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In this April 25, 2019, photo, science teacher Sarah Ott speaks to her class about climate literacy in Dalton, Ga. Teachers across the country describe struggles finding trustworthy materials to help them teach their students about climate change.

Many online climate change lessons full of junk

In this April 25, 2019, photo, science teacher Sarah Ott speaks to her class about climate literacy in Dalton, Ga. Teachers across the country describe struggles finding trustworthy materials to help them teach their students about climate change.

May 16, 2019, 6:04am Nation & World

When science teacher Diana Allen set out to teach climate change, a subject she’d never learned in school, she fell into a rabbit’s hole of misinformation: Many resources presented online as educational material were actually junk. Read story

Sterling Nesbitt, an assistant professor of geobiology, sits for a photo March 28 next to the fossilized bones of Suskityrannus hazelae, a miniature adult Tyrannosaurus dinosaur relative, in Blacksburg, Va. He found some of the original fossils when he was 16 years old.

Meet T. rex kin you could look down on

Sterling Nesbitt, an assistant professor of geobiology, sits for a photo March 28 next to the fossilized bones of Suskityrannus hazelae, a miniature adult Tyrannosaurus dinosaur relative, in Blacksburg, Va. He found some of the original fossils when he was 16 years old.

May 14, 2019, 6:00am Life

History’s most frightening dinosaur, the Tyrannosaurus rex, came from a long line of pipsqueaks. Read story

A Jersey cow feeds in a field on the Francis Thicke organic dairy farm in Fairfield, Iowa, on May 8, 2018. Let’s clear the air about cow farts. In the climate-change debate, some policymakers seem to be bovine flatulence deniers.

Bovine flatulence is no joke

A Jersey cow feeds in a field on the Francis Thicke organic dairy farm in Fairfield, Iowa, on May 8, 2018. Let’s clear the air about cow farts. In the climate-change debate, some policymakers seem to be bovine flatulence deniers.

May 7, 2019, 6:04am Life

Let’s clear the air about cow farts. Read story

This photo made available by NASA on April 23 shows the InSight lander’s domed wind and thermal shield which covers a seismometer on the 110th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

InSight picks up likely 1st marsquake

This photo made available by NASA on April 23 shows the InSight lander’s domed wind and thermal shield which covers a seismometer on the 110th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

May 7, 2019, 6:03am Life

NASA’s InSight lander has picked up a gentle rumble at Mars, believed to be the first marsquake ever detected. Read story

AAA leads drive for high-tech headlights

May 7, 2019, 6:01am Life

New research from AAA says European vehicles equipped with high-tech headlights illuminate the road better than the low beams used by most American drivers. Read story

In this image taken from NASA Television, a SpaceX shipment prepares to arrive at the International Space Station following a weekend launch, Monday, May 6, 2019. The Dragon capsule reached the orbiting complex Monday, delivering 5,500 pounds (2,500 kilograms) of equipment and experiments.

SpaceX shipment reaches space station after weekend launch

In this image taken from NASA Television, a SpaceX shipment prepares to arrive at the International Space Station following a weekend launch, Monday, May 6, 2019. The Dragon capsule reached the orbiting complex Monday, delivering 5,500 pounds (2,500 kilograms) of equipment and experiments.

May 6, 2019, 10:14am Life

A SpaceX shipment arrived at the International Space Station on Monday following a weekend launch. Read story

This March 25, 2009 photo provided by NASA shows the International Space Station seen from the Space Shuttle Discovery during separation. In the background is Earth’s atmosphere seen as a blue arc. On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, NASA announced that a major power shortage at the station has delayed a SpaceX supply run later in the week.

Space station back to full power, SpaceX launch early Friday

This March 25, 2009 photo provided by NASA shows the International Space Station seen from the Space Shuttle Discovery during separation. In the background is Earth’s atmosphere seen as a blue arc. On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, NASA announced that a major power shortage at the station has delayed a SpaceX supply run later in the week.

May 2, 2019, 9:20am Life

The International Space Station is back up at full power, after the successful replacement of a failed electrical box. Read story

Space station power shortage delays SpaceX supply run

April 30, 2019, 9:27am Life

A major power shortage at the International Space Station has delayed this week’s SpaceX supply run. Read story

The tip of a robotic catheter equipped with a small camera and lighting encased in silicone, in Boston. Described in a report released on Wednesday, the device guided itself through the delicate chambers of a pig’s heart as it was beating.

Robotic device finds way through pig heart

The tip of a robotic catheter equipped with a small camera and lighting encased in silicone, in Boston. Described in a report released on Wednesday, the device guided itself through the delicate chambers of a pig’s heart as it was beating.

April 30, 2019, 6:00am Health

Borrowing from the way cockroaches skitter along walls, scientists have created a robotic device that safely guides itself through the delicate chambers of a pig’s heart as it’s beating. Read story

An artistic reconstruction of Callichimaera perplexa.

Scientists discover odd ancient crab

An artistic reconstruction of Callichimaera perplexa.

April 30, 2019, 6:00am Life

Scientists have discovered a new species of crab that swam the sea 95 million years ago. Read story