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Celebration and honor are two touchstones of the poetic tradition. With National Poetry Month approaching in April, we'll write a poem in honor of another poem and poet.Say hello to the golden shovel.The golden scoop is a contemporary…

Decorating eggs is a festive activity that celebrates the arrival of spring, a time of renewal. An ancient symbol of rebirth and new life, the egg has a long and storied history linked to holidays and seasonal celebrations around the…

The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on a CNN clip on Friday that he was advocating a theory that has been rejected by many scientists and dismissed as "extremely unlikely" by at least one international…

The mysterious bright lights that streaked the night sky of the Pacific Northwest on Thursday weren't planes or meteors, but debris from a SpaceX rocket.At least that's what the experts said. But not everyone got the memo, so there was a…

Many Permian producers drill primarily for oil, not natural gas, so they simply fire off much of the gas that is alongside the oil because they feel it is not worth the hassle or cost to get and sell is. The accuracy of the flare volume…

Liesbeth Stoeffler's doctors had to make a courageous decision in 2009. Ms. Stoeffler was on a ventilator and deeply sedated after cystic fibrosis destroyed the lungs that had once given her the ability to run and hike.She needed a double…

Can people who are immunized against the coronavirus still pass it on to others? A new study will attempt to answer the question by tracking infections in vaccinated college students and their close contacts, researchers said Friday.The…

He then led the development of the Goddard Institute's Earth System Model, a giant computer program that can simulate the planet's climate system and show how phenomena such as rising carbon dioxide levels lead to warming. Over time, he…

Following controversial comments from a deputy editor at JAMA on racism in medicine, the editor-in-chief of the renowned medical journal was put on administrative leave on Thursday.An American Medical Association committee that oversees the…

WASHINGTON - The idea of ​​artificially cooling the planet to dull climate change - and actually block sunlight before it can warm the atmosphere - was reinforced Thursday when an influential scientific institution asked the U.S. government…