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Police sirens started with a 19th century French scientist
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How hot does it get in the desert? A climate scientist explains its blazing heat.
Heat has to do with how Earth’s atmosphere moves around our planet and interacts with what’s on the ground.
Wildlife center needs 31,725 frozen mice a year
With the lab mice donations stopped, Cape Wildlife Center in Massachusetts is turning to social media.
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Here’s what supercharged the monster wildfires in Spain and France
Last summer brought Europe’s most destructive wildfire season on record. This season is on track to break it.
Rare baby albino porcupine rescued in Maine
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