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PublishedMarch 25, 2024
Frans de Waal, who explored empathy among apes, dies at 75
Witnessing 2 chimpanzees fight and then reconcile began de Waal’s exploration into the inner lives and emotions of primates.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2024
A man walking his dog found a rare, intact dinosaur skeleton
What he eventually uncovered was a titanosaur skeleton that was 70% complete, with most of the bones still connected.
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PublishedJune 8, 2023
$30 million project will expand footprint, capacity of Bigelow research center in East Boothbay
The Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences says it will break ground this fall on a 25,000-square-foot building to accommodate a growing staff and add new capabilities for teaching and research.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2023
How do forest lizards survive life in the city? They morph.
U.S. scientists in Puerto Rico say one species has sprouted special scales to better cling to smooth surfaces like walls and windows and grown larger limbs to sprint across open areas.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2022
Three physicists share Nobel Prize for work that could make computers super fast
Their work settles a debate about quantum mechanics between Albert Einstein and famed physicist Niels Bohr. It turns out Einstein was wrong.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2022
Nobel prize in medicine awarded for research that ties us to Neanderthals
This transfer of genes between hominin species affects how the immune system of modern humans reacts to infections, such as the coronavirus.
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PublishedApril 14, 2022
Farmington second graders up for national science title
Ronnie Yau, Lucy Perry and Claire Kiger qualify for the Toshiba Exploravision Science Fair Competition with their invention to combat climate change and greenhouse gases.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2022
Science spotlight shines on Harrison Elementary’s Rob Ripley
Educated within Oxford Hills schools, the pupil is now the teacher.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2021
UMF professor and students make important fish gene discovery
A University of Maine at Farmington research team that includes one student from Livermore Falls has discovered a new gene in fish that could impact the understanding of human diseases.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2020
Astronomer discusses what Earth would be like if it never had a moon
University of Maine's Neil Comins said the moon helped create longer days, seasons and the building blocks for life to evolve.
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