The sun is about to pull another disappearing act across North America, turning day into night during a total solar eclipse. The peak spectacle on April
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Skyscraper-size asteroid will buzz Earth today, safely passing within 1.7 million miles
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) — An asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7 million miles of Earth today. Don’t worry: There’s no chance
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NASA’s little helicopter on Mars has logged its last flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — NASA’s little Mars helicopter has flown its last flight. The space agency announced Thursday that the 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) chopper named Ingenuity can no longer
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DNA remnants found in fossil of 6 million year old turtle
PANAMA CITY (Reuters)— Remnants of DNA have been discovered in fossilized remains dating to 6 million years ago of a sea turtle closely related to
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‘Watermelon snow’ piques curiosities in Utah after abnormally wet winter
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — High up in the mountains, amid pinyon pine and quaking aspen trees, the remaining remnants of the winter’s snow is dotted
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Dolphin Moms Use Baby Talk To Call To Their Young, Recordings Show
MIAMI (AP) — You know instantly when someone is speaking to an infant or small child. It turns out that dolphin mothers also use a
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Mysterious Case of U.S. Virgin Islands Sea Urchin Die-Off Has Been Solved By Scientists
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — There seemed to be a deadly plague lurking under the crystal blue waters of the Caribbean last year, killing sea urchins at a rate
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New Deep-Sea Worm Named After Trinidad & Tobago Scientist
PORT OF SPAIN (AP) — A new species of deep-sea worm that can live in environments on the ocean floor that are either extremely hot
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Puerto Rico Forest Lizards Have Adapted Genetically To Urban Life
SAN JUAN — Lizards that once dwelled in forests but now slink around urban areas have genetically morphed to survive life in the city, researchers
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Will Bill Gates’ Genetically-Modified Mosquitoes End Malaria In Africa?
OUAGADOUGOU — Despite being a preventable and treatable disease, malaria is currently affecting the lives of more than 200 million people. This results in over half
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