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September 16, 2021 7:22 AM

NASA is launching a new telescope that could offer some cosmic eye candy

Hubble's iconic images captured the public's imagination. Will NASA's next big space telescope, which sees infrared light, produce astronomy scenes that pack a similar punch?

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

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September 15, 2021 5:00 AM

The 1st all-civilian crew is about to orbit the Earth

Marking the latest step in the commercialization of space, the SpaceX mission set to launch Wednesday will carry four civilians, including a billionaire CEO, a physician assistant and a geoscientist.

by Deepa Shivaram

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September 13, 2021 2:15 PM

FDA experts among group opposing U.S. booster shot plan

The average person doesn’t need a COVID-19 booster yet, an international group of scientists — including two top U.S. regulators — wrote Monday in a scientific journal.

by The Associated Press

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September 8, 2021 9:11 PM

First came a quake in Mexico, then strange blue lights. People feared the apocalypse

Mexicans are sharing spectacular videos of bursts of blue lights seen streaking across the skies after a 7.0 earthquake rattled the country's Pacific coast on Wednesday.

by Carrie Kahn

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September 2, 2021 5:22 AM

For 2 weeks every August, Duluth is the nighthawk capital of the world

For two weeks at the end of every summer, thousands of nighthawks fly over Duluth during their marathon migration to South America. It's the largest known migratory concentration of the common nighthawk in the world.

by Dan Kraker

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September 1, 2021 7:15 AM

Your dog may know if you've done something on purpose, or just screwed up

An experiment involving dog treats suggests our canine pals may understand the difference when a human withholds a treat by accident versus doing it on purpose. But don't press your luck.

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

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August 19, 2021 6:39 PM

Bats love to babble — just like humans

New research finds that sac-winged bat pups — a species of bat found in Central and South America — like to "babble" in ways that are remarkably similar to human babies.

by Geoff Brumfiel

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August 14, 2021 7:50 AM

July was the hottest month in recorded human history

The global combined land and ocean-surface temperature was 1.67 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average, according to NOAA, the hottest in 142 years of record-keeping.

by Joe Hernandez

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August 14, 2021 6:51 AM

First live 'murder hornet' of 2021 spotted in Washington state

The first live giant "murder hornet" of 2021 has been spotted in Washington state — and it was caught in the act of living up to its name, attacking a wasp nest.

by Scott Neuman

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August 13, 2021 2:17 PM

CDC panel recommends 3rd vaccine dose for immunocompromised people

A panel of CDC advisers recommended a third dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for people with weakened immune systems. It follows the FDA authorization a day earlier.

by Joe Neel

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