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November 15, 2024
A coastal town in Massachusetts is in chaos following a storm over the weekend that caused $600,000 worth of sand, brought in to safeguard homes, roads, and other important structures, to be washed away. A total of 14,000 tons (12,701 metric tons) of sand were transported into Salisbury over the course of a few weeks
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A recent approach to combat a highly hostile form of brain cancer yielded encouraging results in two studies involving a small group of participants. Researchers announced on Wednesday that they were successful in converting immune cells from patients into “living drugs” that were capable of identifying and targeting glioblastoma cells. In initial experiments, these cells
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Advocates for some 200 wild horses roaming North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park are hoping a signal of support from Congress will prevent the removal of the beloved animals from the rugged landscape. The National Park Service will make a decision in April regarding the future of the horses in the
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The sun is going to once again vanish from sight in North America, causing a total solar eclipse and turning day into darkness. The maximum event on April 8 will endure for 4 minutes and 28 seconds in the region of complete obscurity – double the duration of the 2017 total solar eclipse that darkened
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On Tuesday, four individuals representing four different countries returned to Earth aboard SpaceX after completing a six-month mission at the International Space Station. The capsule raced across the United States during the early hours of the morning and landed with a splash in the Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Panhandle. Jasmin Moghbeli, a Marine
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The United Nations’ cultural and scientific agency reported on Monday that Ukraine will require over $1 billion to reconstruct scientific infrastructure that sustained damage or destruction during the two-year conflict with Russia. According to a report published on Monday by UNESCO, over 1,443 scientific institutions, predominantly affiliated with universities in the country, have suffered damage
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LeeBeth is a shark with the characteristics of a long-haul trucker, possessing gills and large teeth. Scientists are intrigued by the movements of LeeBeth, a 14-foot (4.3-meter) white shark, despite swimmers at the beach not feeling the same excitement. They hope that her impressive journey will offer valuable insights to assist the species, and are
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During a total solar eclipse, do tortoises become more romantic, do giraffes start galloping, and do apes sing unusual notes? On April 8, scientists will be present to monitor the alteration of animal behaviors at Fort Worth Zoo in Texas when the sky temporarily darkens. In 2017, they had noted peculiar behavior in animals at
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On Wednesday morning, while lying in bed and looking at her phone, Donna Lindstrom heard a loud noise that shook her historic 19th-century home in the town of East Hampton, Connecticut. The 66-year-old retired delivery driver and many other locals in the town took to social media to discuss the recent resurfacing of mysterious explosive
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Biologists from Michigan Tech University have been studying the vulnerable wolf population on a secluded island in Lake Superior every winter since 1958. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, this year’s planned seven-week survey had to be ended after only two weeks. The team studying the wolves uses a ski plane to land on the frozen
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