Science
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Mysterious Respiratory Illness Affects Dogs in Multiple States
The illness can include a cough, fever, lethargy and a loss of appetite. Veterinarians recommend that owners avoid boarding their…
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SpaceX Makes Progress in 2nd Launch of Giant Moon and Mars Rocket
SpaceX, Elon Musk's spaceflight company, launched its Starship rocket from the coast of South Texas on Saturday, a mammoth vehicle…
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Watch the Leonids Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak This Weekend
On any given night, far from bright city lights, there’s a chance that you’ll see a beautiful streak shoot across…
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Scientists Find First Evidence That Groups of Apes Cooperate
Some bonobos are challenging the notion that humans are the only primates capable of group-to-group alliances.
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SpaceX Is Ready for the 2nd Launch of Its Starship Moon and Mars Rocket
Elon Musk’s private space company is hoping for a better performance on Friday of the giant rocket, which is the…
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A Supernova ‘Destroyed’ Some of Earth’s Ozone for a Few Minutes in 2022
A new study suggests that explosive events in space have the potential to temporarily switch off the natural shield that…
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Start-Ups With Laser Beams: The Companies Trying to Ignite Fusion Energy
Companies are looking to commercialize advances made by federally supported research labs in the quest for boundless energy.
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Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block
The two lappet-faced vultures had been together for just a few months, yet the massive birds, with their watchful, featherless…
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These Tiny, Beautiful Wasps Eat the Hearts Out of Cockroaches
Jewel wasps carve up cockroaches like jack-o’-lanterns in a way scientists have never seen before.
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Old Faithful Is Boiling, Smelly and the Perfect Home for These Living Things
In one of Yellowstone National Park’s most well-known attractions, researchers discovered an extraordinary diversity of microbial life.