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World's smallest foxes come to Devon zoo -- , -- World's smallest foxes come to Devon zoo

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Bumblebee nests are under attack - and it's killing their babies -- There's a newly-determined "major factor" in declining bumblebee populations - and it's attacking their nests. -- May 3

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Boeing is on the verge of launching astronauts aboard new capsule, the latest entry to space travel

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Boeing is on the verge of launching astronauts aboard new capsule, the newest entry to space travel

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Dozens of people are dead and thousands were forced to evacuate after heavy rain unleashed flooding in southern Brazil.

Deutsche Welle - 1 day ago

Oh Great, Spiders Can Swim

The Atlantic - 1 day ago

Does Obesity Protect Against Dementia? Science Says It's Complicated

NDTV - 1 day ago

While Boeing's passenger planes glitch, NASA is entrusting the company's spaceship with 2 astronauts' lives

Business Insider - 1 day ago

Cave of Crystals: The deadly cavern in Mexico dubbed 'the Sistine Chapel of crystals'

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Four falcon chicks hatch in Glasgow university tower -- , -- Four falcon chicks hatch in Glasgow university tower

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Flooding cash help on offer from Government -- , -- Flooding cash help on offer from Government

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A Company Is Building a Giant Compressed-Air Battery in the Australian Outback

Wired News - 2 days ago

One of Mt. Everest's deadliest passages is growing even more treacherous

Business Insider - 2 days ago

Glow of an exoplanet may be from starlight reflecting off liquid iron

Ars Technica - 2 days ago

When PTO stands for 'pretend time off': Doctors struggle to take real breaks

NPR - 2 days ago

What Kind of Battery Would You Need to Power a Lightsaber?

Wired News - 2 days ago

'Dance Your Ph.D.' winner on science, art, and embracing his identity

NPR - 2 days ago

A champion of psychedelics who includes a dose of skepticism

Los Angeles Times - 2 days ago

Our Reporter on the Cicada Lifecycle

New York Times - 2 days ago

Was T. rex really as smart as primates? -- Matthew Rozsa

Salon - 2 days ago

Celebrations to mark arboretum's 150th birthday -- , -- Celebrations to mark arboretum's 150th birthday

BBC News - 2 days ago

Was the Stone Age Actually the Wood Age?

New York Times - 2 days ago

Berkshire Big Picture: Saturday's image of the county -- , -- Berkshire Big Picture: Saturday's image of the county

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They say that the brain is...

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Developer told to clear overgrown village footpath -- , -- Developer told to clear overgrown village footpath

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The poverty pressure behind part-time farming -- , -- The poverty pressure behind part-time farming

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Over 100 people have been rescued and relocated by Luwu officials.

Deutsche Welle - 2 days ago

Squirrels spread leprosy in 10th and 11th century England

Independent UK - 2 days ago

Leprosy spread between people and red SQUIRRELS in medieval England, study reveals

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

Los Angeles unleashes a new weapon in its fight against mosquitoes: More mosquitoes

NBC News - 2 days ago

Heavy rains over Texas have led to water rescues, school cancellations and evacuation orders

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Starlink geofence appears to have some gaping holes -- I guess the brains down in Africa gonna take some time to do the things they never should have had

Register UK - 2 days ago

China to Launch Probe to Get Samples From Less-Explored Far Side of...

Deccan Chronicle - 2 days ago

UK Researchers Reconstruct Face Of 75,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Woman

NDTV - 2 days ago

Arizona is boosting efforts to protect people from the extreme heat after hundreds died last summer

Fox News - 2 days ago

Prebys Foundation awards $7 million in grants to 14 San Diego researchers

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 2 days ago

13 killed as heavy rains unleash landslide in Haiti

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Call for gardeners to help with flood defence -- , -- Call for gardeners to help with flood defence

BBC News - 2 days ago

Face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed by scientists

NBC News - 2 days ago

Historic cicada event underway in parts of U.S. -- For the first time since 1803, two groups of periodical cicadas are emerging from the ground at the same time in parts of the Midwest and South. However, a small section of Central Illinois marks the only place where both the 13-year and 17-year cicadas are emerging in the same place. Dave Malkoff reports on the extraordinary event. -- May 2

CBS News - 2 days ago

Asteroid that exploded over Berlin was fastest-spinning space rock ever recorded

Live Science - 2 days ago

Almost $17K in fines for illegal hunting, fishing in northern Ont.

CTV News - 2 days ago

Scientists witnessed an orangutan treating his wounds with medicinal plants, showing human-like behavior

Business Insider - 2 days ago

Primate heals itself with plant medicine -- Matthew Rozsa

Salon - 2 days ago

New nuclear reactor comes online in Georgia -- Georgia is home to the nation's newest nuclear reactor. It's bringing clean energy to the state, but the project has run over budget and past its original completion date. Drew Kann, climate and environment reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joins CBS News to explore the effort. -- May 2

CBS News - 2 days ago

We still don't understand how one human apparently got bird flu from a cow

Ars Technica - 2 days ago

'We Will Save Our Beef': Florida Bans Lab-Grown Meat

New York Times - 2 days ago

NASA hasn't landed on the Moon in decades—China just sent its third in six years

Ars Technica - 2 days ago

Southern Brazil has been hit by the worst floods in 80 years. At least 37 people have died

CTV News - 2 days ago

Everything we know about Apple's new 'iPhone Flip' - as well as its plan for a foldable iPad

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

New Mutations Identified in Bird Flu Virus

New York Times - 2 days ago

1st Americans came over in 4 different waves from Siberia, linguist argues - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 3 May 24 - The languages of the earliest Americans evolved in 4 waves, according to one expert.

Live Science - 2 days ago

Scientists welcome new rules on marijuana, but research will still face obstacles

NPR - 2 days ago

Two lifeforms merge into one for first time in a billion years

Independent UK - 2 days ago

Research: Rising temperatures threatening bumblebee populations

UPI - 2 days ago

In a tiny submersible, UCSD's Lisa Levin is about to descend 3 miles to learn 'how the ocean works, and how it can change'

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 2 days ago

An anchovy feast draws a crush of sea lions to one of San Francisco's piers, the most in 15 years

CTV News - 2 days ago

Orangutan treats facial wound with medicinal plant

UPI - 2 days ago

Racehorses Have No Idea What's Going On

The Atlantic - 2 days ago

On World Press Freedom Day, the planet and Palestine are on the Caribbean's radar

Global Voices - 2 days ago

Gas Stove Pollution Risk Is Greatest in Smaller Homes, Study Finds

New York Times - 2 days ago

Orangutan in the wild applied medicinal plant to heal its own injury, biologists say

NPR - 2 days ago

Squirrels may have given medieval Britons leprosy

BBC News - 2 days ago

An AI-controlled fighter jet took the U.S. Air Force's leader for a historic ride. What that means for war By

CTV News - 2 days ago

Medieval Pets Had One of Humanity's Most Cursed Diseases

The Atlantic - 2 days ago

Mayans burned and buried dead political regimes

Ars Technica - 2 days ago

Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Here's how you can see the celestial event.

Fox News - 2 days ago

No One Knows How Far Bird Flu Has Spread

Wired News - 2 days ago

Universal donor blood is 'close' to reality -- Under the Radar -- Scientists identify 'cocktail' of enzymes that destroy harmful antigens -- By Rebecca Messina, The Week UK

The Week - 2 days ago

Two seconds of hope for fusion power

Ars Technica - 2 days ago

Computers struggle differentiating AI-faked voices from the real thing. It's ideal for scammers.

Deutsche Welle - 2 days ago

Shaky future of Mars sample return -- Chris Impey - The Conversation

Salon - 2 days ago

James Webb telescope spots wind blowing faster than a bullet on '2-faced planet' with eternal night - By - Ben Turner - published - 3 May 24 - New James Webb Space Telescope observations of the exoplanet WASP-43b reveal that the hot gas giant is tidally locked, meaning one side permanently faces its sun while the other always stares out into space.

Live Science - 2 days ago

US Space Scientists Rediscover Satellite Missing For 25 Years

NDTV - 2 days ago

China launches lunar probe to take samples from far side of the moon

Fox News - 2 days ago

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley's comet, peaks this weekend. Here's how to see it

AP News - 2 days ago

China publicizes for the first time what it claims is a 2016 agreement with Philippines

AP News - 2 days ago

Africa is particularly vulnerable to suffering natural disasters, such as floods, severe storms and droughts.

Deutsche Welle - 2 days ago

Summer heat waves already deadly in Asia, and it's still spring -- Much of Asia is sweltering under a heat wave that one expert calls "by far the most extreme event in world climatic history." -- May 2

CBS News - 2 days ago

1,700-year-old Roman shipwreck was stuffed to the gills with fish sauce when it sank - By - Tom Metcalfe - published - 3 May 24 - The wreck near a beach on Mallorca gives a snapshot of sea trade in late Roman times.

Live Science - 2 days ago

China's Chang'e-6 spacecraft is expected to retrieve samples from the moon's rarely seen far side within two months.

Deutsche Welle - 2 days ago

Tired all day? These lifestyle changes might help you restore your energy back

YNET News - 2 days ago

Rise of the sports 'super-material': How athletes including Alexander Munyao and Emmanuel Wanyonyi have smashed records wearing a NASA-inspired polymer - and Team GB is set to wear it at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

Clock is ticking for NASA to fix bucket of issues before next Artemis mission -- Heat shield that looks like the surface of the Moon plus fiberglass doors on the launch platform on the list -- Science

Register UK - 2 days ago

When we gather with our families for the Thanksgiving feast, we may find ourselves face to face with the sister or brother who was the childhood idol, bully, mooch, or closest friend. That sibling relationship is always dynamic, but perhaps not well enough understood. So this year, NPR journalists add to your Thanksgiving table a generous helping of sibling stories.

NPR - 2 days ago

Scientists identify 'degrees of Kevin Bacon' gene

CTV News - 2 days ago

Maya used hallucinogenic plants in rituals to bless their ball courts

Ars Technica - 2 days ago

Hector Retamal / AFP - Getty Images

NBC News - 2 days ago

What Happens When the Rainforest Runs out of Water?

Deutsche Welle - 2 days ago

Some scientists can't stop using AI to write research papers -- If you read about 'meticulous commendable intricacy' there's a chance a boffin had help -- AI + ML

Register UK - 3 days ago

Rocket Report: Astroscale chases down dead rocket; Ariane 6 on the pad

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

China sends a probe to get samples from the less-explored far side of the moon

CTV News - 3 days ago

Orangutan seen treating wound with pain-relieving plant in wild first

Independent UK - 3 days ago

China Launches Spacecraft to the Far Side of the Moon

New York Times - 3 days ago

TikTokers rejoice - your favourite songs are BACK! Video app signs a new licensing agreement with Universal Music Group that will reinstate tunes from Taylor Swift, Drake, and The Weeknd

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

Trillions of cicadas emerge across U.S. -- Trillions of cicadas are emerging across 12 states, from the Midwest to the East Coast, after spending more than a decade underground. In Central Illinois, there is a rare opportunity to see two types of cicadas together for the first time in more than 200 years. -- May 2

CBS News - 3 days ago

Government defeated in High Court over climate plans

BBC News - 3 days ago

China launched a probe to the far side of the moon, stepping up its space race with the US

Business Insider - 3 days ago

Fighting climate change demands degrowth -- Matthew Rozsa

Salon - 3 days ago

What are the blue blobs washing up on SoCal beaches? Welcome to Velella velella Valhalla

Los Angeles Times - 3 days ago