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Colombia was the deadliest place on Earth for environmental activists. It's gotten worse.
More than 40 human rights defenders and community leaders have been killed in Colombia since...
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Solar Orbiter blasts off to capture first look at sun's poles
Europe and NASA's craft rocketed into space Sunday night on an unprecedented mission.
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Trump calls for 25 billion NASA budget for 2021 to boost moon and Mars goals
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said the budget was worthy of "21st century space exploration."
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'Reaper of death,' newfound cousin of T. rex, discovered in Canada
The newly identified tyrannosaur lived during the Cretaceous period, which lasted from about 145...
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Rain could extinguish Australia's wildfires by the end of the week
2019 was the hottest and the driest year in the country's recorded history, according to...
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'It's just physics': NASA responds to #BroomstickChallenge
The myth is partly based on an old wives' tale that claims that every year on the vernal and...
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Climate change models predicted ocean currents would speed up but not this soon
Ocean currents are the undersea conveyor belts that help regulate Earth's climate and influence...
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Latino groups vow to fight for ban on pesticide linked to children's health problems
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What happened to winter? Climate change isn't directly to blame
If the mild conditions in the U.S. persist through February, this could be the countrys warmest...
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January was hottest in recorded history
The record highlights a worrisome trend as the planet continues to warm at an accelerated pace.
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A museum's narwhal tusk disappeared more than 40 years ago. The FBI wants your help to find it.
In the late 1800s, famed explorer Robert Edwin Peary returned from an Arctic excursion with a...
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A Texas jury found him guilty of murder. A computer algorithm proved his innocence.
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Earth's coral reefs could be gone by 2100, research finds
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Violinist plays as surgeons operate to remove brain tumour
Dagmar Turner, 53, a former management consultant from the Isle of Wight, played Gershwin during...
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Did Neanderthals bury their dead with flowers? Iraq cave yields new clues.
Scholars have argued for years about whether Neanderthals buried their dead with mortuary rituals...
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Two giant icebergs broke off Antarctica. Here's what that means for the continent's health.
Antarcticas Pine Island Glacier is one of the most closely watched pieces of ice on Earth. And...
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Scientists eye the Martian underground in search for alien life
The subsurface of the Red Planet offers a protected, and possibly habitable, environment.
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A climate-sensitive bird hints at global warming's lasting impact
Within the field of ornithology, it is becoming difficult not to see echoes of climate change...
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Skiing is in Norway's blood but maybe not its future
"I have skied this area my whole life, but for the past three years I haven't even had skis on my...
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800,000 years ago, a meteor slammed into Earth. Scientists just found the crater.
Scientists knew the impact happened; they just didn't know where.