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After long journey, bear spared by governor returns home
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A bear whose life was spared two years ago by New Hampshire’s governor has returned to her home turf near Dartmouth College after traveling thousands of miles since her relocation last…
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Man pleads guilty to taking lemur from California zoo
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a man has agreed to plead guilty to stealing a ring-tailed lemur from a Southern California zoo. The U.S. attorney’s office says in a news release that…
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‘Hippie’ island off Seattle sees shift in low vaccine rate
VASHON ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — Sarah Day is a school nurse with “street cred” when it comes to the polarizing issue of vaccines on an idyllic island in Washington state known for its rural beauty,…
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What keeps Pluto’s ocean from freezing?
Pluto’s ocean isn’t frozen, so researchers used spacecraft data and computer simulations to model what might keep the ocean from freezing.
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Rare ‘blue flower moon’ will appear in Saturday night’s sky
May’s full moon is typically known as the flower moon because of all the blooms this month. This year it coincides with a rare occurrence: a blue moon.
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414 million pieces of plastic found on remote Australian islands: Study
A study recently published in the journal Scientific Reports found that the Australian islands were littered with 414 million pieces of plastic despite being home to around 500 people.
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Flooding makes big ‘dead zone’ off Louisiana coast likely
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The year’s widespread flooding has made it likely that a big, oxygen-starved “dead zone” off Louisiana’s coast will form this summer, the head of the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science…
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Hubble captures image of a galactic ‘hit and run’
About 30 million light-years from Earth, two galaxies came together in an epic collision, and the beautiful fallout was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Surgeon who transplanted baboon heart into baby dies
LOMA LINDA, Calif. (AP) — Dr. Leonard Bailey, who in 1984 transplanted a baboon heart into a tiny newborn dubbed “Baby Fae” in a pioneering operation that sparked both worldwide acclaim and condemnation, has died.…
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Many online climate change lessons are actually junk
“There’s a lot of information that’s out there that is broken, old, misleading, not scientifically sound, not sound technically,” a climate education coordinator at NOAA said.
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Using a smartphone to sound out sign of kids’ ear infections
WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers have created a way for a smartphone to “hear” a warning sign of ear infections — fluid buildup behind the eardrum. If it pans out, parents might one day check their…
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Japanese space startup aims to compete with US rivals
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese startup that launched a rocket into space earlier this month plans to provide low-cost rocket services and compete with American rivals such as SpaceX, its founder said Wednesday. Interstellar Technology…
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Woman’s foster dog has part-time job learning to sniff out cancer
Researchers working with Ivey and other dogs ultimately hope to perfect an electronic nose that will be able to detect stage-one ovarian cancer, a type of cancer that the American Cancer Society estimates will affect over 22,000 women in 2019.
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Papua New Guinea assesses extent of damage from strong quake
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Papua New Guinea authorities were assessing the extent of damage Wednesday from a powerful earthquake that rattled coastal towns the previous evening. The magnitude 7.5 quake struck around 11 p.m.…
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Explorer recounts making the deepest ocean dive in history
NEW YORK (AP) — Taking the hours-long journey to what is believed to be the deepest point mankind has visited in any ocean was a complicated one, and for Victor Vescovo, it meant being constantly…
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