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American crocodiles, once headed toward extinction, are thriving at an unusual spot — the canals surrounding a South Florida nuclear plant. Last week, 73 crocodile hatchlings were rescued by a team of specialists at Florida Power & Light's Turkey Po...
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The National Audubon Society has announced the 2019 winners of its annual photography competition, and the birds are looking great.In addition to the Grand Prize, which went to Kathrin Swoboda for her photo of a Red-winged Blackbird, the contest awar...
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The cadastral map will offer a chance for everyone to claim a stake in the moon before Jeff Bezos claims it.
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A Russian space capsule with three astronauts aboard has blasted off for a fast-track trip to the International Space Station. Saturday's launch took place on the 50th anniversary of the day U.S. astronauts landed on the moon. The capsule entered o...
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Vice President Mike Pence is marking the 50th anniversary of humanity's first moon landing at the Apollo 11 launch site. Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin accompanied Pence to Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday and showed him the pad where he began tha...
science / science - 4 years ago
The story of how the author's husband broke his back after his heart stopped, and how they are coping with the aftermath.
science / science - 4 years ago
Fifty years after Apollo 11's moonwalkers took one giant leap for humanity, luminaries including President Donald Trump and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos — the world's richest individual — paid tribute to the achievement and looked forward to the fut...
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Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, NASA's Andrew Morgan and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency set off on a six-hour journey to the orbiting science lab from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1628 GMT.
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A food manufacturer that makes sandwiches and salads sold at one of the country’s biggest biggest retailers is recalling more than 1,000 cases amid fears of potential listeria contamination.Elevation Foods, which produces Archer Farms-branded sandwic...
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A mom whose child has type 1 diabetes explains why if you are the primary diabetes caregiver, it's important to take a break once in a while.
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The United States is sweating through a weekend of extremely hot weather, with major cities including New York and Washington bracing for temperatures close to or exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius). Nearly 150 million people acros...
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If one of your kids has been diagnosed with cancer, these tips can help you help your healthy children understand what is happening and process their own emotions.
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On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 touched down on the surface of Earth's moon. Now, 50 years later, NASA has imagined what the space mission's website would have looked like.It's a cute tie-in for the U.S. space agency's ongoing 50th annive...
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After decades of research and hundreds of missions there are currently around 2,000 active satellites in space. But with Elon Musk’s SpaceX having recently launched 60 of what it hopes to be up to 12,000 satellites and Amazon planning to launch more...
science / science - 4 years ago
In the 50 years since we first walked on the moon, space travel technology has come a long way.