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Scientists may have discovered 'dark oxygen' being created without photosynthesis

Scientists may have discovered 'dark oxygen' being created without photosynthesis

It has long been understood that photosynthesis creates oxygen, but researchers believe they've found oxygen being created in parts of the ocean with no light.
by Joe Hernandez and Regina G. Barber

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Why many scientists fear a second Trump term

Why many scientists fear a second Trump term

Federal scientists work on everything from agriculture and housing to weather forecasts and electricity generation. Many worry they will face censorship if Trump wins in November.
by Rebecca Hersher

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Astronomers are scrambling to save the world's most powerful X-ray space telescope

Astronomers are scrambling to save the world's most powerful X-ray space telescope

NASA is facing a tight budget and wants to wrap up the Chandra X-ray Observatory, but astronomers don't want to see the 25-year-old X-ray space telescope mission go.
by Nell Greenfieldboyce

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From a basement lab to computers worldwide, Concordia College digitizes thousands of species

From a basement lab to computers worldwide, Concordia College digitizes thousands of species

After languishing for decades — in some cases more than a century — in Minnesota museum collections, more than one million bugs, birds and other specimens are now being offered to a new audience.
by Amy Felegy

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A scientist took a psychedelic drug — and watched his own brain 'fall apart'

A scientist took a psychedelic drug — and watched his own brain 'fall apart'

Scientists scanned the brains of people who took psilocybin, including a member of the research team. The scans showed how the drug disrupts key networks, potentially enhancing brain plasticity.
by Jon Hamilton

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The world's population is projected to peak at 10.3 billion in the 2080s, U.N. says

The world's population is projected to peak at 10.3 billion in the 2080s, U.N. says

Additionally, the global life expectancy is beginning to climb again post-COVID pandemic, and is now 73.3 years of age. It is anticipated to climb to 77.4 years in 2054.
by Ayana Archie

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Volunteers who lived in a NASA-created Mars replica for over a year have emerged

Volunteers who lived in a NASA-created Mars replica for over a year have emerged

The four crew members entered the 3D-printed Mars replica on June 25, 2023, as part of a NASA experiment to observe how humans would fare living on the Red Planet.
by Joe Hernandez

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To save spotted owls, officials plan to kill a half-million of another owl species

To save spotted owls, officials plan to kill a half-million of another owl species

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service strategy is meant to prop up declining spotted owl populations in Oregon, Washington and California by killing barred owls that have encroached into their territory.
by The Associated Press

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Don Wyse remembered as early champion of sustainable agriculture research in Minnesota

Don Wyse remembered as early champion of sustainable agriculture research in Minnesota

University of Minnesota professor Don Wyse, a proponent of sustainable agricultural practices, died Tuesday. Wyse co-founded the Forever Green Initiative, a project to research new, more sustainable crops for Minnesota farmers.
by Dan Gunderson

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