Beachgoer stumbles upon record-breaking 3 foot-long dinosaur footprint left over 160 million years ago

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The fossilized print is seen here shown in rock. It makes the shape of a three-toed clawed foot.
The fossilized print discovered in April 2021, is shown here. Scientists think the meat-eating dinosaur was relaxing in a crouching position when the imprint was made.

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The workers who are supposed to lead the US response to the climate crisis are feeling 'burned out'

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Members of the EPA's largest union rally outside the agency's Washington, DC, headquarters.
Members of the EPA's largest union rally outside the agency's Washington, DC, headquarters.

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Children as young as 10 and rape victims were sterilized in Utah as late as the 1970s. Time is running out to get justice.

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Virgin Orbit confirms a dislodged fuel filter caused its first UK launch to fail

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In a new update, Virgin Orbit has confirmed that the launch failure of its first UK mission was likely caused by a fuel filter that had been "dislodged from its normal position." That created a cascade of events that led to the shutdown of the second stage rocket, which ultimately fell back to Earth along with its payload, according t

Rural Ohio is facing comparisons to Chernobyl after a massive chemical leak caused by a train derailment. Here's what the disaster really has in common with the nuclear accident.

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East Palestine incident (left) and Chernobyl power plant (right)

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NASA videos reveal explosive events on the sun: a polar vortex of plasma, an X flare, and an eruption from the north pole

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A prominence emerges near the solar north pole, then appears to break away and swirl in a vortex.

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James Webb telescope captures a Milky Way-like galaxy a billion light-years away

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Astronomers at the European Space Agency (ESA) used the James Webb Space Telescope to capture an image of a spiral galaxy that resembles our home, the Milky Way. The star system, LEDA 2046648, sits a billion light-years away from ours in the constellation Hercules; it contains thousands of galaxies, trillions of stars and countless planets.

Mysterious flying objects across the US probably aren't aliens, but experts believe life is out there. Here are 13 reasons why we haven't made contact yet.

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A SETI radio telescope.

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The top doctor at a $2.7 billion pharma company developing a new depression drug says we may be 'on the cusp' of a new wave of mental-health treatments

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Sad young woman sitting on the window, watching out - stock photo

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Blue Origin made solar cells by smelting simulated Moon dust

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Whether or not Blue Origin puts a lander on the Moon, it might play a key role in sustaining lunar operations. Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company has revealed that it can produce solar cells and transmission wire using simulated Moon regolith.

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