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A Tropical Storm in August? California’s Year of Extremes Grinds On

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For California, where punishing droughts over the past two decades have shriveled crops and caused wells to run dry, it has been another...
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The Oldest Plant-Eating Dinosaur Has Been Found in India

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The Thar Desert today is a scorching region in western India’s Rajasthan state. But in the Mesozoic Era, it was a tropical shoreline...
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Flesh-Eating Bacteria at the Beach? What You Need to Know.

Barbara Chase -
The Back Story: An infection that surprises beachgoers.It’s not clear whether the appearance of these cases farther north than usual may be a...
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Neptune’s Clouds Have Vanished, and Scientists Think They Know Why

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Each planet of the solar system has its own look. Earth has aquamarine oceans. Jupiter has panchromatic tempests. Saturn has glimmering rings. And...
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What wildfire smoke means for birds

Barbara Chase -
The Maui wildfires are an ongoing human tragedy. At least 111 people have died, more than 1,000 people are unaccounted for, and many...
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The Genes That Let Female Butterflies See a More Colorful World

Barbara Chase -
Floating languorously through forests and jungles of the Americas, longwing butterflies have many secrets. The 30-odd species in this group include many mimics....
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To Stop an Extinction, He’s Flying High, Followed by His Beloved Birds

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Johannes Fritz, a maverick Austrian biologist, needed to come up with a plan, and quickly, if he was going to prevent his rare...
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Ancient Fires Drove Large Mammals Extinct, Study Suggests

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Wildfires are getting worse. Parts of the United States, scientists say, are experiencing wildfires three times as often — and four times as...
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Days on Mars Are Getting Shorter

Barbara Chase -
For reasons unknown, the spin of Mars is speeding up.NASA’s InSight lander fell silent in December after dust accumulated on its solar panels....
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We Know Where New Weight Loss Drugs Came From, but Not Why They Work

Barbara Chase -
Every so often a drug comes along that has the potential to change the world. Medical specialists say the latest to offer that...
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