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Images taken inside Fukushima reactor show damage, but leave questions unanswered
Images taken by miniature drones from deep inside a badly damaged reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant show displaced control…
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Astronaut Thomas Stafford, commander of Apollo 10, has died at age 93
WASHINGTON — Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first…
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The spring equinox is here. What does that mean?
Spring is almost here — officially, at least. The vernal equinox arrives on Tuesday, marking the start of the spring…
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SpaceX’s mega rocket blasts off on a third test flight from Texas
SpaceX’s mega rocket blasted off on another test flight Thursday, aiming to make it halfway around the world this time.…
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Ukraine needs more than a billion dollars to rebuild its scientific infrastructure, UN agency says
PARIS — Ukraine will need more than a billion dollars to rebuild scientific infrastructure that was damaged or destroyed during…
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4 new astronauts head to the International Space Station for a 6-month stay
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Four astronauts headed to the International Space Station on Sunday where they will oversee the arrivals…
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Volcano on uninhabited Galapagos island erupts, sends lava flowing to sea
QUITO, Ecuador — A volcano on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos has begun erupting, lighting up the nighttime sky…
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Paramedic convictions in Elijah McClain’s death spur changes for patients in police custody
DENVER — Medical responders across the U.S. are rethinking how they treat people in police custody after a jury last…
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Blizzard warning of up to 10 feet of snow in the Sierra could make travel ‘dangerous to impossible’
A Pacific storm packing powerful winds and heavy snow is shaping up to be the strongest of the season, forecasters…
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An earthquake with a preliminary 5.6 magnitude shakes Indonesia’s capital
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A moderately strong earthquake late Sunday shook parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java and the country’s…
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