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Freaky New Feature Detected in Jupiter’s Northern Lights
Jupiter’s northern auroras. Image: NASA, ESA, and J. Nichols (University of Leicester) A newly detected auroral feature on Jupiter bears…
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Biden Announces Plan to Jumpstart Offshore Wind Industry
Photo: Don Emmert (Getty Images) The Biden administration today announced a plan to get our flailing offshore wind industry off…
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A Mystery Brain Condition Is Making Bears Friendly, Then Killing Them
A black bearPhoto: Robert F. Bukaty (AP) An unknown neurological condition is sickening and often killing young black bears in…
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Earth Is Safe From Infamous Asteroid Apophis for the Next 100 Years, NASA Says
Apophis as it was imaged during its most recent flyby. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech and NSF/AUI/GBO Asteroid Apophis—one of the scariest rocks…
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Deadly Floods Sweep Through Nashville After Record Rains
A car that was carried by floodwaters leans against a tree in a creek in Nashville.Photo: Mark Humphrey (AP) Flash…
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Dogs and Dingoes Are Not Boning
A pair of dingoes.Image: Robert Lynch (Fair Use) An exhaustive genetic analysis of wild canines in Australia is challenging the…
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There’s Way More Lightning in the Arctic Now
Photo: Ariel Schalit (AP) The Northern Lights have some competition. New research shows that lightning in the Arctic tripled over…
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California’s Policies to Reduce Air Pollution Are Working
Traffic comes to a stand still on the northbound and the southbound lanes of the Interstate 405 freeway near LAX.Photo:…
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Tornadoes Tear Through Alabama, Shutting Down Amazon Warehouse
Authorities reported several injuries and fatalities in Alabama as tornadoes tore through the Birmingham metro area on Thursday. The storms,…
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Scientists Learn Some Secrets of Deep-Sea Sponges in the Arctic
Footage of the deep-sea sponge ground analyzed in the new study. Image: NIOZ Living at depths approaching an entire mile,…
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