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Thomas Sumner

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Clamor of Gravitational Waves From Universe's Merging Supermassive Black Holes 'Heard' for First ...

Clamor of Gravitational Waves From Universe's Merging Supermassive Black Holes 'Heard' for First ...

After 15 years of carefully observing stars called pulsars throughout our galaxy, the NANOGrav collaboration …

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A Star That Devoured Its Own Planets

A Star That Devoured Its Own Planets

Astrophysicists estimate that the sunlike star called Kronos has consumed 15 Earths’ worth of rocky material.

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Ag drone field grows

Ag drone field grows

A drone helicopter flies over an Oakville vineyard. While deadly military drones grab headlines, a very diffe…

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Coastal Los Angeles losing fog to urban sprawl

Coastal Los Angeles losing fog to urban sprawl

Warmer nights lift cloud level Morning fog along parts of coastal Southern California is disappearing due to …

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How to Hide Your Genome

How to Hide Your Genome

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS-As the cost of genetic sequencing plummets, experts believe our genomes will help doctors d…

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Central American fires may intensify U.S. tornadoes

Central American fires may intensify U.S. tornadoes

Smoky air lowers cloud ceiling and segregates winds Smoke wafting across the Gulf of Mexico from Central Amer…

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Faulty thermometers exaggerated western U.S. mountain warming

Faulty thermometers exaggerated western U.S. mountain warming

Incorrect temperatures were used in snowpack and ecology research Observations of sharply rising high-elevati…

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Studying a volcano in a war zone

Studying a volcano in a war zone

View the slideshow On clear nights a red glow radiates from the top of Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Rep…

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Galactic surprise: New find overturns theories how our galaxy evolved

Galactic surprise: New find overturns theories how our galaxy evolved

Posted: 01/05/2013 02:13:34 PM PST Updated: 01/08/2013 01:30:58 PM PST Click photo to enlarge Our galaxy wasn…

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Scientists probe mystery of venus fly trap

Scientists probe mystery of venus fly trap

By Thomas Sumner Plants aren't typically known for their speed. But the carnivorous Venus flytrap can close i…

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House windows may kill 22 million Canadian birds each year

House windows may kill 22 million Canadian birds each year

By: Thomas Sumner, special to mongabay.com November 15, 2012 The body of a bird killed in a window strike. Bi…

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Bubbles within bubbles could deliver chemotherapy drugs without the life-saving treatment's debil...

Bubbles within bubbles could deliver chemotherapy drugs without the life-saving treatment's debil...

New technique can target the treatment directly at cancer cells Researchers are in the early stages of creati…

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Calcium Keeps Night Vision From Tricking Our Brains

Calcium Keeps Night Vision From Tricking Our Brains

(ISNS) -- As candy-crazed kids run up and down driveways this Halloween, guided only by the flickering light …

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