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Millions of people in Europe stepped outside Wednesday to watch a spectacular sunset with a solar eclipse. The path of totality passed through portions of Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Portugal.
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The Environmental Protection Agency issued rules earlier this year for one controversial herbicide that can be prone to drifting and harming some other crops and trees.
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Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty ImagesFind out the best ways to view the peak of Wednesday night’s Perseid meteor shower from across almost the entire Northern Hemisphere.
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"Snow eaters" are a new category of heat wave, marked by unseasonably warm weather that strips mountains of their snowpack.
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Federal efforts to revive uranium mining in the West and decrease reliance on Russian uranium raise concerns about drinking water for tribal communities reckoning with the industry's deadly legacy. -
For the first time, researchers have used artificial intelligence to generate novel viruses in a laboratory setting, according to a paper in the journal Science.
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A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake shook dozens of cities and towns in Colombia on Monday. -
Loggerhead turtles are having a record nesting season in the U.S., but not so much in other parts of the world. -
Our brains aren’t wired to like the uncertainty that comes with change.
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The North American prairie rivals the Amazon rainforest in its biological diversity, and it’s disappearing even faster.
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The military plans to start screening service members for low testosterone, and social media is overflowing with claims about testosterone therapy. But who actually needs it? -
It will be visible in parts of the U.S. on Wednesday. -
NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to reporter Maria Godoy about how parents can wade through the noise and opinions to find information to help keep their kids healthy.
