Covering the Artemis II mission was a dream assignment for one NPR science correspondent.
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Amazing StoriesThe name didn't stick. The fan communities did. -
Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesWildlife biologists in the nation's capital are monitoring a massive bald eagle nest where eaglets are expected to appear any day now.
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Scientists say they've made a key breakthrough that would allow robots to figure out complex tasks on their own, but experts say it raises questions about how much risk comes with letting robots be in charge of their own learning. -
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Amy Jaecker-Jones of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County about a worldwide community science project happening this weekend — the City Nature Challenge.
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The AI models and chatbots that we interact with tend to affirm our feelings and viewpoints — more so than people do, with potentially worrisome consequences. -
When a climate activist in Massachusetts learned about natural gas leaks in her neighborhood just outside Boston, she worried if they were contributing to climate change.
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A new populist climate agenda from progressives takes affordability into account by aiming to lower costs for everyday people through policies that also happen to cut carbon emissions.
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Naked mole rats are known for being hairless and living cooperatively, until there's a bloody succession war to replace their queen.
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These matriarchal rodents often have bloody succession wars to replace their queen. But in a colony in California, Queen Tere ceded the throne to her daughter, Arwen, without violence. -
The fossil, found in South Africa, belonged to an embryo of the Lystrosaurus.
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A research team is looking for new data to help improve weather predictions.
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That's not the case in the U.S.
