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Egyptians call on British Museum to return the Rosetta stone

By Associated Press

The bilingual carvings on the relic proved to be the breakthrough in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics after being unearthed by colonialists in Egypt in 1799.

The ‘skin of our planet’ is in danger. Here’s how scientists are trying to save it

By Christopher Thomas

Biological soil crusts are a diverse community of organisms covering some 30 percent of the planet’s drylands. The loss of this top layer — often driven by human activity, as well as by climate change — has far-reaching consequences.

Visitors treated to a ‘spectacular’ show during first Mauna Loa eruption in nearly 4 decades

By Caleb Jones, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press

Visitors to the 24-hour park are currently able to witness both the lava flowing from a fissure on Mauna Loa and the glow from the lava lake at nearby Kilauea volcano.

Here’s the science behind Mauna Loa’s ongoing volcanic eruption

By Gabi Laske, The Conversation

A scientist who led one of the first projects to map the Hawaiian Islands’ deep volcanic plumbing explains what’s going on under the surface.

NASA cancels plans for costly greenhouse gas monitoring satellite

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

NASA is canceling a planned satellite that was going to intensely monitor greenhouse gases over the Americas because it got too costly and complicated.

U.S. bat species devastated by white-nose syndrome now listed as endangered

By John Flesher, Associated Press

The species is among a dozen U.S. bats suffering from white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that causes bats to emerge early during hibernation, sometimes burn up winter fat reserves and starve.

Here’s what you need to know about the eruption of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano

By Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press

Mauna Loa is spewing sulfur dioxide and other volcanic gases. They form volcanic smog, or vog, when they mix with vapor, oxygen and dust in sunlight.

Houston lifts boil water order for more than 2 million

By Associated Press

Houston officials lifted an order Tuesday that had called for more than 2 million people to boil their tap water before drinking or using it.

WATCH: NASA gives update on Artemis 1 moon mission after almost 2 weeks in space

By Associated Press

NASA held an Artemis I mission status briefing Monday to preview Orion's distant retrograde orbit departure on Dec. 1 and recovery assets preparations for Dec. 11 splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

The tough decision of which species to save from extinction

Roughly 1 million species of wildlife face extinction worldwide, according to a recent United Nations report. Ecologist and author Rebecca Nesbit joins Geoff Bennett to discuss the ethics and decision-making process behind figuring out which species to save.

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