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FORSUBSCRIBERSWhy Europe, the world’s fastest-warming continent, was primed to burn this summer
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The second of two red panda cubs born at a California zoo dies
The other died this month at the Santa Barbara Zoo. The animals have an infant mortality rate of 40%.
SpaceX launches Starship on test flight with the most advanced Starlinks
After being ejected from the Starship’s dispenser, the Starlinks managed to communicate via lasers with older Starlink models already in orbit. 
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A ‘catastrophic’ number of gray whales have washed up on Pacific beaches this year
Climate change has altered the food chain and habitats of these gentle giants, with scientists seeing efforts to adapt. 
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A whale of a time? Video shows orcas ramming sunfish so hard they explode
Scientists say it could be a game for the killer whales.
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The reusable rocket race goes international, threatening SpaceX’s head start
Experts said the new developments will increase competition globally and could dramatically lower the cost of launching rockets into space.
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As wildfire smoke threatens the World Cup final, trouble brews in the Pacific Northwest
Nearly 9,000 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes in Oregon and Washington are contributing to conditions that are almost “cosmically unlucky,” as one meteorologist put it.
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Trump wants to politicize $1 trillion in grants. This time, scientists aren’t the only ones fighting back.
A proposal would give political appointees power to screen and terminate federal grants. Local governments and a Republican senator are resisting.
Canada wildfires expose millions in the Midwest and the Northeast to dangerous smoke
More than 100 wildfires are burning in Canada, with winds carrying the smoke southeast. 
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Clamageddon: The Manila clam is deliciously invading New England
The northeastern U.S. is one of the final places in the Northern Hemisphere where the tasty mollusks have taken hold.
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T. rex named Gus sells for $50.1M to become the most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold
The skeleton, found in South Dakota, measures 38 feet in length and 12.5 feet tall, with a skull of 54 inches, according to the art auction firm Sotheby’s.
In a sweet discovery, astronomers find sugar lurking in the space between stars
Using two dish-shaped radio telescopes in Spain, researchers collected data from a large gas cloud near the center of the Milky Way.
