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Jonathan Green checks on a fin-mounted satellite tag on a whale shark in the Galapagos Islands area of Ecuador. Despite typically being bigger than a double-decker bus, the elusive whale shark has only tiny, almost useless teeth. It’s also one of the least understood animals in the ocean.

Diving into whale shark secrets

Jonathan Green checks on a fin-mounted satellite tag on a whale shark in the Galapagos Islands area of Ecuador. Despite typically being bigger than a double-decker bus, the elusive whale shark has only tiny, almost useless teeth. It’s also one of the least understood animals in the ocean.

March 8, 2018, 6:07am Life

It’s the biggest shark — and the biggest fish — in the sea, often found roaming in warm waters around the globe with its huge mouth agape in search of dinner. Read story

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit models Raven Lyn, left, and Danielle Herrington take a selfie Dec. 6 before the SI Swimsuit Island news conference outside the W Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla.

Study finds selfies aren’t putting best face forward

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit models Raven Lyn, left, and Danielle Herrington take a selfie Dec. 6 before the SI Swimsuit Island news conference outside the W Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla.

March 8, 2018, 6:05am Life

It is the inescapable 21st-century vexation of the vain. Smartphones allow a person to take selfies as fast as the index finger can click, yet from a dismayingly close distance that may leave the subject dissatisfied. Read story

Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands hosts the largest colony of king penguins outside of Antarctica. A new study suggests king penguins could be extinct by the end of the century.

Study: King penguins could disappear by end of century

Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands hosts the largest colony of king penguins outside of Antarctica. A new study suggests king penguins could be extinct by the end of the century.

March 8, 2018, 5:58am Life

Rising temperatures due to climate change could push Antarctica’s king penguin populations to the brink of extinction, according to a new study published on Tuesday. Read story

Tech Test: Apple debuts home speaker

March 4, 2018, 6:05am Business

If you follow Apple, you probably know the company rarely jumps into any product market first. Read story

Crystal Maier, collection manager at the Field Museum in Chicago, seen on Feb. 12, studies how insects survive the winter.

Climate change could affect winter insects

Crystal Maier, collection manager at the Field Museum in Chicago, seen on Feb. 12, studies how insects survive the winter.

March 2, 2018, 6:00am Life

A bonus of the sometimes brutal Midwest winters is the absence of insects that can take a bite out of us during the summer. Read story

This undated photo provided by the United Launch Alliance via NASA shows a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NOAA's GOES-S satellite waits for liftoff on Thursday, March 1, 2018, from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. GOES-S is the second satellite in an approximately $11 billion effort that’s already revolutionizing forecasting with astonishingly fast, crisp images of hurricanes, wildfires, floods, mudslides and other natural calamities.

NASA launches advanced weather satellite for western U.S.

This undated photo provided by the United Launch Alliance via NASA shows a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NOAA's GOES-S satellite waits for liftoff on Thursday, March 1, 2018, from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. GOES-S is the second satellite in an approximately $11 billion effort that’s already revolutionizing forecasting with astonishingly fast, crisp images of hurricanes, wildfires, floods, mudslides and other natural calamities.

March 1, 2018, 2:26pm Life

NASA launched another of the world's most advanced weather satellites on Thursday, this time to safeguard the western U.S. Read story

Workers are shrouded in snow after the women’s giant slalom was postponed due to high winds at the 2018 Winter Olympics at the Yongpyong Alpine Center, Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Winter games rely on fake snow

Workers are shrouded in snow after the women’s giant slalom was postponed due to high winds at the 2018 Winter Olympics at the Yongpyong Alpine Center, Pyeongchang, South Korea.

March 1, 2018, 6:05am Life

The forecast for the next Winter Olympics: cold with a 100 percent chance of fake snow. Read story

Most of the genetic variants associated with human diseases can be found in zebra fish. The differences between species arise from variations in the ways the parts of DNA are arranged.

Zebra fish model for human illness

Most of the genetic variants associated with human diseases can be found in zebra fish. The differences between species arise from variations in the ways the parts of DNA are arranged.

March 1, 2018, 5:48am Life

Aquariums are arranged in neat, illuminated rows. Fins, tails and flashing stripes are visible in every direction. On the Mayo Clinic campus in Rochester, Minn., zebra fish act as research stand-ins for humans. They are tiny heralds of solutions for patients with some of medicine’s most intractable problems. Read story

A SpaceX rocket carrying a Spanish satellite is seen over the sky in Los Angeles on Thursday. The rocket created a brief light show over Southern California after blasting off from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Falcon 9 rose above coastal clouds into the dawn sky Thursday and arced southward over the Pacific Ocean west of Los Angeles.

SpaceX launches Spanish satellite from California

A SpaceX rocket carrying a Spanish satellite is seen over the sky in Los Angeles on Thursday. The rocket created a brief light show over Southern California after blasting off from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Falcon 9 rose above coastal clouds into the dawn sky Thursday and arced southward over the Pacific Ocean west of Los Angeles.

February 22, 2018, 10:01am Life

An Earth-observation satellite built for Spain was successfully launched into orbit from California at dawn Thursday, creating a brief light show as it arced over the Pacific Ocean west of Los Angeles. Read story

Lead author Vivek Nityananda holds a praying mantis atop a mantis-inspired robot arm.

Miniature glasses on praying mantises helps in study of robot vision

Lead author Vivek Nityananda holds a praying mantis atop a mantis-inspired robot arm.

February 22, 2018, 6:05am Life

If you thought praying mantises already look pretty cool, wait till you see them in these stunning shades. Scientists who put tiny 3-D glasses on these petite hunters have found that their stereoscopic vision system is unlike that of any other known animal. Read story