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    Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

    International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia is celebrated every May 17 because on that day in 1990, homosexuality was removed from the International Classification of Diseases of the WHO..

  • NSF Director Subra Suresh and José Miguel Aguilera, president of CONICYT sign the memorandum of understanding on May 15. (Leslie Kossoff/SLSphoto for NSF)

    Scientific Cooperation in Chile

    The U.S. National Science Foundation and the CONICYT signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday, May 15, to further scientific and educational cooperation between the two agencies

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    U.S. Marine Mammal Protection

    Populations of oceangoing mammals are rebounding in U.S. waters and beyond, thanks to a federal law enacted nearly 40 years ago.

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    NASA “Eye in the Sky” Marks 10 Years

    For 10 years, it has silently swooped through space in its orbital perch 705 kilometers above Earth, its nearly 2,400 spectral “eyes” peering into Earth’s atmosphere, watching.

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    NASA’s Spitzer Sees Light of Alien “Super-Earth”

    NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a “super-Earth” planet beyond the solar system for the first time. While the planet is not habitable, the detection is a historic step toward the eventual search for signs of life on other planets. 

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    Polar Bears Can Adapt, But How Quickly?

    Changes to the Earth’s climate have painted a bleak picture for the future of polar bears, but recent collaborations between U.S. and European scientists show the animal has survived climate warming cycles in the past. 

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    Biodiversity Loss Seen as Harmful as Pollution

    When species in an ecosystem die off, the productivity of the system declines, and the damage done ranks with the harm caused by climate change, pollution or other major forms of environmental stress, according to new research. 

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    Video Games Liven Up Smithsonian Museum

    The Art of Video Games at the Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrates the genre’s evolution. Some games in the exhibit, like Super Mario Brothers, Myst and Flower, can be played. Dozens of other games populate informational kiosks, providing background on the art and mechanics of video game development. 

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    Students' Sustainability Solutions

    A team from Butte College in California wants to build houses from rice hulls, and a panel of experts thinks it’s a winning idea. 

  • Retreat of Pedersen Glacier in Alaska (NASA)
    NASA Image Gallery Shows Earth’s Changing Face

    In celebration of Earth Day on April 22, NASA’s Webby Award–winning Global Climate Change website has unveiled a new version of its popular image gallery, “State of Flux.” 

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    U.S. Releases New Views of Earth’s Ocean Floor

    New software has made the U.S. government’s sea floor maps and other data on the world’s coasts, continental shelves and deep ocean available for easy viewing online. 

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