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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Science

The world is heading to add 57 superhot days a year, but study indicates it could have been worse

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2 green comets shine bright. How to spot them in the night sky

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Scientists hope underwater fiber-optic cables can help save endangered orcas

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From barks to words: Researchers aim to translate dog sounds with AI

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She saw a car-sized object above a Texas farm and found a wayward hunk of NASA equipment

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Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to discovery that could trap C02 and bring water to deserts

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Three scientists at US universities win Nobel Prize in physics for advancing quantum technology

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UC San Diego graduate Fred Ramsdell to share Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for key immune system discoveries

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Beautiful 'supermoon' will be visible across San Diego County on Monday

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Caltech professor to head Palomar Observatory

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The Nobel Prize winners will be announced next week. What to know about the prestigious awards

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A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists say

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Interstellar comet swinging past Mars as a fleet of spacecraft looks on

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New study adds to the possibility of favorable conditions for life at Saturn's moon Enceladus

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Researchers turn human skin cells into eggs — but not yet usable ones

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Cal State San Marcos gets $10 million donation to help build major science and engineering center

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A trio of space weather satellites blast off together to study the sun's violent side

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Growing up, she found Miramar's flight line 'so inspiring.' Now this Marine pilot is a NASA pick for astronaut training.

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Scientists discover a new dinosaur from Argentina with a crocodile bone in its mouth

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Day and night get equal billing Monday as fall equinox arrives. Here's what to know

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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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Scientists are baffled by a powerful and long-lasting gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy

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

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Thousands of newborn stars dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA's Webb Space Telescope

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Want to work for National Weather Service? Be ready to explain how you agree with Trump

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First peer-reviewed study of Tijuana River Valley sewage crisis finds link between water pollution and toxic gas in air

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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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Hijacked satellites and orbiting space weapons: In the 21st century, space is the new battlefield

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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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