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Alberta finalizes $1.5B Keystone XL pipeline agreement

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EPA dials back environmental enforcement during pandemic

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NASA's 'Hidden Figure' Dies at 101

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International Ozone Pact Pauses Changes In Southern Hemisphere Winds

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Critically ill coronavirus patients can now be treated with survivors' blood

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Watch ULA’s first dedicated rocket launch for the U.S

The US military's newest branch has launched its first satellite, despite a technical glitch that forced a delay. A UAL webcast from the Cape Canaveral Air Fo...

Ontario confirms 100 new coronavirus cases, as numbers near 700

Travel was implicated in some of the cases, but the source of the COVID-19 infection was still under investigation for most of the new cases. However, it is i...

Great Barrier Reef suffers mass coral bleaching event

Scientists say they have detected widespread bleaching, including extensive patches of severe damage. The authority said heat accumulation, particularly in ...

Ontario records 7th death, one-day jump of 85 COVID-19 cases

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Help relieve pressure on waste collection services

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Coronavirus dominates Biden-Sanders Democratic debate

Biden made that assertion during Sunday night's debate with Vermont Sen. Sanders panned President Donald Trump's uneven handling of the crisis, urging the p...

NASA Remembers Apollo Astronaut Al Worden

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Voyager 2 enters the interstellar space after 42 years

Each paper details the findings from one of Voyager 2's five operating science instruments: a magnetic field sensor, two instruments to detect energetic p...

NASA stops work on Moon rocket after employee tests positive for coronavirus

When the world stops: The spread of the Coronavirus in the United States led tonight (Thursday to Friday) to close two NASA facilities - and the USA plan t...

'Wonderchicken' fossil sheds light on dawn of modern birds

It was found in a limestone quarry located in the proximity of the Belgian-Dutch border, and it has an age of 66.7 million years, according to initial tests. ...

FDA approves COVID-19 test kits from China and South Korea

However, authorities are moving quickly to close that gap and ramp up testing capacity. Hahn said the FDA has engaged with more than 100 test developers since...

Clarksville area facing a chance of strong thunderstorms overnight

Highs today will vary depending on where you are, the 40s and 50s towards the north and areas near I-80 and south will be in the low to mid-60s. The area in...

Lockheed Martin lands $4.6B NASA deal for new space fleet

The space agency plans to order an additional three ships in fiscal year 2022 for an additional $1.9 billion. The Orion capsule must be able to bring as...

FDA to allow states to authorize coronavirus tests

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Massive New Genome Study Unlocks The Mysterious Secrets of How Cancers Form

But the Pan-Cancer Study sequenced entire genomes , uncovering new cancer-causing driver mutations in the other 98 percent, known as non-coding genes. "The i...

Ravens' trade for Calais Campbell looks like an absolute steal

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Snow moon rises over Edmonton

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2020's first "supermoon" visible over Krakow

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Greenland, Antarctica ice loss accelerating

Polar ice caps like Greenland and Antarctica are releasing six times more ice than throughout the 1990s, contributing to a higher sea level that could produ...

Last remaining female white giraffe killed by poachers, along with her calf

The last remaining white giraffe is a lone male, born to the same slaughtered female, the conservancy added. White or otherwise, all reticulated giraffes ( Gi...

Joint Russian-European Mars mission postponed over coronavirus

The mission would need to be postponed because of "circumstances related to exacerbation of the epidemiological situation in Europe, which left our experts ...

NASA picks first two Science Instruments for Gateway

When NASA announced in 2019 the Artemis program to put USA astronauts on the Moon's surface in late 2024, the plan was to use the Space Launch System (SLS), a...

'London patient' cured of HIV reveals identity for the first time

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As new virus spreads, Israel issues travel warning for Wuhan, China

Tens of millions of Chinese who traveled for the holiday were due to return home this week in the world's largest movement of humanity, raising the risk the vir...

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Complete Skull of the Smallest Known Dinosaur Found Preserved in Amber

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Second HIV Patient Reportedly 'Cured'

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