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Black holes may contain the masses of more than a billion suns, but they also hold a few lessons that we humans can apply to everyday life.
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The annual butterfly migration is underway. For decades scientists have relied on volunteers to tag butterflies to provide details about their journey.
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Scientists in Japan are at the forefront of one the most controversial areas of biomedical research: creating sperm and eggs in the laboratory from practically any cell in the body.
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Residents from Oregon to Texas may be able to glimpse the annular eclipse, when the moon is deep in its orbit and passes in front of the sun, creating a black circle on the star. -
Hikers are getting sick with norovirus in the wilderness. A CDC investigation finds that poor hygiene along the Pacific Crest Trail — and other outdoor settings — is to blame.
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Electric vehicles and solar power are growing quickly and offering hope the world could still meet climate change goals.
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NASA's Osiris-REx mission brought back asteroid samples untainted by Earth's atmosphere.
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Six young activists are due Wednesday at the European Court of Human Rights, where they're accusing 32 governments of violating their human rights for failing to adequately address climate change.
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Chaplains provide spiritual counsel at some of life's most raw moments. With psychedelic legalization spreading, some chaplains think this role should include facilitating psychedelic trips.
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NASA's Osiris-REx mission has successfully returned a pristine sample of asteroid back to Earth. This cupful-or-so of space rock could shed light on the solar system's origins.
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An effort to diversify genetic studies has led to a discovery about Parkinson's disease in people of African descent.
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This theoretical physicist and mathematician drops a new video several times a month, dispensing her dry wit and pithy wisdom to a loyal fan base of nerds across the internet.
