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Shards of Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs May Have Been Found in Fossil Site
GREENBELT, Md. — Pristine slivers of the impactor that killed the dinosaurs have been discovered, said scientists studying a North…
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NASA Stops Launch Rehearsal for Its Giant Moon Rocket
NASA on Sunday morning cut short a practice countdown for its new megarocket, the Space Launch System. It is a…
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In the Ocean, It’s Snowing Microplastics
As long as there has been marine life, there has been marine snow — a ceaseless drizzle of death and…
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How Boa Constrictors Breathe While Squeezing the Life Out of Their Prey
The boa constrictor got its name for a reason. To kill its prey, a boa will coil around it, squeezing…
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What’s the Deal With Masks on Planes?
Air travel has been one of the last holdouts for strict pandemic mask requirements. In the United States, for example,…
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Russia’s Loss of Rocket Launch Business Becomes SpaceX’s Gain
OneWeb, a British satellite internet company that canceled rocket launches with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, is turning to…
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Pete Davidson No Longer Going to Space, Blue Origin Says
Pete Davidson, the “Saturday Night Live” comedian and actor, will no longer travel to the edge of space on the…
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Cannibalistic Toads Reveal ‘Evolution in Fast Motion,’ Study Finds
In Australia, poisonous cane toads have become their own worst enemies. For decades, scientists have been witnessing cane toad tadpoles…
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106 Years, 4 Weeks, 1 Wreck: How Shackleton’s Ship Was Found
When perhaps the most celebrated shipwreck in Mensun Bound’s long career as a marine archaeologist was discovered, he was off…
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The New Captain of the Endurance Shipwreck Is an Anemone
Huw Griffiths, a marine bio-geographer at the British Antarctic Survey, was eating pancakes when news broke that the wreck of…