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After the northern lights show, what’s next in the night sky? Comets, supermoon and meteor showersOct 11, 2024 4:14 pm - The aurora borealis made a special appearance in the night skies over much of the suburbs late Thursday, and there’s a slim chance they’ll be back again Friday.
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Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to 3 scientists for work on proteins, building blocks of lifeOct 09, 2024 7:08 am - The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to three scientists for their breakthrough work predicting and even designing the structure of proteins, the building blocks of life.
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Pioneers in artificial intelligence win the Nobel Prize in physicsOct 08, 2024 6:53 am - Two pioneers of artificial intelligence – John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton – won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for helping create the building blocks of machine learning that is revolutionizing the way we work and live but also creates new threats to humanity, one of the winners said.
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Stargazing class Oct. 13 in Hawthorn WoodsOct 08, 2024 6:24 am - Hawthorn Woods, an International Dark Sky Community, is hosting a stargazing class from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13. Open to all ages and families. Participants will ...
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Nobel Prize in medicine honors 2 scientists for their discovery of microRNAOct 07, 2024 8:24 am - Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that offer a way for scientists to control what’s happening in our cells and that could lead to new ways of detecting and treating diseases including cancer.
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A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19’s originSep 19, 2024 1:40 pm - Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to people, an effort they hope could allow them to trace the outbreak back to its source.
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Catch a partial lunar eclipse during September’s supermoon TuesdaySep 17, 2024 11:37 am - NEW YORK — Get ready for a partial lunar eclipse and supermoon, all rolled into one. The spectacle will be visible in clear skies across North America and South America ...
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Tech billionaire pulls off first private spacewalk high above EarthSep 12, 2024 8:19 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A tech billionaire performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth on Thursday, a high-risk endeavor reserved for professional ...
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August’s supermoon is the first of four lunar spectaclesAug 20, 2024 11:32 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Monday’s supermoon is the first of four this year. During a supermoon, the full moon inches a little closer than usual to Earth. A supermoon isn’t...
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Now that mpox is a global health emergency, will it trigger another pandemic?Aug 16, 2024 1:09 pm - LONDON — The World Health Organization has declared the ongoing outbreaks of mpox in Congo and elsewhere in Africa to be a global emergency, requiring urgent action to cu...