ConnexionSpaceX finally launches after scrubbing mission days ago to replace astronauts who have been in space for months
The launch paves the way for the long-awaited return of NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams
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Beloved DC cherry tree ‘Stumpy’ was chopped down thanks to climate change. But the ‘folk hero’ lives on
The online famous tree was removed due to continual flooding and failing seawalls
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The most severe storms of the year will be outside the nation’s ‘Tornado Alley,’ forecasters predict
‘Near-historic’ tornado activity last year resulted in the deaths of 54 people
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Global sea level rose faster than expected last year alarming scientists
Rising sea levels bring potentially deadly storm surge farther inland and impact urban infrastructure
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Health experts are wondering if the measles outbreak is a lot larger than it seems
The highly contagious virus has been tied to the deaths of two unvaccinated people and the infections of hundreds in West Texas
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Five years after the Covid pandemic, health experts are finally ready to say that it’s over
With deaths and hospitalizations down, experts say vaccines and immunity from infection have helped turn the page on the Covid pandemic
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SpaceX aborts launch to send new crew to International Space Station and rescue stranded astronauts
The astronauts’ eventual arrival at the orbiting laboratory will clear the way for the return of NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams
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EPA considers pulling scientific study that shaped modern climate policy
The 2009 scientific finding says carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions threaten public health
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SpaceX launch to send new crew to space station and rescue astronauts who have been stuck for months is called off
The astronauts’ eventual arrival at the orbiting laboratory will clear the way for the return of NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams
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Critically endangered penguin chicks born at Michigan zoo - and there is a contest to name them
The African penguin population has plummeted astronomically thanks to overfishing, climate change and other threats
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Trump’s team wants vaccines to stop bird flu. RFK Jr. says it could turn ‘flocks into mutation factories’
The spread of H5N1 bird flu has sickened dozens of Americans, resulted in a nationwide egg shortage and led to the deaths of more than 166 million poultry birds
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Even five years after COVID and constant Republican attacks most still trust the CDC, survey finds
Previous research shows public trust in health agencies and other institutions has eroded over recent years
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NOAA to layoff 1,000 more workers at already depleted weather agency: ‘There’s going to be pain and a lot of it’
A former NOAA official says another round of ‘malicious’ layoffs will affect more than 1,000 additional employee
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