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Penguin North America Zoo Maryland Penguins Jen Kottyan
- It takes a village to raise a child - but apparently, only one penguin to create the village. Maryland Zoo's "Mr. Greedy" died this week after fathering 230 penguins and helping rebuild the species' population in zoos across North America, ... [Read More]

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Galaxy Galaxies Stars M33 Milky Way Hubble
- A nearby galaxy is shining with star formation in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope . The spiral galaxy Messier 33 (M33), also known as the Triangulum Galaxy, is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, after the Andromeda ... [Read More]


Light Universe Shull Glow Background Space
- Scientists have ventured to the far reaches of the solar system, at least virtually, to gather the most precise measurements of the faint glow that fills the universe. The combined light from all sources outside of the Milky Way galaxy is known as ... [Read More]

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Mission Polaris Dawn Polaris Dawn Spacex Falcon Crew
- An unprecedented space mission will be launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the coming days. Dubbed  Polaris Dawn , the first mission of its kind will use a  SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket  to launch a ... [Read More]

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Dart Debris Impact Dimorphos Asteroid Michael Kueppers
- Ever had that moment when you throw a rock into a pond and observe the ripples moving away from the spot? Now, imagine something similar happening, but on a much bigger scale – in space. That's what happened when NASA's DART spacecraft made history by altering the path of a gigantic space rock hurling through the cosmos. DART mission makes history In 2022, DART made more than just ripples, it made waves of debris in space. It strategically collided with the Dimorphos asteroid, causing a ripple effect that shifted its orbit around its larger sibling, the Didymos asteroid. The ... [Read More]

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Mercury Dr Rothery Bepicolombo Orbit Mercury's South Pole Mission
- BepiColombo, a joint European-Japanese mission, completed its latest flyby of Mercury, sending back a sneak peek of the cratered planet it will begin to orbit in 2026. Listen to this article · 4:26 min On Thursday, a spacecraft operated by ... [Read More]

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Missouri Bird Flu Bird Flu Animals Virus
- Health officials have identified a person in Missouri sick with bird flu despite having no known contact with animals — marking the first case of the virus in the U.S. this year not linked to farm work. Bird flu has been slowly spreading ... [Read More]

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Ilsa Data Instrument Signals Hours Activity
- NEW DELHI: Seismic activity in the Moon's soil could be due to impact from meteorites in the past or local heat-related effects, according to Isro's preliminary analysis of data received from 's quake-detecting instrument. However, detailed studies ... [Read More]


Case Flu H5 United States' Missouri Department Influenza
- A person in Missouri is the United States' first case of H5 avian influenza without a known exposure to a sick animal, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. "This is the 14 th human case of H5 reported in the United ... [Read More]

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Missouri Health Dairy Missouri Person Patient H5
- A person in Missouri has been infected with bird flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The adult, who didn't have known contact with poultry or dairy cows, was hospitalized on Aug. 22 and has recovered. The case adds to growing anxiety about the risk of bird flu spreading among humans, especially since this is the first infection in a person in the U.S. who didn't work with poultry or dairy cows. The CDC said the risk among the general public remains low. At least 196 herds of dairy cows in 14 states have confirmed outbreaks of the H5 influenza virus, according to ... [Read More]

Source: nbcnews.com

Mass Grave Babies Royton Discovery Graves
- People who spent more than half a century not knowing where their loved ones were buried have finally been able to visit their graves. This followed the discovery of a mass burial ground in Royton, Oldham, that is believed to hold 145 stillborn ... [Read More]

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Starliner Boeing Starliner Nasa Space Landing Astronauts
- NASA and Boeing will attempt to bring an empty Starliner spacecraft back to Earth tonight (Sept. 6), weeks after the craft was deemed too risky for astronauts to ride home. The uncrewed Starliner is scheduled to detach from the International Space ... [Read More]


Moon Years Heat Samples Activity E 5 Mission
- New findings show lunar volcanic activity occurred as recently as 120 million years ago. We know that the moon once had a lot of volcanic activity. The most common rock on the moon's surface is basalt , a well-known igneous rock . However, a new ... [Read More]


Water Hydrogen Mars Atmosphere Space Atoms
- M ars is a place of mysteries. Was it ever—or is it now—home to life? Why did it lose its magnetic field, allowing the solar wind to claw away its once-abundant atmosphere? And then there's the riddle of the lost Martian water. As dry ... [Read More]

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Impact Asteroid Jupiter's Moon Ganymede Ganymede Hirata Miles
- The solar system's largest moon, , which orbits the largest planet, , was hit by an asteroid four billion years ago that shifted on its axis, new research suggests. The asteroid was about 20 times larger than the Chicxulub asteroid, which is thought to have , estimates Naoyuki Hirata, a planetologist at Kobe University in Hyogo, Japan, in the Sept. 3 issue of the journal " Ganymede, which is 50% larger than our own moon, has an ocean beneath its icy surface – up to 60 miles deep – and is suspected of being able to . The moon is also interesting because of the or furrows seen ... [Read More]


Instagram Image Photographer Year United Kingdom Crystal River
- For those who turn their lenses toward nature, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest is among the most prestigious awards—it's  been referred to  as the "Oscars of wildlife photography." Now in its 60th year, the competition drew in nearly 60,000 submissions from 117 countries and territories around the globe for its 2024 contest. While the winners have yet to be announced, the Natural History Museum in London, which develops and produces the competition, recently released a collection of highly commended images that offer a sneak peak of what's to come. From a ... [Read More]


Amylase Starchy Foods Foods Copies Genes Study
- Starchy foods have played a pivotal role in human evolution, influencing not only our diets but also our genetic makeup. A recent study has revealed that the rise of agriculture – around 12,000 years ago – and the subsequent increase in starchy staples like wheat and grains, significantly impacted the human genome. Researchers from the United States, Italy, and the United Kingdom found that our ability to digest carbohydrates has significantly evolved over time. This is closely linked to the rise of agriculture and the increase of starchy foods in our diets. The evolutionary ... [Read More]

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New York Burmese Python Snake Python Home Southeast Asia
- An illegally-owned 13-foot Burmese python was seized from a home in central New York state last week, officials said. On Aug. 28, an officer with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation received a report about a snake in New Hartford, a town about 50 miles east of Syracuse. The complainant said they believed someone was keeping the reptile in their home illegally, the agency said Tuesday in a Facebook post. The officer identified the snake as a Burmese python after seeing a picture of it, mainly because of the "arrowhead like design on its head," per the department. It is ... [Read More]

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Dr Lurgi Research Ecology Communities Relationships Dr Araujo
- Virtually all multicellular organisms on Earth live in symbiotic associations with very large and complex microbial communities known as microbiomes. New research has just been published aimed at offering a complete understanding how those relationships form. Computational ecologist Dr Miguel Lurgi and colleagues explore how associations between complex bacterial communities and multicellular hosts emerge in nature by combining theory with empirical work. They are currently using the proposed framework to investigate microbes inside marine sponges. The study is published in Trends in ... [Read More]

Source: phys.org

Shark Sharks Tag Porbeagle Anderson Meters
- Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.  . When scientists attached a tag to a pregnant porbeagle shark in October 2020 to learn more about the creature's habitat, they didn't expect their tracker to capture evidence of how large sharks hunt one another. But when the tracker registered some unexpected activity in March 2021, the scientists realized a larger shark had eaten their research subject. The team shared these unexpected findings in a new study published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science . "This is the first documented predation event of a porbeagle ... [Read More]

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