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WATCH: How and when to see the 'ring of fire' solar eclipse

By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

For much of the eastern half of North America, a partial eclipse will be visible on Thursday between about 5 and 6:30 a.m, turning the sun into a kind of crescent at dawn.

How NASA is hunting for signs of life on Mars

By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

Researchers hope to gain a better sense of whether primordial life once existed on our celestial neighbor, and how technology may pave the way for astronauts to sustain their own lives during future voyages to the Red Planet.

WATCH: Bill Nye testifies before Congress about impacts of climate change on homeland security

By Associated Press

Bill Nye testified before Congress about impacts of climate change on homeland security.

Swaths of internet go down after cloud outage

By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press

Multiple websites went offline briefly across the globe Tuesday after an apparent outage at the cloud service company Fastly, and there were reports of sporadic disruptions after the company patched the problem about an hour later.

Carbon dioxide in the air has reached another dangerous milestone

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

The annual peak of global heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air has reached 50% higher than when the industrial age began. And the average rate of increase is faster than ever, scientists say.

A 'Hail Mary' to save some species of birds in Maryland

By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo

On Maryland’s eastern shore, small islands used by birds for nesting are disappearing. That coincides with a steep drop in several species of colonial nesting birds in the state. But this spring, in what's being described as a ‘Hail Mary’,…

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Researchers may have sequenced the 'final unknown' of the human genome

By Matthew Herper, STAT News

The claim, if confirmed, surpasses the achievement laid out by leaders from the Human Genome Project and Celera Genomics in 2000.

WATCH: NASA picks Venus as hot spot for two new robotic missions

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

The space agency's new administrator, Bill Nelson, announced two new robotic missions to the solar system's hottest planet, during his first major address to employees Wednesday.

Biden suspends oil leases in Alaska's Arctic refuge

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The move reverses a drilling program approved by the Trump administration and revives a political fight over a remote region that is home to polar bears and other wildlife — and a rich reserve of oil.

Scientists hope they're closing in on a cure for COVID-19

By Corey Meador

Doctors have some medications they can use to treat the effects of COVID-19, but scientists are searching for effective drugs that target the virus itself. Two promising drugs in the pipeline offer hope for a cure.