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Geminids Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight: Here’s How and When to Watch
13Dec By adminNo Comments
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Geminids Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight: Here’s How and When to Watch

Updated Dec. 13, 2023 4:47 pm ETListen to article(1 minute)The Geminid meteor shower awes sky watchers around the world every December—but this year promises a particularly spectacular show as the meteors streak across an exceptionally dark sky. The Geminids will peak when the moon is just 1% full, leaving the night sky much less illuminated. Last year, light from a bright moon washed out many of the meteors.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Tyrannosaur Discovered With Last Meal Preserved in Its Stomach
8Dec By adminNo Comments
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Tyrannosaur Discovered With Last Meal Preserved in Its Stomach

Listen to article(2 minutes)For the first time, paleontologists have discovered a fossilized tyrannosaur with its last meal preserved in its stomach—and it turns out the dinosaur was a fussy eater, consuming only the choicest parts of its prey and discarding the rest. The discovery confirms what researchers have long suspected: Juvenile tyrannosaurs, like this one, sliced through the flesh of small prey with blade-like teeth, while adults, with chompers strong enough to crush bone, targeted giant herbivores.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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EPA to Force Oil-and-Gas Industry to Plug Methane Leaks
2Dec By adminNo Comments
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EPA to Force Oil-and-Gas Industry to Plug Methane Leaks

The Biden administration is slapping tough new regulations on the oil-and-gas industry, requiring operators to plug methane leaks and stop burning excess gas with flares. The regulations also mandate regular inspections of facilities to make sure the planet-warming compound isn’t escaping into the atmosphere.Administration officials say the methane rule, which will be phased in over the next two years after two years of contentious debate, will cool the planet and improve public health.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Frank Borman, Who Led Historic Flight Around the Moon in 1968, Dies at Age 95
9Nov By adminNo Comments
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Frank Borman, Who Led Historic Flight Around the Moon in 1968, Dies at Age 95

Updated Nov. 9, 2023 2:12 pm ETListen to article(1 minute)Frank Borman, an American astronaut who circled the moon in 1968 and had what might have seemed like an even bumpier ride as chief executive of Eastern Airlines in the 1970s and 1980s, died Tuesday in Billings, Mont. He was 95 years old.Jim McCarthy, a spokesman for the family, said Borman had a stroke Tuesday morning at a retirement community and was pronounced dead at the Billings Clinic.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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These Are the Two Scientists Taking Down Cold Medicine
20Oct By adminNo Comments
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These Are the Two Scientists Taking Down Cold Medicine

By Nidhi Subbaraman | Photography by Malcolm Jackson for The Wall Street Journal Oct. 20, 2023 12:23 pm ETWhen Leslie Hendeles walked into his neighborhood drugstore this week and learned that a common cold medicine was being pulled off the shelves, he was stunned. The news affirmed a decadeslong quest to steer consumers away from a drug that he long-believed didn’t work.  Hendeles, a retired professor, with his friend, fellow pharmacist and University of Florida professor Randy Hatton, have spent nearly 20 years following the science of phenylephrine, an ingredient in more than 200 over-the-counter decongestants. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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