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Swedish scientist Svante Paabo smiles at the award ceremony at the Hamburg Kerber Foundation's European Science Prize, in Hamburg, Germany, Sept. 7, 2018.

The Nobel Prize in Medicine Has Been Awarded for Research on Evolution

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Fire Ants Turn Into a Stinging Life Raft to Survive Floods

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NASA's DART Spacecraft Will Give Scientists a Crash Course in Protecting the Earth

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured out-of-this-world photos of Neptune and its rings.

Tired of Saturn's Rings? Check Out NASA's Latest Image of the Bands Around Neptune

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A photo illustration with torn up pieces of white and grey pieces of paper. Each has an excerpt from a report from the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury.

SF Supervisors Unhappy With City's Lack of Action to Protect Bayview-Hunters Point Residents From Toxic Sea Level Rise

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A black woman with a blue jacket, baseball hat and long ear sits on a bench. A white semi-truck passes behind.

'A Lesson in Discrimination': A Toxic Sea Level Rise Crisis Threatens West Oakland

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The image shows a closeup of a person's left shoulder and arm. A shot is going into the person's upper arm. One hand in a blue glove is holding the person's shoulder and the other hand in a blue glove is administering the shot.

Omicron Boosters: Do I Need One, and If So, When?

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The image shows an outdoor celebration on the street. Black people in warm-weather clothing mingle and sit around long tables covered with white cloths and showing various kinds of beverages on top. A man in blue jeans, a blue shirt and cream-colored cowboy hat sits on a horse and leans in to speak to people at the tables. In the background is a church with a tall, pointed tower. Behind the people is a white bouncy house.

California Democrats Pass Far-Reaching Climate Package in Final Days of Legislative Session

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Data centers have become integral to a global economy that's powered by digital information. However, many of the facilities depend on water to keep from overheating. That is further straining water resources in places like California, where Lake Oroville is almost dry due to severe drought that's being fueled by climate change.

Data Centers, Backbone of the Digital Economy, Face Water Scarcity and Climate Risk

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golden fly-like insect with red eyes hanging from underwater surface.

Backswimmer Insects Drag Prey Into the Upside Down

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The rounded towers of a nuclear power plant sit at the edge of the Pacific Ocean in the center right of the image. Multiple buildings border the plant and sit to the left of the towers. In the foreground are rolling brown hills with scrub brush and dry grasses, with curving roads along them, and electricity towers perched in various locations. In the center of the image are two turquoise pools. The ocean in the top of the image is steel blue.

Decision on Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Could Be Postponed

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A cloudy sky with a large, bright blue multipanel countdown clock set at 00:-40:00 (hours, minutes, seconds). In the foreground a couple of men appear to be packing up camera tripods on a grassy lawn.

Artemis I Launch Postponed Because of Engine Problem

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