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Will Dunham

Will Dunham

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Food|Science|Technology

Scientists show how to turn lunar soil fertile for agriculture

If humankind is ever to establish long-term bases on the moon, there will be a need for a regular source of food.

Scientists show how to turn lunar soil fertile for agriculture
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment|Videos

Norman Jewison, director of 'In the Heat of the Night,' dead at 97

Canadian film director Norman Jewison, whose eclectic array of masterpieces included the 1967 racial drama "In the Heat of the Night," the 1987 tart romantic comedy "

Norman Jewison, director of 'In the Heat of the Night,' dead at 97
Europe|Science|World

Stone tools in Ukraine offer oldest evidence of humans in Europe

A dating method based on cosmic rays has identified stone tools found in western Ukraine as the oldest-known evidence of human occupation in Europe - 1.4 million years ago -

Stone tools in Ukraine offer oldest evidence of humans in Europe
Science|Technology

Earliest-known 'dead' galaxy spotted by Webb telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope since becoming operational in 2022 has uncovered numerous surprises about what things were like in the universe's early stages.

Earliest-known 'dead' galaxy spotted by Webb telescope
Food|Science

Hey, chocolate lovers: new study traces complex origins of cacao

Scientists are getting a better taste of the early history of the domestication and use of cacao - the source of chocolate - thanks to residues detected on a

Hey, chocolate lovers: new study traces complex origins of cacao
Health|Science|Technology

Study documents headaches experienced by astronauts in space

Research in the expanding field of space medicine has identified many ways in which a microgravity environment and other factors can meddle with the human body

Study documents headaches experienced by astronauts in space
Science|Technology|US

Collision with NASA spacecraft altered shape of asteroid Dimorphos

When NASA sent its DART spacecraft to slam into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, the U.S. space agency demonstrated that it was possible to change a celestial

Collision with NASA spacecraft altered shape of asteroid Dimorphos
Health|Science

Humans give more viruses to animals than they give us, study finds

Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped from animals to people.

Humans give more viruses to animals than they give us, study finds
Science|World

Chicago museum acquires new specimen of famed Archaeopteryx

An exquisitely preserved fossil of the earliest-known bird Archaeopteryx, a pigeon-sized specimen revealing new anatomical details of a creature whose 19th century discovery

Chicago museum acquires new specimen of famed Archaeopteryx
News|US

At US Supreme Court, clashing views presented on presidential immunity

During arguments before the U.S.

At US Supreme Court, clashing views presented on presidential immunity
Science

Scientists document remarkable sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet'

The various species of whales inhabiting Earth's oceans employ different types of vocalizations to communicate.

Scientists document remarkable sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet'
Entertainment|Arts

Roger Corman, influential B-movie king who nurtured great directors, dies at 98

Low-budget cinema maestro Roger Corman, who cranked out hundreds of outrageous films over six decades and helped launch the careers of acclaimed directors Martin

Roger Corman, influential B-movie king who nurtured great directors, dies at 98
Arts|News

Alice Munro, Canadian Nobel Prize-winning author, dead at 92

Nobel Prize-winning Canadian writer Alice Munro, whose exquisitely crafted tales of the loves, ambitions and travails of small-town women in her

Alice Munro, Canadian Nobel Prize-winning author, dead at 92
News|Science|US

When the double brood of cicadas will come out - and what to expect

Parts of the United States are experiencing a rare natural phenomenon with the simultaneous emergence of two enormous adjacent broods of periodical cicadas. 

When the double brood of cicadas will come out - and what to expect
Science

Sea otters get more prey and reduce tooth damage using tools

Humans are not alone in the use of tools. Chimpanzees, for instance, crack nuts with stones and use sticks to get at tasty termites.

Sea otters get more prey and reduce tooth damage using tools
Science

Venus has more volcanism than previously known, new analysis finds

Venus appears to be more volcanically active than previously known, according to scientists whose new analysis of decades-old radar images has spotted evidence of

Venus has more volcanism than previously known, new analysis finds
News|Science|Technology

NASA's Lucy spacecraft unlocks asteroid Dinkinesh's dynamic history

A little asteroid called Dinkinesh - visited last November by NASA's Lucy spacecraft - has a surprisingly dynamic history, according to scientists, along with its

NASA's Lucy spacecraft unlocks asteroid Dinkinesh's dynamic history
News|Science

Rare fossil of adolescent Tyrannosaurus - 'Teen Rex'- found by US kids

A rare fossil of an adolescent Tyrannosaurus rex has been excavated in North Dakota's badlands - a find noteworthy for the scientific insight it may offer into the life

Rare fossil of adolescent Tyrannosaurus - 'Teen Rex'- found by US kids
Celebrity|Entertainment

Donald Sutherland, star of 'M*A*S*H' and 'The Hunger Games', dead at 88

Donald Sutherland, one of Canada's most versatile and gifted actors, who charmed and enthralled audiences in movies such as "M*A*S*H," "Klute," "Ordinary

Donald Sutherland, star of 'M*A*S*H' and 'The Hunger Games', dead at 88
Science|World

Ancient pig-like animal shows beginnings of mammalian brain evolution

More than 250 million years ago, Scotland was not veiled in mist and rain, as it often is today, but rather a desert blanketed in sand dunes.

Ancient pig-like animal shows beginnings of mammalian brain evolution
Europe|Health|Science|World

Fossil of child with Down syndrome hints at Neanderthal compassion

Living among a small band of Neanderthals in what is now eastern Spain was a child, perhaps 6 years old, with Down syndrome, as shown in a remarkable fossil preserving

Fossil of child with Down syndrome hints at Neanderthal compassion
Science

Study firms up date of famous ancient shipwreck off Cyprus

When scientists in the 1960s excavated the wreck of an ancient Greek merchant ship off the northern coast of Cyprus, what they found was an amazing time capsule

Study firms up date of famous ancient shipwreck off Cyprus
Environment|Science|World

Genome study deepens mystery of what doomed Earth's last mammoths

About 4,000 years ago, the last of Earth's woolly mammoths died out on a lonely Arctic Ocean island off the coast of Siberia, a melancholy end to one of the world's

Genome study deepens mystery of what doomed Earth's last mammoths
Technology

Scientists witness a dormant supermassive black hole roar to life

At the center of the Milky Way galaxy resides a supermassive black hole four million times the mass of our sun called Sagittarius A* that some scientists have

Scientists witness a dormant supermassive black hole roar to life
News|US

US Supreme Court liberals lament ruling making the president 'a king above the law'

The president of the United States has been elevated to the status of "a king above the law."

US Supreme Court liberals lament ruling making the president 'a king above the law'

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