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Webb telescope uncovers merger of two massive black holes from early universe

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Vikings had windows, another shift away from their image as barbaric Norsemen, Danish museum says

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Duck! Flying squirrels take to the air in Nebraska city

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Rare sea creature washes ashore in Southern California

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Nobel-winning technique like "Google Earth for molecules"

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Scientists tinker with evolution to save Hawaii coral reefs

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Activist who fought for legal rights for Europe's largest saltwater lagoon wins 'Green Nobel'

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Biden administration moves to make conservation an equal to industry on US lands

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A Dubai company's staggering land deals in Africa raise fears about risks to Indigenous livelihoods

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How 'lab-grown' meat cultivated from animal cells could offer another sustainable food option

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Boeing's first astronaut launch is off until late next week to replace a bad rocket valve

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Boeing calls off its first astronaut launch because of valve issue on rocket

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Takeaways from AP's investigation into fatal police encounters involving injections of sedatives

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How a 911 call for trespassing escalated to an injection of a powerful sedative and one man's death

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NASA astronauts arrive for Boeing's first human spaceflight

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NASA hears from Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, after months of quiet

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This ancient snake in India might have been longer than a school bus and weighed a ton

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The Lyrid meteor shower peaks this weekend, but it may be hard to see it

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NASA is seeking a faster and cheaper way to bring Mars samples to Earth

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Total solar eclipse wows North America. Clouds part just in time for most

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Small town businesses embrace total solar eclipse crowd, come rain or shine on Monday

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SpaceX comes close to completing test flight of mega rocket but loses spacecraft near end

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Four astronauts from four countries return to Earth after six months in orbit

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Ancient stone tools found in Ukraine date to over 1 million years ago, and may be oldest in Europe

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4 new astronauts head to the International Space Station for a 6-month stay

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First US moon lander in half a century stops working a week after tipping over at touchdown

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