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Scores of North Carolina sea turtles have died after being stunned by frigid temperatures

The full wolf moon crested Thursday. Here’s how to get the best view

Japan’s precision moon lander has hit its target, but it appears to be upside-down

When and where to see the Wolf Moon, first full moon of 2024

Works of poetry, fiction and nonfiction receive $10,000 “Science + Literature” awards

Fairfax County teen among first to join International Research Olympiad

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Largest deep-sea coral reef to date is mapped by scientists off the US Atlantic coast

Astronauts from Turkey, Sweden and Italy launch to space station on latest chartered flight

US in deep freeze while much of the world is extra toasty? Yet again, it’s climate change

Iceland faces daunting period after lava from volcano destroys homes in fishing town, president says

US company’s lunar lander will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere after failed moonshot

Indonesia’s Mount Marapi erupts again, leading to evacuations but no reported casualties

Scientists explain why the record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge. Warming may be worsening

František Janouch, a Czech nuclear physicist who supported dissidents from Sweden, dies at age 92

A cluster of lost cities in Ecuadorian Amazon that lasted 1,000 years has been mapped

Ancient human DNA hints at why multiple sclerosis affects so many northern Europeans today

The largest great ape to ever live went extinct because of climate change, study finds

For consumers shopping for an EV, new rules mean fewer models qualify for a tax credit

Major East Coast cities are sinking, Virginia Tech research shows