protection Agency employees has published a declaration of dissent to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin over the agency's leadership and policies.

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Japan launches a climate change monitoring satellite on mainstay H2A rocket's last flight

Read full article: Japan launches a climate change monitoring satellite on mainstay H2A rocket's last flight

Japan has successfully launched a climate monitoring satellite using its H-2A rocket.

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Takeaways from interviews with families forever changed by diseases that vaccines can prevent

Read full article: Takeaways from interviews with families forever changed by diseases that vaccines can prevent

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran rampant in America.

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Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families

Read full article: Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran rampant in America.

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Residents express amazement after seeing mystery object streak across the sky

Read full article: Residents express amazement after seeing mystery object streak across the sky

More than 200 people across a half-dozen southern states have reported witnessing a mysterious object streak across the sky.

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The government cuts key data used in hurricane forecasting, and experts sound an alarm

Read full article: The government cuts key data used in hurricane forecasting, and experts sound an alarm

Weather experts are warning that hurricane forecasts will be severely hampered by the upcoming cutoff of key data from U.S. Department of Defense satellites.

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How to protect yourself from ticks year-round

Read full article: How to protect yourself from ticks year-round

Ticks can be active in any season and experts say it’s important to check for and remove the bloodsuckers as quickly as possible.

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These Canadian rocks may be the oldest on Earth

Read full article: These Canadian rocks may be the oldest on Earth

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada.

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Kennedy says US is pulling funding from global vaccine group Gavi

Read full article: Kennedy says US is pulling funding from global vaccine group Gavi

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

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International Space Station welcomes its first astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

Read full article: International Space Station welcomes its first astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary have arrived at the International Space Station, ferried there by SpaceX on a private flight.

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Harvard researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos faces additional charges

Read full article: Harvard researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos faces additional charges

A Harvard University researcher accused of smuggling clawed frog embryos into the United States is facing additional charges.

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Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary blast off on a privately funded trip to the space station

Read full article: Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary blast off on a privately funded trip to the space station

India, Poland and Hungary are back in human spaceflight.

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Volunteers play music to soothe shelter animals

Read full article: Volunteers play music to soothe shelter animals

It's often said music is the universal language of humanity.

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Israel killed at least 14 scientists in an unprecedented attack on Iran's nuclear know-how

Read full article: Israel killed at least 14 scientists in an unprecedented attack on Iran's nuclear know-how

Israel’s tally of war damage it has wrought on Iran includes the targeted killings of at least 14 nuclear scientists and experts.

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Japanese company blames laser tool for its 2nd crash landing on the moon

Read full article: Japanese company blames laser tool for its 2nd crash landing on the moon

A Japanese company says a laser navigating tool doomed its lunar lander, causing it to crash into the moon.

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Early-season heat dome brings highest temperatures in years to parts of Eastern US

Read full article: Early-season heat dome brings highest temperatures in years to parts of Eastern US

An intense and nearly historic weather pattern is cooking much of America in a dangerous heat dome this week with triple-digit heat that hasn’t been seen in some places in more than a decade.

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The largest digital camera ever built has released its first shots of the universe

Read full article: The largest digital camera ever built has released its first shots of the universe

The largest digital camera ever built has released its first shots of the universe.

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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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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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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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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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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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Scientists discover 100 new ribbon worm species -- and counting

Read full article: Scientists discover 100 new ribbon worm species -- and counting

A new study documents the discovery of over 100 ribbon worm species off the coast of Oman, most of which are new to science. With gruesome methods of devouring their prey, ribbon worms can take down other worms, clams, crabs, amphipods and even fish.

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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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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

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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

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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

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

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