COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – Arctic sea ice is melting faster than climate models predicted, University of Copenhagen researchers warned on Tuesday. So far, climate models have predicted a slow and steady rise in Arctic temperatures, but a new study shows that warming is occurring at a faster pace. “We have clearly …
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TORONTO – The first lunar eclipse ever observed by the Hubble Space Telescope provides a near-home example of how astronomers will look for signs of life on Earth — like planets in distant solar systems. Scientists with the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Thursday that the spacecraft telescope was …
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Mike Stobbe, of the Associated Press Published Friday, August 7, 2020 2:48 PM EDT Last Updated on Friday, 07 August 2020 16:33 EDT NEW YORK – Racial differences in the U.S. coronavirus epidemic are spreading to children, according to two sobering government reports released Friday. One of the Centers for …
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New research suggests that the antibodies that the immune system makes to fight the new coronavirus may last only a few months in people with mild illnesses, but that doesn’t mean that protection has also disappeared or that it won’t be possible to develop an effective vaccine. “Infection with this …
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LOS ANGELES – The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Los Angeles County reached its highest level over the weekend since the pandemic began, as 15 children were diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening inflammatory syndrome related to the virus . The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health registered 2,216 …
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