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This image made available by University of Hawaii's asteroid impact alert system shows the motion of asteroid 2024 YR4 over about one hour, Dec. 27, 2024.

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  • Space

The odds of a 'city-killer' asteroid hitting Earth have fallen to zero

After weeks at the top of the Sentry list at the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, the asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer considered a threat to Earth.

February 25, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Biochemists Herbert Boyer (UCSF) and Paul Berg (Stanford) at a conference at Asilomar, February 26, 1975.

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  • Science

50 years after a seminal conference, big questions about biotechnology remain

In 1975, researchers met to discuss the emerging field of biotechnology. The issues surrounding the field today are familiar.

February 25, 2025
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Mice may exhibit revival-like behaviors to help unconscious cage mates.

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  • Science

Lab mice may give 'first aid' to unconscious mates

New research suggests mice may exhibit revival-like behaviors to help unconscious mice recover faster.

February 24, 2025
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  • Jonathan Lambert
Facing extinction in the wild, Hawaiian crows were brought into captivity to save them. Now, a small group is being released.

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  • Climate

This rare, intelligent species of crow is taking flight in Hawaii again

Hawaiian crows are extinct in the wild and are found nowhere else on Earth. Now, a small group, safeguarded in captivity, has been released in the forests of Maui.

February 23, 2025
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
Screenshots from Mallory DeMille's Instagram, where she takes on the wellness industry as @this.is.mallory.

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  • Science

Bad wellness advice is all over social media. These creators are pushing back

A growing group of content creators are trying to counteract misleading and false wellness claims online from influencers hawking supplements and unproven remedies.

February 22, 2025
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  • Jude Joffe-Block
This artist's concept shows Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, surrounded by a swirling accretion disk of hot gas. Flaring hot spots that resemble solar flares are seen in the disk. <br>

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  • National

Why are 'fireworks' coming from a black hole? This is what scientists say

A team of astrophysicists have found flares of light in Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.

February 20, 2025
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  • Chandelis Duster
Hurricane during a PDSA's Order of Merit ceremony in London. He was awarded for protecting White House grounds and also being a good boy.

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  • National

Hurricane, the hero Belgian Malinois who protected the Obama White House from intruder, has died

Hurricane, who was a Special Operations Canine for the Secret Service, became the most decorated dog in U.S. history. He died this week at the age of 16.

February 19, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it is taking steps to optimize its workforce and reduce its spending — but is now trying to rescind the firing of some employees.

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  • Politics

The USDA fired staffers working on bird flu. Now it's trying to reverse course

The USDA says "several" staffers working on the bird flu response were terminated over the weekend, and "we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters."

February 19, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
In this photo provided by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania, a woman inspects a whale after more than 150 false killer whales have become stranded on Feb. 19, 2025, on a remote beach near Arthur River in Australia's island state of Tasmania.

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  • Animals

More than 150 false killer whales stranded on a beach in Australia's Tasmania state

The reasons for the beachings are unclear. Reasons could include disorientation caused by loud noises, illness, old age, injury, fleeing predators and severe weather.

February 19, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion spacecraft aboard the mobile launcher as it rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B, on Nov. 3, 2022, at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., in preparation for a launch.

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  • Space

Is Trump preparing to cancel America's ride back to the moon?

President Trump launched the Artemis program to return U.S. astronauts to the moon for the first time since Apollo. Now, the plan could be a casualty of the cost-cutting drive overseen by Elon Musk.

February 19, 2025
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  • Scott Neuman
Many scientists fear that cuts at NSF will slow or stall advances in basic research, including in computer science, causing America to lose its competitive edge.

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  • Science

National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce

NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.

February 19, 2025
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  • Jonathan Lambert
Baby mice make ultrasonic chirps to get their mother's attention.

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  • Science

How a uniquely human genetic tweak changed the voices of mice

A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic underpinnings of language.

February 18, 2025
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
A baby seal was rescued from New Haven, Conn., over the weekend. The pup, believed to be a few weeks old, is now recovering at the nearby Mystic Aquarium.

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  • Animals

Why did the baby seal cross the road? It's not a riddle for this Connecticut city

A baby seal was rescued from the streets of downtown New Haven, lethargic and underweight. He is now recovering at a nearby aquarium, which hopes to eventually release him back into the ocean.

February 18, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Ryan Dowdy, a former NASA food scientist, won an innovation research grant from the USDA to help further develop a meal replacement bar for first responders. His grant remains frozen, along with others, pending review.

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  • Business

He once made food for astronauts. Will his new idea survive Trump's funding freeze?

Ryan Dowdy, a former NASA food scientist, won a USDA innovation grant to further develop a meal replacement bar for first responders. Trump's freeze on government awards has jeopardized those plans.

February 18, 2025
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  • Andrea Hsu
An archaeologist is seen on a screenshot from a video of an excavation in the basement of a building on Gracechurch Street in London's financial district.

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  • World

An ancient Roman basilica has been discovered below London's financial district

The basilica, dating back some 1,900 years, was found during excavations that took place as part of the demolition of a building in the heart of London.

February 18, 2025
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  • Willem Marx
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