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Prince George’s County approves ban on disposable plastic straws

Spectacular images of the Milky Way galaxy captured by telescope in Australian outback

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

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Space shipment launched with sports car parts, cookie oven

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

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October 18

WATCH LIVE: All-female spacewalk at ISS

How lack of rainfall impacts the National Mall

Join the world in celebrating the moon Saturday night

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October 4

Paralyzed man walks using brain-controlled robotic suit

Case Closed: Objections to the new uses of DNA evidence

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New images show Mars as you’ve never seen it before

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