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Pluto May Have Captured Its Biggest Moon Charon After an Ancient Dance and Kiss

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Some 4.5 billion years ago, the dwarf planet Pluto was suddenly joined by a companion. For a very brief period — perhaps only...
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Marie Winn, Who Wrote of a Famous Central Park Hawk, Dies at 88

Barbara Chase -
Marie Winn, the author who chronicled the avian sensation Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk who took up residence on the overhang of an...
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What We Know About HMPV, the Common Virus Spreading in China

Barbara Chase -
Reports of a surge in cases of a respiratory virus in China have evoked dark echoes of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic...
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Punk and Emo Fossils Are a Hot Topic in Paleontology

Barbara Chase -
Mark Sutton, an Imperial College London paleontologist, is not a punk.“I’m more of a folk and country person,” he said.But when Dr. Sutton...
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‘Forever Chemicals’ Reach Tap Water via Treated Sewage, Study Finds

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As the world grapples with climate change, population growth and dwindling supplies of fresh water, more people are set to rely on treated...
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NASA Will Let Trump Decide How to Bring Mars Rocks to Earth

Barbara Chase -
NASA needs help fetching rocks from Mars, and on Tuesday, agency officials announced that they have not yet quite decided how to do...
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The Panama Canal’s Newest Voyagers: Fishy Intruders From Two Oceans

Barbara Chase -
Night fell as the two scientists got to work, unfurling long nets off the end of their boat. The jungle struck up its...
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Abortion Pills Prescribed by Pharmacists Are Newest Effort in Abortion Fight

Barbara Chase -
Pharmacists have begun prescribing abortion pills, not simply dispensing the medication — a development intended to broaden abortion access by taking advantage of...
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Could Monkeys Really Type All of Shakespeare?

Barbara Chase -
Science doesn’t usually tolerate frivolity, but the infinite monkey theorem enjoys an exception. The question it poses is thoroughly outlandish: Could an infinite...
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Drug Company to Share Revenues With Indigenous People Who Donated Their Genes

Barbara Chase -
When Stephane Castel first met with a group of Māori people and other Pacific Islanders in New Zealand to talk about his drug...
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