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Seattle Seahawks&#039; Marshawn Lynch begins to celebrate after a 67-yard touchdown run against the New Orleans Saints on Jan. 8, 2011, in Seattle.

‘Beast Quake’ reverberates: 10 years after TD run shook Seattle, science sees benefits

Seattle Seahawks&#039; Marshawn Lynch begins to celebrate after a 67-yard touchdown run against the New Orleans Saints on Jan. 8, 2011, in Seattle.

January 17, 2021, 6:02am Latest News

“The crowd is silent now, as opposed to when the Saints have the ball,” NBC broadcaster Tom Hammond said, before more than 66,000 fans refuted that fact. Read story

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. file photo, smoke from California wildfires up to 200 miles away obscures the view of traffic traveling on Interstate 80, looking west in Sparks, Nev. Local schools canceled all outdoor activities as the air quality index approached the &quot;very unhealthy&quot; category for the general population Wednesday afternoon.

Hot again: 2020 sets yet another global temperature record

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. file photo, smoke from California wildfires up to 200 miles away obscures the view of traffic traveling on Interstate 80, looking west in Sparks, Nev. Local schools canceled all outdoor activities as the air quality index approached the &quot;very unhealthy&quot; category for the general population Wednesday afternoon.

January 14, 2021, 8:44am Nation & World

Earth’s rising fever hit or neared record hot temperature levels in 2020, global weather groups reported Thursday. Read story

This photo provided by NASA shows SpaceX&#039;s Dragon undocking from International Space Station on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.  SpaceX&#039;s Dragon cargo capsule undocked with 12 bottles of Bordeaux wine and hundreds of snippets of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon vines. The capsule is aiming for a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast Wednesday night.

Cheers! French wine, vines headed home after year in space

This photo provided by NASA shows SpaceX&#039;s Dragon undocking from International Space Station on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.  SpaceX&#039;s Dragon cargo capsule undocked with 12 bottles of Bordeaux wine and hundreds of snippets of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon vines. The capsule is aiming for a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast Wednesday night.

January 12, 2021, 8:42am Life

The International Space Station bid adieu Tuesday to 12 bottles of French Bordeaux wine and hundreds of snippets of grapevines that spent a year orbiting the world in the name of science. Read story

Identical twins Alf, left, and Sven Fehnhanhn, left background, 79, from Kassel, pose along with 7-month-old Luis Carl, foreground, and Albert Frank Millgramm, right background, during a twins&#039; meeting in Berlin. According to research published recently, identical twins are not exactly the same genetically.

Identical twins are not clones

Identical twins Alf, left, and Sven Fehnhanhn, left background, 79, from Kassel, pose along with 7-month-old Luis Carl, foreground, and Albert Frank Millgramm, right background, during a twins&#039; meeting in Berlin. According to research published recently, identical twins are not exactly the same genetically.

January 12, 2021, 6:05am Life

If you’re an identical twin who’s always resisted being called a clone of your sibling, scientists say you have a point. Read story

A flock of geese fly past a smokestack at the Jeffery Energy Center coal power plant near Emmitt, Kan.

Study: ‘Baked-in warming’ raises alarm for experts

A flock of geese fly past a smokestack at the Jeffery Energy Center coal power plant near Emmitt, Kan.

January 12, 2021, 6:04am Life

The amount of baked-in global warming, from carbon pollution already in the air, is enough to blow past international agreed-upon goals to limit climate change, a new study finds. Read story

Hundreds of black vultures, with wingspans up to five feet, are congregating in the small Lancaster County, Pa., town of Marietta, destroying roofs, toppling garbage cans, and scaring residents. This bird was photographed Dec. 9.

Pa. town is vexed by vultures

Hundreds of black vultures, with wingspans up to five feet, are congregating in the small Lancaster County, Pa., town of Marietta, destroying roofs, toppling garbage cans, and scaring residents. This bird was photographed Dec. 9.

January 12, 2021, 6:00am Life

Black vultures circled beneath a leaden sky, swooping down close to the tombstones in a cemetery here in search of something dead to eat. Read story

A grey seal and her pup on the beach at Horsey Gap in Norfolk, England, Sunday Jan. 10, 2021.  A worldwide group are participating in a one-day video conference Monday Jan. 11, 2021, entitled the One Planet Summit aimed at protecting the world&#039;s biodiversity, including protection of marine ecosystems.

50 countries commit to protect 30% of land, sea over decade

A grey seal and her pup on the beach at Horsey Gap in Norfolk, England, Sunday Jan. 10, 2021.  A worldwide group are participating in a one-day video conference Monday Jan. 11, 2021, entitled the One Planet Summit aimed at protecting the world&#039;s biodiversity, including protection of marine ecosystems.

January 11, 2021, 8:55am Life

A coalition of at least 50 countries have committed to protect 30% of the planet, including land and sea, over the decade in efforts to halt species extinction and address climate change issues, during a global summit aimed at protecting the world’s biodiversity. Read story

Geese fly off in front of the Chicago skyline near Rainbow Beach Park on Dec. 26.

Birders reflect on record-breaking big year

Geese fly off in front of the Chicago skyline near Rainbow Beach Park on Dec. 26.

January 11, 2021, 6:02am Life

The end of another year offers time to take stock of the good, the bad, and in the case of Nathan Goldberg, the birds. Read story

2021 will have more to see skyward

January 5, 2021, 6:02am Life

Break out the telescope and stretch out your neck, because another year of stargazing is upon us. Read story

The carcass of a woolly rhino, taken in Yakutia.

Ice Age rhino found in Siberia

The carcass of a woolly rhino, taken in Yakutia.

January 5, 2021, 6:01am Life

A well-preserved Ice Age woolly rhino with many of its internal organs still intact has been recovered from permafrost in Russia’s extreme north. Read story