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Biden advisers to meet vaccine firms as Trump stalls handoff

Biden advisers to meet vaccine firms as Trump stalls handoff

Joe Biden's scientific advisers will meet with vaccine makers in coming days as the presidential transition remains stalled because of President Donald Trump's refusal to acknowledge that he lost the election.
by The Associated Press

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Cable failures endanger renowned Puerto Rico radio telescope

Cable failures endanger renowned Puerto Rico radio telescope

Giant, aging cables that support one of the world's largest single-dish radio telescopes are slowly unraveling, pushing an observatory renowned for its key role in astronomical discoveries to the brink of collapse.
by The Associated Press

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Wolves preying on beavers in Minnesota reshape wetlands

Wolves preying on beavers in Minnesota reshape wetlands

When a lone beaver dies, its dam soon collapses. Scientists studying gray wolves in Minnesota’s Voyageurs National Park have traced how wolves preying on beavers affect the ecosystem by impeding the ability of beavers to build and maintain new dams that create wetlands.
by The Associated Press

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From stinky cheese to cat pee, author takes a 'Nose Dive' into the science of smell

From stinky cheese to cat pee, author takes a 'Nose Dive' into the science of smell

Harold McGee talks about how our sense of smell affects taste, why things smell the way they do and the ways different chemicals combine to create surprising (and sometimes distasteful) odors.
by Terry Gross

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Water on the moon: NASA confirms water molecules on our neighbor's sunny surface

Water on the moon: NASA confirms water molecules on our neighbor's sunny surface

The breakthrough suggests that water, vital to life on Earth, could be distributed across more parts of the lunar surface than the ice that has previously been found in cold and dark places.
by Bill Chappell

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