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A reprocessed color view of Europa made from images taken by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990s.

Ice spikes may cover Jupiter’s moon

A reprocessed color view of Europa made from images taken by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990s.

October 11, 2018, 6:00am Life

Few moons in the solar system are as intriguing as Jupiter’s moon Europa. A global ocean of saltwater almost certainly surrounds the moon— and it holds more water than any ocean on Earth. Above this immense sea, where surface temperatures dip to minus 300 degrees Fahrenheit, a crust of water… Read story

A Dickinsonia fossil from the White Sea area of Russia. The body is about 3.5 inches long. In a report released Sept. 20, scientists say they’ve confirmed that these fossils from more than 500 million years ago are traces of an animal, which makes that creature one of the earliest known.

Study of puzzling fossils confirms it was animal

A Dickinsonia fossil from the White Sea area of Russia. The body is about 3.5 inches long. In a report released Sept. 20, scientists say they’ve confirmed that these fossils from more than 500 million years ago are traces of an animal, which makes that creature one of the earliest known.

October 11, 2018, 6:00am Life

Scientists say they’ve confirmed that puzzling fossils from more than 500 million years ago are traces of an animal. Read story

Sans Forgetica was designed by Australian researchers as a reading retention tool.

New font Sans Forgetica designed to boost memory

Sans Forgetica was designed by Australian researchers as a reading retention tool.

October 11, 2018, 6:00am Life

A new font can help lodge information deeper in your brain, researchers say, but it’s not magic — just the science of effort. Read story

Government again tries to halt youths’ climate lawsuit

October 9, 2018, 9:50am Northwest

The federal government is again asking a judge to suspend proceedings in a climate case scheduled to go to trial in Eugene on Oct. 29. Read story

Johns Hopkins to name new building after Henrietta Lacks

October 8, 2018, 10:21am Life

Johns Hopkins University and the family of Henrietta Lacks say a new building on the school’s campus in East Baltimore will be named after the woman whose cells were taken without her consent and widely used in revolutionary research. Read story

Two streaks in this long exposure photo show a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off, left, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, as seen from Pismo Beach, Calif., on Sunday and then its first stage returning, right, to Earth at a nearby landing pad. The primary purpose of the mission was to place the SAOCOM 1A satellite into orbit, but SpaceX also wanted to expand its recovery of first stages to its launch site at the Air Force base, about 130 miles (209 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles.

Social media lights up with SpaceX satellite launch

Two streaks in this long exposure photo show a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off, left, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, as seen from Pismo Beach, Calif., on Sunday and then its first stage returning, right, to Earth at a nearby landing pad. The primary purpose of the mission was to place the SAOCOM 1A satellite into orbit, but SpaceX also wanted to expand its recovery of first stages to its launch site at the Air Force base, about 130 miles (209 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles.

October 8, 2018, 10:01am Life

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — When SpaceX launched a rocket carrying an Argentine Earth-observation satellite from California, both the night sky and social media lit up. Read story

Wind turbines stand over a farmhouse near Northwood, Iowa. A new study out of Harvard finds that ramping up wind power in America would also dial up the nation’s temperatures.

No free lunch for renewables: More wind power would warm US

Wind turbines stand over a farmhouse near Northwood, Iowa. A new study out of Harvard finds that ramping up wind power in America would also dial up the nation’s temperatures.

October 5, 2018, 4:55pm Nation & World

Ramping up wind power in America would also dial up the nation’s temperatures, a new study out of Harvard found. Read story

Pompeii excavation yields rich garden scene in home shrine

October 5, 2018, 9:42am Life

Archaeologists have uncovered a new treasure in the ruins of Pompeii: a richly painted garden scene in the shrine area of a home that had been buried following the explosion of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Read story

Australis Aquaculture employee Khanh Huynh checks on seaweed cultures on Sept. 27 near Ninh Hai, Vietnam.

Seaweed might settle down methane-producing cows

Australis Aquaculture employee Khanh Huynh checks on seaweed cultures on Sept. 27 near Ninh Hai, Vietnam.

October 4, 2018, 6:04am Life

The smelly reality is that cows will always pass gas. But if farmers had more access to seaweed, cow flatulence might just stink a little less for the planet. Read story

A wolf spider crawls across a basement carpet.

Autumn’s Most Frightening Home Intruder

A wolf spider crawls across a basement carpet.

October 4, 2018, 5:10am Life

You’re enjoying dinner with your family when a spider the size of a half-dollar races across the floor and under the table. Even more terrifying — you wake in the middle of the night to find a large, hairy spider sharing your bed. Worse yet, it’s resting on your neck. Read story