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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson: What Should You Look For When Shopping For Seafood?

10:03am June 25, 2021

For marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, not knowing where our seafood comes from isn't just a mystery—it's a problem. She says we should reconsider what we eat and how we take it from the sea.

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This photomicrograph depicts Leishmania donovani parasites contained within a canine bone marrow cell. One of the more dangerous of 20 different species of Leishmania, L. donovani is endemic to parts of India, Africa, and South-West Asia.

Flesh-Eating Parasites May Be Expanding Their Range As Climate Heats Up

5:00am June 25, 2021

by Agostino Petroni

Scientists caution that as the planet warms, more Americans could be exposed to disfiguring varieties of the Leishmania parasite. Overtreatment can be a problem, too, experts warn.

An illustration shows a pair of adult tyrannosaurs and their young living in the Arctic during the Cretaceous Period.

A New Study Suggests Dinosaurs Might Not Have Been As Cold-Blooded As We Thought

7:01pm June 24, 2021

Researchers have found hundreds of baby dinosaur bones in the Alaskan Arctic, suggesting that dinosaurs may have lived at cold northern latitudes year-round.

Hurricane Irma damaged homes in the Florida Keys in 2017. A new study finds buildings in the contiguous U.S. are concentrated in disaster-prone areas.

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More Than Half Of U.S. Buildings Are In Places Prone To Disaster, Study Finds

7:00am June 24, 2021

by Rebecca Hersher

Buildings are concentrated in places that are likely to be hit by a disaster such as a hurricane, flood or wildfire, researchers found. That includes both urban and rural hotspots.

Courtney Blashka, director of community forestry & conservation at Holden Forests & Gardens, tidies up the soil around a newly planted oak tree that's a clone of the tree that Jesse Owens planted.

Bringing Back Trees To "Forest City's" Redlined Areas Helps Residents And The Climate

7:31pm June 23, 2021

by Dan Charles

In Cleveland, as in other cities, a move for "tree equity" is bringing more trees to low-income neighborhoods that often lack them. It also helps neighborhoods stay cooler as the planet heats up.

A teenager enters a pop-up COVID-19 vaccine site this month in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens in New York City.

Heart Inflammation In Teens And Young Adults After COVID-19 Vaccine Is Rare, CDC Says

5:32pm June 23, 2021

The cases have been seen mostly in teens and young adults between 12 and 39 years old. No deaths have been associated with this side effect of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

In this handout from NASA, the Hubble Space Telescope is grappled to Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-125 by the shuttle's Canadian-built remote manipulator system May 13, 2009 in Space.

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Hubble Trouble: NASA Can't Figure Out What's Causing Computer Issues On The Telescope

4:48pm June 23, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

"It's just the inefficiency of trying to fix something which is orbiting 400 miles over your head instead of in your laboratory," said Paul Hertz, the director of astrophysics for NASA.

An illustrated view of the Earth moving around our sun, and the stars that have the right vantage point to view that transit — if anyone's out there looking.

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Alien Planet-Hunters In Hundreds Of Nearby Star Systems Could Spot Earth

3:16pm June 23, 2021

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Potentially, observers in plenty of star systems could have detected Earth sometime in the last 5,000 years. More stars will soon move into positions that would let them see our planet.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, warned on Tuesday of the danger from the Delta variant of the coronavirus. Among those not yet vaccinated, Delta may trigger serious illness in more people than othe

Fauci Warns Dangerous Delta Variant Is The Greatest Threat To U.S. COVID Efforts

9:47pm June 22, 2021

by Rob Stein

More contagious than other variants, and maybe more likely to cause severe disease, Delta is spreading so fast in the U.S. it could cause another surge this summer or fall, according to new research.

June's full moon, known as the strawberry moon, was named for its appearance during the strawberry picking season. Here, the strawberry moon rises above the Apollo Temple in ancient Corinth, on June 17, 2019.

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A Strawberry Moon Will Rise This Thursday — No, It Won't Be Red Or Pink

9:26pm June 22, 2021

by Josie Fischels

Its name has ties to strawberry picking season, and when Thursday's strawberry moon appears above the horizon, the marginal supermoon will look large and gold.