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Climate change fueling wildfire threat
Drier weather will mean more major fires, experts warn
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Who needs a nose? Mussels can smell just fine
University of Maine scientists aren’t quite sure how they do it, but they believe mussels have a strong sense of odor that they can use to protect themselves.Scott Morello via…
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Powerhouse Science Center revving up a year after closure
Durango science center closed suddenly one year ago
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Mercury set to make rare solar transit
NASA and European Space Agency satellites will be tracking Mercury Monday as it transits the sun. The planet made its last transit past the sun in 2006.Solar and Heliospheric Observatory/NASA/ESA…
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Study raises alarms about coral reefs
A two-picture combo shows the Carysfort Reef in Florida in 1976 and 2016. Scientists say global warming is causing the limestone framework of coral reefs in the Florida Keys to…
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Massive project on display
Mountain Middle School seventh-grade student Sam Atchison adjusts a gear on a massive mechanical representation of his class’ exploration of science and humanities. The class studied cells, germs, DNA and…
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Oh, baby! Look how you’ve grown
Fossils show titanosaurs grew quickly from cute babies to truly gigantic dinosaurs
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Americans enjoying warming trend’s effects – so far
But that perceived benefit of global warming – mostly milder winters – will soon be outweighed by more oppressive summer heat, according to a study in the journal Nature that’s…
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Climate change is shaking up the planet
Melting ice sheets are shifting how Earth wobbles on its axis
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Investor hopes to send tiny ships to Alpha Centauri
Internet investor and science philanthropist Yuri Milner and a panel of scientists including cosmologist Stephen Hawking, second from left, Princeton physicist Freeman Dyson, science author Ann Druyan, center, Harvard physicist…
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It turns out this planet has three suns in its sky
An artist’s concept of a triple-star system. Astronomers have discovered a triple-star system that hosts a stable planet, a rarity in space observations.NASA/JPL-Caltech via The Washington Post Researchers used to…
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Feds move to OK commercial drone flights
A government-sponsored committee is recommending standards that could clear the way for commercial drone flights over populated areas and help speed the introduction of package delivery drones.Rick Bowmer/Associated Press The…
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Donors generous to Fort Lewis College
Gifts reach $3.8 million in fiscal year to end June 30
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Data hints Pluto may have once had liquid lakes
“As planetary scientists, what the data revealed did not surprise us. It shocked us,” NASA’s Planetary Science Division Director Jim Green said during the briefing. “What a beautiful system to…
Nation & World
Bridging the ‘word gap’ in low-income children
High-tech study results still inconclusive
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Scientists still don’t know how dogs became dogs – but they might be close to finding out
Inna Caruso, left, and Jordan Massey jog along the Rails to Trails with dogs Mac and Nessie on a warm Wednesday morning in Chambersburg, Pa. Scientists might be close to…
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Dolores, Montezuma County partner on telecommunications
County chips in $60,000 for study about service
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Gardner sees economic benefits of driverless cars in Colorado
Senator sees opportunity to reduce ski-area traffic
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A better twist on tornadoes?
System may help forecasters provide earlier warnings of deadly twisters
Nation & World
Large-scale study: Short men and overweight women get a raw deal in life
Many destined to make less money than their taller, fitter peers
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Fort Lewis College to control Hesperus campus
Historic agreement will allow more study, increase income
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Science projects take center stage at annual fair
Animas High School sophomore Isaac Jordan, the son of Mike and Dion Jordan, demonstrates his science project to make an artificial muscle at the 2016 San Juan Basin Regional Science…
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Horniest dinosaurs may have been the sexiest, too
A restoration shows adult Protoceratops andrewsi engaging in display postures. Non-mature animals can be seen in the background.Rebecca Gelernter/QMUL The data offer support for the theory “that these features were…