What to Know About Next Week’s Total Solar Eclipse in the US, Mexico and Canada
North America is on the verge of another masking of the sun. Monday’s total solar eclipse will make landfall along
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Invaders From Underground Are Coming in Cicada-Geddon. It’s the Biggest Bug Emergence in Centuries
Trillions of evolution’s bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads and jet-like muscles in their rears,
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Japan Confirms Experts Met in China to Ease Concerns Over Discharge of Treated Radioactive Water
TOKYO (AP) — Japan said Sunday its experts have held talks with their Chinese counterparts to try to assuage Beijing’s
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Uranium Is Being Mined Near the Grand Canyon as Prices Soar and the US Pushes for More Nuclear Power
The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on
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Canada’s Niagara Region Declares a State of Emergency to Prepare for an Influx of Eclipse Viewers
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (AP) — Ontario’s Niagara Region has declared a state of emergency as it prepares to welcome up
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Study Says Since 1979 Climate Change Has Made Heat Waves Last Longer, Spike Hotter, Hurt More People
Climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more people for a
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Sawfish Are Spinning, and Dying, in Florida Waters as Rescue Effort Begins
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Endangered smalltooth sawfish, marine creatures virtually unchanged for millions of years, are exhibiting erratic spinning
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Does Your Dog Understand When You Say ‘Fetch the Ball’? A New Study in Hungary Says Yes
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Many dog owners believe their pets understand and respond not only to commands such as “sit”
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Schools in the Path of April’s Total Solar Eclipse Prepare for a Natural Teaching Moment
CLEVELAND (AP) — Seventh-grade student Henry Cohen bounced side to side in time to the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun”
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A Faster Spinning Earth May Cause Timekeepers to Subtract a Second From World Clocks
Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way
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