Science
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NASA Smashes Into an Asteroid, Completing a Mission to Save a Future Day
LAUREL, Md. — It’s the plot point for more than one Hollywood blockbuster: A rogue asteroid is hurtling toward Earth,…
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NASA Is About to Crash Into an Asteroid. Here’s How to Watch.
An asteroid minding its own business not too far from Earth is about to get knocked about by a visitor…
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3 Chimpanzees Kidnapped for Ransom From Congo Sanctuary
Two weeks ago, Roxane Chantereau, the co-founder of the JACK Primate Rehabilitation Center in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, awoke…
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Shy Raccoons Are Better Learners Than Bold Ones, Study Finds
Residents of almost any city in North America know how frustratingly clever raccoons can be. They break into garages, pilfer…
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Physics Body Concedes Mistakes in Study of Missile Defense
The world’s largest body of physicists admitted on Monday that a report it had issued seven months ago contained errors…
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China’s Discovery of Lunar Mineral Could Add to Fuller View of the Moon
Chinese scientists recently announced their discovery of a new lunar mineral among samples collected from the moon during a mission…
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How Long Is the Drive to the Edge of the Universe?
The edge of the observableuniverse is about 270,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles away. If you drive at a steady 65 miles per hour,…
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Bird Flu Found in Dolphin in Florida and Porpoise in Sweden
A bottlenose dolphin found dead in a Florida canal this past spring tested positive for a highly virulent strain of…
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Scientists Have Made a Human Microbiome From Scratch
Our bodies are home to hundreds or thousands of species of microbes — nobody is sure quite how many. That’s…
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This Jellyfish Can Live Forever. Its Genes May Tell Us How.
Fleets of tiny translucent umbrellas, each about the size of a lentil, waft through the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.…