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Morton Arboretum, Shedd Aquarium gain global designation as Centers for Species Survival
Mar 9, 2023 3:19 PM - The IUCN's Species Survival Commission -- made up of 8,300 conservationists around the globe -- named the Shedd Aquarium the first dedicated Center for Species Survival: Freshwater and the Morton Arboretum the first Center for Species Survival: Trees. Of the 11 centers recognized globally by the commission, five are in North America.
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SpaceX launches U.S., Russia, UAE astronauts to space station
Mar 2, 2023 9:35 AM - SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Thursday, including the first person from the Arab world going up for an extended monthslong stay.
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Naperville North science team advances to national competitionFeb 27, 2023 9:07 AM - Naperville North High School's science team won a regional competition and earned an all-expense-paid trip to the National Science Bowl finals in Washington D.C.
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Hong Kong pulls visa for man behind gene-edited babies claim
Feb 21, 2023 2:28 PM - Hong Kong on Tuesday revoked a visa it granted to a Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate five years ago with claims that he made the world's first genetically edited babies, pulling it hours after he announced his research plans in the financial hub.
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Book review: Greta Thunberg aims to educate with 'The Climate Book'
Feb 14, 2023 10:06 AM - Skipping school to sit outside the Swedish Parliament in 2018 with a sign reading "School Strike for Climate" at the age of 15, Greta Thunberg promised she would never stop calling out leaders and governments for refusing to take strong enough actions to mitigate climate change. Fast forward five years and she is still trying to educate in "The Climate Book."
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Green comet streaking through the night sky will be visible in suburbs for a few weeksJan 11, 2023 6:30 AM - Amateur astronomers of the suburbs, take note: For the next few weeks a bright, green-tinted comet will be visible in the night sky through telescopes or binoculars before it slips from view for another 50,000 years, some experts say.
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Loved or hated, Fauci's parting advice: Stick to the science
Dec 19, 2022 12:16 PM - Long before the bobbleheads and the "Fauci ouchie," Dr. Anthony Fauci was a straight-shooter about scary diseases -- and "stick with the science" remains his mantra.
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Historic biodiversity agreement reached at UN conference
Dec 19, 2022 10:10 AM - Negotiators reached a historic deal at a U.N. biodiversity conference early Monday that would represent the most significant effort to protect the world's lands and oceans and provide critical financing to save biodiversity in the developing world.
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Satellite launched to map the world's oceans, lakes, rivers
Dec 16, 2022 10:16 AM - A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world's oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday.
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Extinctions, shrinking habitat spur 'rewilding' in cities
Dec 7, 2022 10:21 AM - Animal and plant species are dying off at an alarming rate, with up to 1 million threatened with extinction, according to a 2019 United Nations report. Their plight is stirring calls for "rewilding" places where they thrived until driven out by development, pollution and climate change.
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