Science

A mesmerizing display of lights streaking across the night sky over northern California on Friday was caused by burning space debris re-entering Earth's atmosphere, experts…
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An international team of virus experts said on Thursday they had found genetic data from a market in Wuhan, China, linking the coronavirus to the raccoon dogs sold there, adding to the…
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Space is getting a new look, sort of. On Wednesday, just a week after the end of the Paris fashion collections and with the kind of sonic crescendo attached to the most extravagant…
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In space, lunar suits are all the rage, and NASA officials on Wednesday hailed what astronauts will wear when they land on the moon in years to come.“We are developing a space suit for…
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Few spiders in the United States have a more fearsome reputation than black widows. But across the South, bulbous arachnids with red hourglasses on their bellies are engaged in deadly…
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You might think that tornadoes should be easy to spot. They reach out like gnarled fingers in the heat of storms, pulling trees out of the ground and pulling cars off the road, picking…
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Instead, he continued writing, helping colleagues with their work, and dedicating his time to his family and the small vineyards the family owns in Northern California, a business that…
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What time is it on the moon?Since the dawn of the space age, the answer has been: it depends. For decades, lunar missions have operated on the time of the country that launched them.…
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The west coast's kelp forests are dying, and with their decline, an entire ecosystem of marine plants and animals is at risk. A large starfish with an appetite for sea urchins might…
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A few weeks after Republican attorneys general in 21 states sent letters threatening legal action against retail pharmacy chains if they dispensed the abortion pill mifepristone,…
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