Harsha Maddula, a Northwestern University pre-medical student from Long Island, N.Y., went missing Sept. 22, last seen leaving an off-campus…
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NASA Serving Up Space Food and Shuttle Tiles to Museums
NASA is now offering museums a choice of freeze-dried and heat-resistant artifacts for their space shuttle-themed displays. The space agency…
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Big Blue Eye on Beach Likely from Swordfish, Experts Say
Wildlife officials in Florida are examining a lone blue eye the size of a softball that washed ashore on Pompano…
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The site of Friday’s spectacular, 10-ton meteor blast is roughly 3,000 miles west of Tunguska — the site of the…
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Best Photo of Pluto from Earth Snapped by Hawaii Telescope
A ground-based telescope has snapped the sharpest image yet of Pluto and its moon Charon taken in visible light from…
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When Did the Universe Have the Right Stuff for Planets?
To build a planet you need lots of rubble and that means lots of heavy elements – stuff more massive…
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Space Funding Startup Uwingu to Unveil 1st Product
A new startup company Uwingu, which aims to offer an alternative funding source for space projects, is gearing up to…
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Blue Whales Pirouette Before Engulfing Prey
As if behemoth ballerinas, blue whales pirouette before lunging at their prey, a strategy that may help the giants ambush…
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Hubble telescope reveals farthest view into universe ever
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the farthest-ever view into the universe, a photo that reveals thousands of galaxies billions…
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Will Earth Run Out of Plants?
Humans may be very close to extracting all of the Earth’s available plant resources, says a University of Montana researcher.…
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