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1 week ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Taylor O'Bier
Astronomers at the University of Cambridge in the UK said they have found the “most promising signs yet” of life on another planet outside of the solar system. The scientists analyzed data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and found the presence of two chemicals on exoplanet K2-18b that, on Earth, are only produced by living things: dimethyl sulfide and/or dimethyl disulfide. These chemicals are primarily produced by microbial organisms like marine phytoplankton, Cambridge said.
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1 week ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Taylor O'Bier
April's full moon is going to be pretty in pink this weekend! According to Space.com, the Pink Moon will rise on Saturday at 8:22 p.m. ET. It will be the farthest, smallest and faintest full moon of this year, also known as a micromoon, the outlet said. In case you're wondering, yes, that is literally the opposite of a supermoon. Despite its spring-like name, the moon will not appear pink.
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2 weeks ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Taylor O'Bier
The number of people in the U.S. who never want to have children has doubled over the last two decades, according to new research from a team at Michigan State University. According to the study, the percentage of nonparents who don’t want children grew from 14% in 2002 to 29% in 2023. During the same timeframe, nonparents who planned to have children in the future dropped from 79% to 59%.
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2 weeks ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Taylor O'Bier
National Library Week is an annual celebration intended to underline the valuable role that libraries play in communities. But this year, it feels like librarians are spending less time highlighting why they exist and more time fighting to exist.
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3 weeks ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Taylor O'Bier
Over 200,000 pounds of liquid egg products have been recalled because they may contain a cleaning solution with bleach, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.
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3 weeks ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Taylor O'Bier
Consuming sucralose, a popular sugar substitute, could alter your brain activity to increase your appetite, a new study found. Since alternatives to sugar are so popular, researchers at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine wanted to look at how the substances impact the brain. They recently published the results of their study in the journal Nature Metabolism.
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1 month ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Taylor O'Bier
Frothy and resembling an ice cream sundae — that’s how NASA described a newly-released, stunning image of a cosmic tornado from its James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope captured an image of the bright cloud of gas and dust that surrounds a newborn star, otherwise known as a Herbig-Haro object. The outflows from this forming star can extend for light years, NASA said. It creates shockwaves and emits light as it cools.
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1 month ago | 
tmj4.com | Taylor O'Bier |Tony Aria
Frothy and resembling an ice cream sundae — that’s how NASA described a newly-released, stunning image of a cosmic tornado from its James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope captured an image of the bright cloud of gas and dust that surrounds a newborn star, otherwise known as a Herbig-Haro object. The outflows from this forming star can extend for light years, NASA said. It creates shockwaves and emits light as it cools.
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1 month ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Taylor O'Bier
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Four people — including three teenagers — have been arrested in connection with a shooting at a park in New Mexico that left three people dead and over a dozen others injured. In an update posted to Facebook, the Las Cruces Police Department said officers arrested two 17-year-old boys, a 15-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man. All four have been charged with open counts of murder but the police department said additional charges are pending.
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1 month ago | 
scrippsnews.com | Taylor O'Bier
Nearly 30,000 pounds of Chomps beef sticks have been recalled because they may be contaminated with pieces of metal, according to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The recall includes 1.15-ounce packages of Chomps Original Beef Stick Mild with an expiration date of Feb. 10, 2026, and lot code 25016 on the label.
