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Scientists discover body's protection shield
Scientists have discovered a way to manipulate the body’s own immune response to boost tissue repair.…
Image: Orion A in infrared
Stars form within giant clouds of gas and dust that pervade galaxies like our own Milky…
The little duck that could: Study finds endangered Hawaiian duck endures
The endangered Hawaiian duck, or koloa, the only endemic duck remaining on the main Hawaiian Islands,…
Romania's forests under mounting threat—along with rangers
Like thick wrinkles, a multitude of dirt roads cut through barren slopes in Romania’s mountainous Valea…
Schools less important than parents in determining higher education aspirations
A new study shows that the elementary school a child attends has almost no influence on…
Great Barrier Reef annual mass coral spawning begins
A mass coral spawning has begun on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, with early indications the annual…
Sudanese hope Ethiopian dam ends Blue Nile floods
The Blue Nile is a renegade river, according to Sudanese farmer Osman Idris, its unpredictable flooding…
Devastated Venice braced for third major flood
Venice was braced Sunday for an unprecedented third major flooding in less than a week, with…
Study links Asian carp with Mississippi River fish drop
Sport fish have declined significantly in portions of the Upper Mississippi River infested with Asian carp,…