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France's top constitutional authority on Thursday blocked a law that would allow the reintroduction of a pesticide virulently ...

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US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a ...

You might have seen an interesting phrase popping up in your social media feeds lately: "Chiron is in retrograde." If you're ...

In the wake of a wildfire, there's often an assumption that burned landscapes will be more susceptible to landslides. But new ...

To a hawk, an airport can look like the perfect place to settle down. The layout provides ample open space, perches, and nice ...

With a suite of reimagined instruments at SLAC's LCLS facility, researchers see massive improvement in data quality and take ...