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Nobel Prizes and COVID-19: Slow, basic science may pay off

October 3, 2020, 3:13pm Nation & World

While the world wants flashy quick fixes for everything, especially massive threats like the coronavirus and global warming, this week’s Nobel Prizes remind us that in science, slow and steady pays off. Read story

Radish seeds, meats and cheeses launched to space station

October 3, 2020, 2:36pm Nation & World

A space station cargo ship rocketed into orbit Friday carrying a 360-degree camera for spacewalking, radish seeds for growing and a smorgasbord of fancy meats and cheeses for feasting. Read story

Flash in dark sky was probably random meteor, expert says

September 30, 2020, 8:42am Nation & World

A flash that lit up the skies over parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio in the wee hours of Wednesday was probably a random meteor, an expert said. Read story

Asian giant hornet.

New study determines ‘aggressive efforts’ needed to prevent spread of Asian giant hornet in Washington

Asian giant hornet.

September 29, 2020, 6:02am Life

The Pacific Northwest could be the perfect habitat for the Asian giant hornet — known to some researchers as the “murder hornet” — which could decimate honeybee populations throughout Western Washington and down the coast if “aggressive efforts” aren’t taken to quickly eradicate it, according to a new study from… Read story

Tahlequah, the mother orca J35, clings to her calf in an eighth day of mourning as she swam in Swanson Channel, British Columbia on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Tahlequah recently gave birth a male calf.

It’s a boy: Tahlequah’s baby orca is frolicking, healthy

Tahlequah, the mother orca J35, clings to her calf in an eighth day of mourning as she swam in Swanson Channel, British Columbia on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Tahlequah recently gave birth a male calf.

September 24, 2020, 12:30pm Life

Tahlequah’s new calf is a male, the Center for Whale Research has confirmed. Read story

This image from video made available by NASA&#039;s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies shows the path of asteroid 2020 SW as it safely passes Earth on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Orbiting the Earth is the location of a typical geosynchronous satellite (labeled &quot;GEOSAT&quot;), orbiting 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above Earth&#039;s equator. At bottom right is the moon.

Bus-size asteroid to zoom by Earth, ducking below satellites

This image from video made available by NASA&#039;s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies shows the path of asteroid 2020 SW as it safely passes Earth on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Orbiting the Earth is the location of a typical geosynchronous satellite (labeled &quot;GEOSAT&quot;), orbiting 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above Earth&#039;s equator. At bottom right is the moon.

September 23, 2020, 9:40am Nation & World

An asteroid the size of a school bus is headed our way, but NASA says the space rock will zoom safely past Earth on Thursday. Read story

FILE - Sea ice breaks apart as the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica traverses the Northwest Passage through the Victoria Strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in a Friday, July 21, 2017 file photo.  The National Snow and Ice Data Center&#039;s figures Monday, Sept. 21, 2020 show that sea ice last week was only 1.4 million square miles when it reached its annual low mark for the summer. In the 1980s it was always at least 1 million square miles more.

Warming shrinks Arctic Ocean ice to 2nd lowest on record

FILE - Sea ice breaks apart as the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica traverses the Northwest Passage through the Victoria Strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in a Friday, July 21, 2017 file photo.  The National Snow and Ice Data Center&#039;s figures Monday, Sept. 21, 2020 show that sea ice last week was only 1.4 million square miles when it reached its annual low mark for the summer. In the 1980s it was always at least 1 million square miles more.

September 22, 2020, 6:47pm Life

Ice in the Arctic Ocean melted to its second lowest level on record this summer, triggered by global warming along with natural forces, U.S. scientists reported Monday. Read story

Stan, one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossil discovered, is on display Sept. 15 at Christie&#039;s in New York.

T. rex skeleton Stan headed to auction

Stan, one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossil discovered, is on display Sept. 15 at Christie&#039;s in New York.

September 22, 2020, 6:03am Life

Sold to the eccentric theme park operator! Read story

The 2019 Ig Nobel award is displayed at the 29th annual Ig Nobel awards ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.

Poop knives win 2020 Ig Nobels

The 2019 Ig Nobel award is displayed at the 29th annual Ig Nobel awards ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.

September 22, 2020, 6:03am Life

Maybe this year’s Ig Nobels, the spoof prizes for dubious but humorous scientific achievement, should have been renamed the Ick Nobels. Read story

Researchers at Virginia Tech are converting the patterns of plants&#039; movement into sound to evaluate plant health.