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An award-winning photo captures a ‘zombie’ fungus erupting from a fly
Sometimes a photo is literally a matter of life, death — and zombies. This haunting image, winner of the 2022…
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Roundabouts improve traffic safety and lower carbon emissions
Roundabouts improve traffic safety and lower carbon emissions – CBS News Watch CBS News An Indiana city thinks it’s found…
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Common, cheap ingredients can break down some ‘forever chemicals’
There’s a new way to rip apart harmful “forever chemicals,” scientists say. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS,…
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Brain-eating amoeba suspected in Nebraska child’s death, officials say
A child has died from a suspected infection with Naegleria fowleri – or brain-eating amoeba – in Nebraska, health officials…
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Why mosquitoes are especially good at smelling you
Some mosquitoes have a near-foolproof thirst for human blood. Previous attempts to prevent the insects from tracking people down by…
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Dozens dead or missing as floods hit western China and heat and drought shut down industry in another region
Firefighters search for missing people after a mountain torrent hit Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County, August 18, 2022, in…
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Oort cloud comets may spin themselves to death
Comets from the solar system’s deep freezer often don’t survive their first encounter with the sun. Now one scientist thinks…
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Monkeypox infected a dog. Which animals may be next?
The first recorded case of person passing monkeypox to a dog could be harbinger of other animals catching the sometimes…
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Mystery toxin suspected as 100 tons of dead fish removed from Oder River on German-Polish border
Dead fish, mussels and snails are collected on the water surface at a barrier laid by the fire department in…
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Protons contain intrinsic charm quarks, a new study suggests
Protons may be intrinsically charming. The subatomic particles are a mash-up of three lighter particles called quarks: two of the…
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