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The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's Collider Detector is outside Batavia, Ill. In results released on Thursday, scientists at the lab calculated that the W boson, a fundamental particle of physics, weighs a bit more than their theoretical rulebook for the universe tells them it should.

Key particle’s weight confounds physicists

The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's Collider Detector is outside Batavia, Ill. In results released on Thursday, scientists at the lab calculated that the W boson, a fundamental particle of physics, weighs a bit more than their theoretical rulebook for the universe tells them it should.

April 12, 2022, 6:03am Life

The grand explanation physicists use to describe how the universe works may have some major new flaws to patch after a fundamental particle was found to have more mass than scientists thought. Read story

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What the humble clover means for the future of life in cities

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April 12, 2022, 6:00am Latest News

As the climate crisis becomes harder to combat, more people are trying to live sustainably. Many of us are making small lifestyle changes — reusing bags, buying organic and even growing our own food. But making better everyday choices is probably not as healing to this planet as fixing the… Read story

FILE - In this May 7, 2020 file photo Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead giant hornet, a sample brought in from Japan for research in Blaine, Wash.

Washington entomologist proposes giving invasive hornet a less-offensive name

FILE - In this May 7, 2020 file photo Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead giant hornet, a sample brought in from Japan for research in Blaine, Wash.

April 8, 2022, 6:02am Latest News

In early 2020, fear of an invasive hornet species unofficially known as “murder hornet” or “Asian giant hornet” collided with growing anti-Asian hate and xenophobia in the United States, creating concerns around the insect’s name. Nearly two years later, the field of entomology may be one step closer to giving the… Read story

Dolphins swim together May 2019 in the Potomac River between Lewisetta and Smith Point, Va.

Dolphins’ playful social habits form bonds, but spread virus

Dolphins swim together May 2019 in the Potomac River between Lewisetta and Smith Point, Va.

April 8, 2022, 6:02am Life

Three young male dolphins simultaneously break the water’s surface to breathe — first exhaling, then inhaling — before slipping back under the waves of the Chesapeake Bay. Read story

FILE - Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Musk, who is now Twitter's largest shareholder and newly appointed board member, may have thoughts on a long-standing request from users: Should there be an edit button? On Monday evening, Musk launched a Twitter poll about whether they want an edit button. More than 3 million people have voted as of Tuesday, April 5, 2022. The poll closes Tuesday evening Eastern time.

New Twitter biggie Musk may have thoughts on edit button

FILE - Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Musk, who is now Twitter's largest shareholder and newly appointed board member, may have thoughts on a long-standing request from users: Should there be an edit button? On Monday evening, Musk launched a Twitter poll about whether they want an edit button. More than 3 million people have voted as of Tuesday, April 5, 2022. The poll closes Tuesday evening Eastern time.

April 5, 2022, 8:59am Business

Elon Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO and power Twitter user who is now Twitter's largest shareholder and newly appointed board member, may have thoughts on a long-standing request from users: Should there be an edit button? Read story

In this photo provided by Cambridge University Library on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, a view of the Tree of Life Sketch in one of naturalist Charles Darwin's notbeooks which have recently been returned after going missing in 2001, in Cambridge, England. Two of naturalist Charles Darwin's notebooks that were reported stolen from Cambridge University's library have been returned, two decades after they disappeared.

Darwin notebooks missing for 20 years returned to Cambridge

In this photo provided by Cambridge University Library on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, a view of the Tree of Life Sketch in one of naturalist Charles Darwin's notbeooks which have recently been returned after going missing in 2001, in Cambridge, England. Two of naturalist Charles Darwin's notebooks that were reported stolen from Cambridge University's library have been returned, two decades after they disappeared.

April 5, 2022, 7:47am Nation & World

Two of naturalist Charles Darwin’s notebooks that were reported stolen from Cambridge University’s library have been returned, two decades after they disappeared. Read story

Members of the Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team process a wolf during an annual count in January in southwestern New Mexico. (U.S.

Growth slows for endangered wolves

Members of the Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team process a wolf during an annual count in January in southwestern New Mexico. (U.S.

April 5, 2022, 6:02am Life

There are now more Mexican gray wolves roaming the southwestern U.S. than at any time since the federal government started to reintroduce the endangered species, wildlife managers said Wednesday. Read story

A team of mechanical engineers from Johns Hopkins University are developing a SMART robot (Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot) that can perform soft tissue surgeries. This is a detail of the robot's suturing arm working on simulated blood vessels.

Engineers build robot to perform surgery sans doctor

A team of mechanical engineers from Johns Hopkins University are developing a SMART robot (Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot) that can perform soft tissue surgeries. This is a detail of the robot's suturing arm working on simulated blood vessels.

April 5, 2022, 6:02am Health

In a high-tech lab on Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus in Baltimore, engineers have been building a robot that may be able to stitch back together the broken vessels in your belly and at some point maybe your brain, no doctor needed. Read story

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Dandelions in the yard? Clark County should learn to love them

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April 5, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life

Dandelions are so colorful, so cheerful — even delicious and nutritious. Why, then, does our culture label them landscaping enemy No. 1? Read story

FILE -The NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard stands on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 18, 2022. NASA is kicking off a critical countdown test for its new moon rocket. The two-day dress rehearsal began Friday, April 1, 2022 at Florida's Kennedy Space Center and will culminate Sunday with the loading of the rocket's fuel tanks.

Dress rehearsal: NASA moon rocket’s last test before launch

FILE -The NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard stands on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 18, 2022. NASA is kicking off a critical countdown test for its new moon rocket. The two-day dress rehearsal began Friday, April 1, 2022 at Florida's Kennedy Space Center and will culminate Sunday with the loading of the rocket's fuel tanks.

April 1, 2022, 3:49pm Nation & World

NASA kicked off a critical countdown test Friday for its new moon rocket, a 30-story behemoth that could make its first lunar test flight by summer. Read story