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A ‘ghost’ lobster so rare that the odds of finding one are 1 in 100 million is going to school, and its new home is Maine’s Marine Science Center—arriving just in time for Halloween. The rare white crustacean was welcomed to the University of New England after being donated by the Maine State Aquari...

Strengthening the body’s natural daily rhythms helped mice recover after stroke by improving the brain’s waste-clearing system and reducing lingering inflammation. The approach worked even when treatment began three days after the stroke, suggesting circadian-based therapies could eventually offer a...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced it has certified Timor-Leste as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. The leading infectious cause of blindness, the achievement on the island nation now means that the entire Southeast Asian region, as defined by the WHO, is tr...

AnVr/Getty Many Australian homes were not built to cope with a rapidly changing climate. Compared to new homes, established houses tend to consume – and waste – significant amounts of energy. That’s where home energy upgrade programs come in. These programs help households boost the energy efficien...

Simone Padovani/Getty Summer in Europe is normally cause for celebration. Not this one, however, which will rank as one of the hottest on record. Wildfires have broken out everywhere from France to Greece, while intense drought has turned the grass in London’s famous Hyde Park brown. This week, much...

Art Wager/Getty Each of us needs of a roof over our head, classrooms to learn in and offices or space to work from. To meet this unprecedented demand for new buildings, globally we’re constructing the equivalent of an entire New York City every month. This provides us with vital infrastructure, but...

England’s Chester Zoo reported last week they successfully bred the stunning secretarybird for the first time in its 95-year history—producing five chicks. The endangered African birds are part of an international conservation breeding program—and the latest success was described by the Zoo as “a la...

Visitors to Roundabout Meadows farm in rural Virginia are greeted by rows of tomatoes, squash, peppers, eggplants and leafy greens. But not long ago, this land faced a very different future. As northern Virginia’s Loudoun County expanded, the property was slated for housing and retail development. I...

A man who dresses up every year as Santa Claus to spread Christmas cheer has just delivered a very special present. Though central Virginia is far too hot for Santa’s reindeer to flyover, the gift couldn’t wait until December. Dave Bell is well known as the town’s go-to Santa Claus, and has done so...