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Ancient teeth from Siberia rewrite the plague’s timeline, dating back to over 5,500 years ago
Scientists have found evidence of the oldest known plague, dating back about 5,500 years ago — some 200 years earlier than previously thought More »
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15 countries in Kenya adopt the Mombasa Declaration to fight illegal fishing
Fifteen countries have adopted the Mombasa Declaration to combat illegal fishing, which experts say costs the global economy up to $50 billion annually More »
FDA panel backs first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology
A new kind of flu vaccine is moving a step closer to the U.S. market More »
Xcel’s Boulder coal ash cleanup is moving forward. Critics say another source of pollution remains.
Colorado regulators are reviewing Xcel Energy's plan to clean up groundwater contamination from coal ash at the Valmont Power Station More »
Archaeologists find musket balls and fort linked to the Battle of Bunker Hill
An archaeological dig at the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill has revealed ammunition used in the fight along with the outlines of an earthen fort built to protect the patriots fighting the British More »
A shrinking strip of New Orleans marsh helps protect 1.5 million people. Louisiana wants to save it
The effort to restore an increasingly narrow strip of New Orleans marshland could get a jump-start next year with a $101 million project More »
Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project
Lawmakers are demanding the National Science Foundation stop dismantling the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a $386 million ocean monitoring network being wound down under President Donald Trump's administration More »
Archaeology team unearths 'prototype' of world-famous Stonehenge monument just a few miles away
Archaeologists say they have discovered a structure near Stonehenge that may have served as a “prototype” for the monument More »
Dan David Prize awards 9 scholars $300,000 each for research on the human past
Nine scholars from around the world have been awarded $300,000 each to advance their careers More »
El Nino is here and scientists fear it'll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires
U.S. meteorologists say an El Nino has formed More »
