Please don't call the cops on mating manatees, Florida sheriff's office says
A Florida sheriff's office is urging beachgoers to give manatees some privacy -- and to not call the police on their distinctive mating displays.
1970-01-01 08:00
Fire whirls and pyrocumulus clouds: How fire creates its own weather
Substantial fires can create their own weather -- and do it in several ways.
1970-01-01 08:00
Lost for centuries, Emperor Nero's theater is unearthed in Rome
Ruins of a private theater belonging to the 1st century Roman Emperor Nero have been unearthed in the Italian capital just meters from the Vatican, in what experts are calling an "exceptional" find.
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Russia proposes joint research module on space station for China, India, Brazil and South Africa
The head of Russia's space agency has extended an offer to Moscow's partners in the BRICS group -- Brazil, India, China and South Africa -- to participate in the construction of a joint module for its planned orbital space station, state media reported Monday.
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Who was the real J. Robert Oppenheimer?
The highly anticipated movie "Oppenheimer" finally lands in theaters Friday. But who was J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist widely considered the father of the atomic bomb?
1970-01-01 08:00
China reveals how it plans to put astronauts on the moon by 2030
Chinese officials on Wednesday unveiled new details about their plans for a manned lunar mission, as China attempts to become only the second nation to put citizens on the moon.
1970-01-01 08:00
The huge blob of seaweed headed for Florida has shrunk by 75%
Florida vacations are back on, sans stinky seaweed.
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Controversial Chinese scientist He Jiankui proposes new gene editing research
He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who sparked global outrage in 2018 when he revealed that he had created the first gene-edited children, has put forward a new proposal for modifying human embryos that he claims could help aid the "aging population."
1970-01-01 08:00
Archaeologists find a 3,000-year-old sword so well preserved it's still gleaming
Archaeologists have found an octagonal sword dating from more than 3,000 years ago at a burial site in the state of Bavaria, southern Germany.
1970-01-01 08:00
How a heat dome can push temperatures to dangerous highs
Summer is notorious for producing punishing heat waves, often referred to as heat domes.
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Why the heat index matters more than the temperature in a heat wave
Checking the temperature reading during a heat wave won't tell the whole sweltering story. It's going to feel a lot hotter.
1970-01-01 08:00
Hundreds of dolphins and sea lions have washed up dead or sick in California amid toxic algae outbreak
Hundreds of marine animals have washed ashore amid a toxic algal outbreak in California. Experts believe the algae is to blame, though they are waiting on test results to confirm it.
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