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In this image taken from NASA video, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins works outside the International Space Station&#039;s European lab on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Hopkins and Victor Glover went spacewalking Wednesday to install a high-speed data link outside the International Space Station&#039;s European lab and connect cables for an experiment platform awaiting activation for almost a year.

Cable trouble dogs spacewalkers in European lab upgrades

In this image taken from NASA video, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins works outside the International Space Station&#039;s European lab on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Hopkins and Victor Glover went spacewalking Wednesday to install a high-speed data link outside the International Space Station&#039;s European lab and connect cables for an experiment platform awaiting activation for almost a year.

January 27, 2021, 11:05am Nation & World

Spacewalking astronauts encountered cable trouble Wednesday while attempting to make improvements to the International Space Station’s European lab. Read story

Hot lava runs down from the crater of Mount Merapi, partially seen behind a mosque in Sleman, Indonesia, late Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. The country&#039;s most active volcano erupted Wednesday with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 1,500 meters (4,900 feet) down its slopes.

Indonesian volcano unleashes river of lava in new eruption

Hot lava runs down from the crater of Mount Merapi, partially seen behind a mosque in Sleman, Indonesia, late Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. The country&#039;s most active volcano erupted Wednesday with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 1,500 meters (4,900 feet) down its slopes.

January 27, 2021, 8:08am Nation & World

Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted Wednesday with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 3,000 meters (nearly 10,000 feet) down its slopes. No casualties were reported. Read story

Mercury, Pluto and Mars are among planets represented at Planet Play, part of Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Space center’s Planet Play inspires future astronauts

Mercury, Pluto and Mars are among planets represented at Planet Play, part of Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

January 26, 2021, 6:20am Life

Young astronauts and aspiring space explorers now have a new forum to discover planets and delve into galaxies at Planet Play, the latest addition to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Read story

According to new research, female orcas are most thrown off from foraging when boats and vessels intrude closer than 400 yards.

Female orcas vexed by vessels

According to new research, female orcas are most thrown off from foraging when boats and vessels intrude closer than 400 yards.

January 26, 2021, 6:03am Life

Female orcas are most thrown off from foraging when boats and vessels intrude closer than 400 yards, according to new research — troubling findings for the endangered population of southern resident orcas that desperately needs every mother and calf to survive. Read story

Oregon State professor discovers new flower species

January 26, 2021, 6:02am Life

An Oregon State University scientist famed for his work with specimens in amber, has come up with a new discovery. Read story

This November 2020 photo provided by Dr. Vanessa R. Lane shows a Nicrophorus orbicollis beetle in Georgia. Burying beetles scout for a dead mouse or bird, dig a hole and bury it, pluck its fur or feathers, roll its flesh into a ball and cover it in goop _ all to feed their future offspring. Now scientists think that goo might do more than just slow down decay. It also appears to hide the scent of the decomposing bounty and boosts another odor that repels competitors. (Vanessa R. Lane via AP) (Vanessa R.

Protecting food can be disgusting

This November 2020 photo provided by Dr. Vanessa R. Lane shows a Nicrophorus orbicollis beetle in Georgia. Burying beetles scout for a dead mouse or bird, dig a hole and bury it, pluck its fur or feathers, roll its flesh into a ball and cover it in goop _ all to feed their future offspring. Now scientists think that goo might do more than just slow down decay. It also appears to hide the scent of the decomposing bounty and boosts another odor that repels competitors. (Vanessa R. Lane via AP) (Vanessa R.

January 26, 2021, 6:00am Life

Some beetles go to great — and disgusting — lengths for their children. Read story

A manatee mom and calf seen Thursday gathering at their favorite cold-weather spot: the warm-water outflows from Florida Power &amp; Light&#039;s plant in Riviera Beach, Fla.

2020 was bad year for manatees

A manatee mom and calf seen Thursday gathering at their favorite cold-weather spot: the warm-water outflows from Florida Power &amp; Light&#039;s plant in Riviera Beach, Fla.

January 19, 2021, 6:02am Life

In a year when a third of manatee fatalities in Florida were not investigated because COVID-19 restrictions limited necropsies and boat strikes once again topped deaths caused by humans, one indicator stood out: manatees killed by floodgates and locks. Read story

FILE- In this Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, file photo, junkyard employee Fabio Flores stacks up used tires at Aadlen Brothers Auto Wrecking, also known as U Pick Parts, in the Sun Valley section of Los Angeles. California may ask tire manufacturers to look at ways of eliminating zinc from their products because studies have shown the mineral may harm aquatic wildlife when it is washed into rivers and lakes. (AP Photo/Jae C.

California weighs eliminating zinc from tires

FILE- In this Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, file photo, junkyard employee Fabio Flores stacks up used tires at Aadlen Brothers Auto Wrecking, also known as U Pick Parts, in the Sun Valley section of Los Angeles. California may ask tire manufacturers to look at ways of eliminating zinc from their products because studies have shown the mineral may harm aquatic wildlife when it is washed into rivers and lakes. (AP Photo/Jae C.

January 19, 2021, 6:00am Life

California is considering asking tire manufacturers to look at ways of eliminating zinc from their products because studies have shown the mineral, which is used to strengthen rubber, may harm waterways, it was announced Jan. 12. Read story

A gray wolf at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn. Colorado is going to be reintroducing gray wolves.

Litigation might complicate Colorado’s gray wolf plan

A gray wolf at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn. Colorado is going to be reintroducing gray wolves.

January 19, 2021, 6:00am Life

Colorado could have to navigate years of pending litigation over the Trump administration’s delisting of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act as it tries to enact its own voter-approved initiative to reintroduce the predator to the state, top wildlife officials were told Thursday. Read story

A Monarch butterfly flies to Joe Pye weed, in Freeport, Maine. Monarch butterflies are among well-known species that best illustrate insect problems and declines, according to University of Connecticut entomologist David Wagner, lead author in a special package of studies released Jan. 11, written by 56 scientists from around the globe. (Robert F.

Scientists raise alarm over ‘insect apocalypse’

A Monarch butterfly flies to Joe Pye weed, in Freeport, Maine. Monarch butterflies are among well-known species that best illustrate insect problems and declines, according to University of Connecticut entomologist David Wagner, lead author in a special package of studies released Jan. 11, written by 56 scientists from around the globe. (Robert F.

January 19, 2021, 6:00am Life

The world’s vital insect kingdom is undergoing “death by a thousand cuts,” the world’s top bug experts said. Read story