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A Solar Storm Lights Up the Night Sky

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People in Britain marveled at the unusual and spectacular sight of the northern lights on Friday night, the consequence of a severe solar...
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Solar Storm Crashes GPS Systems Used by Some Farmers, Stalling Planting

Barbara Chase -
The powerful geomagnetic storm that cast the northern lights’ vivid colors across the Northern Hemisphere over the weekend also caused some navigational systems...
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Hilary Cass Says U.S. Doctors Are ‘Out of Date’ on Youth Gender Medicine

Barbara Chase -
After 30 years as one of England’s top pediatricians, Dr. Hilary Cass was hoping to begin her retirement by learning to play the...
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Tuna Crabs, Neither Tuna Nor Crabs, Are Swarming Near San Diego

Barbara Chase -
When Anna Sagatov, an underwater cinematographer, goes on her usual night dives off La Jolla Shores in San Diego, she’s used to spotting...
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‘Failure to Thrive,’ or a Failure to Investigate?

Barbara Chase -
Geriatrics is a field of sleuthing. To solve medical enigmas, doctors must become detectives, teasing out the effects of overlapping causes that include...
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Where to See the Northern Lights on Sunday Night

Barbara Chase -
The spectacular aurora borealis, the nighttime light display triggered by solar flares that has been so unusually prevalent since Friday, could be visible...
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Patient Dies Weeks After Kidney Transplant From Genetically Modified Pig

Barbara Chase -
Richard “Rick” Slayman, who made history at age 62 as the first person to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig, has...
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Can Parrots Converse? Polly Says That’s the Wrong Question.

Barbara Chase -
Half a century ago, one of the hottest questions in science was whether humans could teach animals to talk. Scientists tried using sign...
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Massive Fossil Donation Helps Brazil’s National Museum Rise From the Ashes

Barbara Chase -
On the night of Sept. 2, 2018, a fire swept through the National Museum of Brazil, devastating the country’s oldest scientific institution and...
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Northern Lights Set to Return During Extreme Solar Storm’s 2nd Night

Barbara Chase -
Night skies in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere are expected to bloom again on Saturday night with the vivid colors of the...
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