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Dogs’ bodies, brains shaped by humans

September 17, 2019, 6:00am Life

Dogs are a weird bunch. They range in size from bearish behemoths like Newfoundlands to pipsqueaks like Milly, a Chihuahua who measures less than 4 inches tall and holds the Guinness record for World’s Shortest Dog. Read story

New comet likely visitor from another solar system

September 14, 2019, 10:16pm Nation & World

The solar system may have another foreign guest. Read story

This image made available by the European Space agency shows galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2012, an improved version of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field image. A study from the Max Planck Institute in Germany published Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in the journal Science uses a new technique to come up with a rate that the universe is expanding that is nearly 18% higher than the number scientists had been using since the year 2000. (NASA, ESA, R.

Study finds the universe might be 2 billion years younger

This image made available by the European Space agency shows galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2012, an improved version of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field image. A study from the Max Planck Institute in Germany published Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in the journal Science uses a new technique to come up with a rate that the universe is expanding that is nearly 18% higher than the number scientists had been using since the year 2000. (NASA, ESA, R.

September 13, 2019, 9:35am Life

The universe is looking younger every day, it seems. Read story

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. (U.S.

House votes to bar Arctic drilling; Senate action unlikely

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. (U.S.

September 12, 2019, 9:59am Politics

The Democratic-controlled House on Thursday voted to reinstate a decades-long ban on oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- a largely symbolic move aimed at reversing a plan by President Donald Trump to drill in the pristine refuge. Read story

Mice impart lessons about human brain

September 11, 2019, 6:03am Life

Psychiatric drugs meant for humans have been tested on mice for years. The two species’ brains have similar cellular structures. But a new study by the Seattle-based Allen Institute for Brain Science shows there are also significant differences. Read story

Sawdust might be one answer to the world’s plastic problem

September 10, 2019, 6:02am Life

A technology startup near Ontario’s leafy border with Michigan says it has the answer to the world’s plastic pollution problem: sawdust. Read story

Macrobdella mimicus is the first new species of medicinal leech discovered in over 40 years.

New leech species discovered

Macrobdella mimicus is the first new species of medicinal leech discovered in over 40 years.

September 10, 2019, 6:01am Life

A newly discovered bloodsucking, olive-green leech with three jaws and as many as 59 teeth has been found about 40 miles outside of downtown Washington. Read story

A small section of the Veil Nebula, a massive star that exploded about 8,000 years ago, is seen by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The debris is one of the best-known supernova remnants.

Supernova remnants found in Antarctica could be 20 million years old

A small section of the Veil Nebula, a massive star that exploded about 8,000 years ago, is seen by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The debris is one of the best-known supernova remnants.

September 10, 2019, 6:00am Life

A star collapses when it dies, spewing space dust in a giant cloud of elements that make for very beautiful Hubble Telescope photos. The “explosion,” called a supernova, results in either a black hole or a small, dense star that no longer generates heat. Read story

Various late Eocene shark and ray teeth from the Dry Branch Formation, Aiken County, S.C. David J. Cicimurri and James L.

Prehistoric shark species found in S.C.

Various late Eocene shark and ray teeth from the Dry Branch Formation, Aiken County, S.C. David J. Cicimurri and James L.

August 27, 2019, 6:06am Life

Two South Carolina researchers have discovered a species of prehistoric shark, along with dozens of other fossils from prehistoric sea creatures. Read story

Christine Thompson, an assistant professor at Stockton University, looks through bags of young oysters growing on whelk shells as part of an oyster restoration program being done by the American Littoral Society in Ocean Gate, N.J.

Oyster beds help clean the water

Christine Thompson, an assistant professor at Stockton University, looks through bags of young oysters growing on whelk shells as part of an oyster restoration program being done by the American Littoral Society in Ocean Gate, N.J.

August 27, 2019, 6:02am Life

Restoring oyster beds and helping keep the water clean isn’t just for scientists and environmental groups anymore. Read story