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Don’t tell ‘Lucy,’ but modern-day apes may be smarter than our evolutionary ancestors, scientists say

Old dogs, new tricks: 10,000 pets needed for science

Pacific bird refuge struggles as ocean garbage patch grows

Mural of activist Greta Thunberg going up in San Francisco

Self-driving shuttle, car shown off in Northern Virginia

MRIs show screen time linked to lower brain development in preschoolers

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Trump calls NASA astronauts in space on first all-female spacewalk

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How lack of rainfall impacts the National Mall

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October 4

Paralyzed man walks using brain-controlled robotic suit

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Venus was potentially habitable until a mysterious event happened

Global Climate Strike: What’s happening in Maryland?

Bird population down by 3 billion since 1970

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