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October 21, 2022 5:11 AM

Rusty the red panda, who briefly ran free in D.C. in 2013, has unexpectedly died

Rusty the red panda escaped his National Zoo enclosure and was briefly free in Washington, D.C., in 2013. He has died at age 10 of unknown causes.

by Halisia Hubbard

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October 19, 2022 5:22 PM

How Black Death survivors gave their descendants an edge during pandemics

Up to 50% of Europeans died from the plague. Now a new study shows that those who lived had a protective gene mutation they passed on to bolster immunity — but it comes at a cost.

by Michaeleen Doucleff

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October 17, 2022 3:58 PM

Former NASA astronaut Jim McDivitt, who led Gemini and Apollo missions, dies at 93

McDivitt commanded two early Gemini and Apollo missions in the 1960s that played a key role in preparing for the moon landing in 1969.

by Juliana Kim

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October 15, 2022 6:00 AM

A black hole is releasing some strange burps, baffling scientists

Astronomers were stunned to find that the black hole was emitting energy, two years after it pulled apart a star that had come too close.

by Laurel Wamsley

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October 11, 2022 5:21 PM

NASA says its asteroid defense test was a success

NASA smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to throw it off course. The mission succeeded beyond expectations, officials said.

by James Doubek

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October 5, 2022 4:59 AM

The Nobel chemistry prize is awarded to 3 people for their work in attaching molecules

This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded in equal parts to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless for developing way of "snapping molecules together."

by The Associated Press

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October 4, 2022 5:03 AM

3 scientists share Nobel Prize in physics for their work on quantum information

This year's Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to research on how light and matter act on an atomic scale.

by The Associated Press

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October 4, 2022 4:01 AM

After years of waiting, rare turtles have bred 41 hatchlings at the San Diego Zoo

The Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle is considered endangered. The zoo is the first accredited organization in North America to hatch and raise the species that's native to South Asia.

by James Doubek

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October 3, 2022 5:45 AM

The Nobel prize in medicine has been awarded for research on evolution

This year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Swedish scientist Svante Pääbo for his discoveries on human evolution.

by The Associated Press

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September 27, 2022 11:24 AM

This is what NASA's spacecraft saw just seconds before slamming into an asteroid

NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday night. These are the final images it captured as it hurtled toward the rocky surface.

by Rachel Treisman

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Science

Rusty the red panda, who briefly ran free in D.C. in 2013, has unexpectedly died

How Black Death survivors gave their descendants an edge during pandemics

Former NASA astronaut Jim McDivitt, who led Gemini and Apollo missions, dies at 93

A black hole is releasing some strange burps, baffling scientists

NASA says its asteroid defense test was a success

The Nobel chemistry prize is awarded to 3 people for their work in attaching molecules

3 scientists share Nobel Prize in physics for their work on quantum information

After years of waiting, rare turtles have bred 41 hatchlings at the San Diego Zoo

The Nobel prize in medicine has been awarded for research on evolution

This is what NASA's spacecraft saw just seconds before slamming into an asteroid

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