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Mar 02

Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moon

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

The moon is about to get walloped by a big piece of space junk. The leftover rocket will slam into the far side of the moon Friday. Experts think it is from a China launch from 2014, but China is…

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Feb 27

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Scientist-author Daniel Levitin on picking up music at an older age

By Mike Cerre

Cognitive neuroscientist and author Daniel Levitin wrote a bestselling book, “Successful Aging,” in which he gave plenty of tips on the best ways to grow old, including learning new things. Now, he is putting his own advice into practice -…

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Sep 12

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Climate change is making extreme weather events more common: study

By PBS NewsHour

Scientists and forecasters who study the connection between climate change and extreme weather say the rapid rates of sea-level rise are accelerating the frequency and intensity of severe weather events—like hurricanes, heat waves and more. Claudia Tebaldi, Climate Scientist with…

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Jul 06

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Bernd Heinrich on his ‘unusual’ life as a runner and biologist in Maine

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport

A new book out Tuesday, "Racing the Clock: Running Across a Lifetime," explores a life of scientific research and discovery in nature, and some extraordinary feats of the human body. And the author himself, Bernd Heinrich, is the subject of…

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May 20

Senate panel advances Biden nomination for White House science adviser

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Lander, a geneticist and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, was the lead author of the first paper announcing the details of the human genome, the so-called "book of life." He has been nominated as director…

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May 14

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DC art exhibit makes shoes out of trash in nod to the ‘Great Shoe Spill of 1990’

By William Brangham, Anne Azzi Davenport

The year 1990 saw the “Great Shoe Spill" where tens of thousands of Nike shoes fell into the Pacific. The accident led to some scientific discoveries, and now, whimsical art packed with an eco-friendly message. William Brangham plunges into an…

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May 10

New White House panel aims to separate science and politics

By Associated Press

A new 46-person federal scientific integrity task force with members from more than two dozen government agencies will meet for the first time on Friday.

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Mar 17

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The fate of bats is hanging in the balance. That could have very real consequences for us

By Catherine Rampell

The World Health Organization is expected to release a report on its investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus in the coming days. Among the many theories is the unproven belief that it was passed on from bats —…

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Apr 05

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Will the coronavirus change how skeptics think about science?

Scientists, scholars and medical professionals say false and misleading information and a lack of preparedness for the coronavirus has made a bad situation worse. But does the world's lack of preparation for the outbreak have a silver lining? Naomi Oreskes,…

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Jan 10

Column: 20 global developments to watch over the next 5 years

By Vikram Mansharamani

We need to look beyond today’s headlines and think about how the world might unfold.

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