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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Science

Australia approves world-first vaccine to save koalas from chlamydia

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Well-preserved Amazon rainforest on Indigenous lands can protect people from diseases, study finds

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Scripps researchers discover what lies within mysterious haloed barrels on the seafloor

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Two San Diego scientists win Lasker Award for developing way to fight cystic fibrosis

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New findings by NASA Mars rover provide strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient life

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UCSD graduate Megan McArthur retires from NASA's astronaut corps after long career

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Endangered frog species is hopping around Southern California once again

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Fleet Science Center to begin major renovation in September

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Scientists give harsh grades to Trump administration work aimed at undoing a key climate finding

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Stargazing is challenging, but possible, in San Diego County. Here's how to view our night sky.

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Another US military mini shuttle launches on a secret mission

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Scientists get a rare peek inside of an exploding star

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NASA's Webb telescope finds a new tiny moon around Uranus

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Six planets are hanging out in early morning skies this month. Here's how to spot them

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$80 million federal grant bolsters research at UCSD

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Public invited to attend dark sky forum and astronomy party Saturday in Julian

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Hubble Space Telescope takes best picture yet of the comet visiting from another solar system

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Harvard scientists say research could be set back years after funding freeze

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Trump moves to shut down NASA missions that measure carbon dioxide and plant health

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Talking fungi: This high school grad is studying how plants communicate like a pro

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Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars

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Now's the time to watch the Perseid meteor shower from East County

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NASA, SpaceX punch through weather threat for Crew-11 launch

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Fireflies are lighting up summer skies. But the glowing bugs are still on the decline

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Some facts about the strongest earthquakes ever recorded

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Scientists release thousands of hatchery-raised halibut in Mission Bay, boosting population

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UC San Diego loses a third star scientist in mini brain drain

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Noted Earth and space scientist Meenakshi Wadhwa named director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches meteoric $5.3 million at New York auction

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Astronomers capture the birth of planets around a baby sun outside our solar system

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Wildfires can harm water quality up to eight years later, study finds

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Exquisite, rarely seen purple sea snails ride warm currents to San Diego

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UCSD postpones plans to set 10-story building on fire in Scripps Ranch

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Private spaceflight ends with a Pacific splashdown for astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

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Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary head back to Earth after private space station mission

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A century after a man was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rages

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UCSD's new underwater microscope brings precious coral reefs into sharper view

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The US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest. Here is how it will work

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First images unveiled from world's largest camera

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New UCSD eye research center a son's visionary tribute to a father's legacy

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The summer solstice is here. What to know about the longest day of the year

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Want to plant trees to offset fossil fuels? You'd need all of North and Central America, study finds

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Early humans survived in a range of extreme environments before global migration, study says

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Watch: SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas explodes, no injuries reported

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Trump's plan to kill dozens of NASA missions threatens US space supremacy

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Lake Tahoe mystery: Why aren't the lake's famous waters getting more clear?

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Astronomers create a dazzling, elaborate map of nearby galaxy in thousands of colors

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Butterflies are disappearing. Here's how community scientists are working to save them.

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Noted Scripps researcher considering move after federal grant is canceled

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Unsubstantiated 'chemtrail' conspiracy theories lead to legislation proposed in US statehouses

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NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research

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Private lunar lander from Japan falls silent while attempting a moon touchdown

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What made Mount Etna's latest eruption so rare

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How a new planetarium show helped scientists unlock a cosmic secret

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Northern lights could be visible again in some US states after weekend solar storms

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Milky Way's chance of colliding with galaxy billions of years from now? New study puts odds at 50-50

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UC San Diego to simulate massive earthquakes at its outdoor shake table

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Why cats are orange (and tortoiseshell and calico)

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Astronomers discover strange new celestial object in our Milky Way galaxy

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SpaceX launches another Starship rocket after back-to-back explosions, but it tumbles out of control

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Is there life after extinction? Some scientists and conservationists are trying to find out

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Birch Aquarium's new 'Living Seas' exhibit offers a glimpse into the noisy, mesmerizing deep

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More tornadoes and fewer meteorologists make for a dangerous mix that's worrying US officials

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These surreal trees survived for centuries. Scientists worry for their future

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Trump budget would cut ocean data and leave boaters, anglers and forecasters scrambling for info

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How ancient reptile footprints are rewriting the history of when animals evolved to live on land

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Bright auroras on Jupiter are captured by Webb Space Telescope

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The researchers charged with defending the planet against asteroids

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Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a form of ancient communication

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Famed research sub Alvin arrives in San Diego after crew witnesses volcanic eruption in Pacific

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US infant mortality dropped in 2024. Experts partly credit RSV shots

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7 San Diego scholars elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Famous geneticist moving research institute to RaDD project on San Diego Bay

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Europe launches a drive to attract scientists and researchers after Trump freezes US funding

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Fleet Science Center loses $3.7M grant, adding to its financial woes, as NSF slashes funding

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Scientific societies say they'll do national climate assessment after Trump dismissed report authors

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How to catch the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley's comet

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Soviet-era spacecraft is set to plunge to Earth a half-century after its failed launch to Venus

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NASA astronauts step outside space station to perform the 5th all-female spacewalk

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Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against SpaceX's Starlinks

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A 10-foot microscope reveals big lessons about the tiniest threats to the human body

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Trump science cuts roil university labs, targeting bird feeder research, AI literacy work and more

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Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.'s NIH slashed science funding across states that backed Trump

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A colossal squid is caught on camera for the first time in the deep sea

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Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists say

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Harvard stands to lose $2.2 billion in federal funding. Researchers fear science will suffer

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A strong solar storm heads to Earth. Here's what to know about northern lights

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Magnitude 5.2 earthquake northeast of San Diego shakes most of Southern California

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Blue Origin launches an all-female celebrity crew with Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez

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A micromoon will grace the night skies this weekend

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