GARDNERVILLE, Nev. — A botanist gently strokes the pollen of endangered wildflowers with a paintbrush as…
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Pompeii skeleton discovery shows another natural disaster may have made Vesuvius eruption even more deadly
Location of the skeletons found in room A. Credit: Pompeii Archaeological Park. Almost 2,000 years ago,…
NASA cancels its moon rover mission, citing cost overruns and launch delays
This photo provided by NASA shows the Viper (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration) vehicle at the Johnson…
Stegosaurus fossil fetches nearly $45M, setting record for dinosaur auctions
NEW YORK — The nearly complete fossilized remains of a stegosaurus fetched $44.6 million at auction…
How NASA and SpaceX will bring down the space station when it’s retired
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX will use a powerful, souped-up capsule to shove the International Space…
Study finds most Afghans support women’s rights, especially when men think of their daughters
Children playing in Sar-e Pol, Afghanistan. Credit: Firoz Sidiqy, Unsplash, CC0 (creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) A majority of people…
UN climate talks leader says financial help for poor nations is urgent goal of negotiations
The head of upcoming climate negotiations told world leaders Wednesday that a new financial aid package…
Scientists develop new AI method to create material ‘fingerprints’
The AI-NERD model learns to produce a unique fingerprint for each sample of XPCS data. Mapping…