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Watch the Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak

Barbara Chase -
Our universe might be chock-full of cosmic wonder, but you can only observe a fraction of astronomical phenomena with your naked eye. Meteor...
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Orangutan, Heal Thyself

Barbara Chase -
Scientists observed a wild male orangutan repeatedly rubbing chewed-up leaves of a medicinal plant on a facial wound in a forest reserve in...
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Pasteurized Dairy Foods Free of Live Bird Flu, Federal Tests Confirm

Barbara Chase -
Additional testing of retail dairy products from across the country has turned up no signs of live bird flu virus, strengthening the consensus...
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Edward Dwight Aims for Space at Last

Barbara Chase -
Edward Dwight is going to space, finally.In the coming weeks, as conditions allow, Mr. Dwight is expected to be part of a six-person...
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Werner Spitz, Forensic Expert in High-Profile Murders, Dies at 97

Barbara Chase -
Dr. Werner Spitz, a pathologist whose accounts of the traumatic last moments in some of the most sensational American deaths of the past...
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From Baby Talk to Baby A.I.

Barbara Chase -
We ask a lot of ourselves as babies. Somehow we must grow from sensory blobs into mobile, rational, attentive communicators in just a...
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Water Heaters Use Lots of Energy. The D.O.E. Wants to Change That.

Barbara Chase -
The Biden administration on Tuesday adopted stricter energy-efficiency standards for residential water heaters, the most consequential move in a flurry of changes designed...
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Killer Asteroid Hunters Spot 27,500 Overlooked Space Rocks

Barbara Chase -
A couple of years ago, a team of researchers dedicated to finding killer asteroids before they kill us came up with a neat...
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U.S. Plan to Protect Oceans Has a Problem, Some Say: Too Much Fishing

Barbara Chase -
New details of the Biden administration’s signature conservation effort, made public this month amid a burst of other environmental announcements, have alarmed some...
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In Reversal, Expert Panel Recommends Breast Cancer Screening at 40

Barbara Chase -
Citing rising breast cancer rates in young women, an expert panel on Tuesday recommended starting regular mammography screening at age 40, reversing longstanding...
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