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Climate Scientists Try to Cut Their Own Carbon Footprints
For years, Kim Cobb was the Indiana Jones of climate science. The Georgia Tech professor flew to the caves of Borneo to study ancient and current climate conditions. She jetted to a remote South Pacific island to see the effects of warming on coral. Add to that flights to Paris, Rome, Vancouver and elsewhere. All told, in the last three…
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Furry Prehistoric Puppy Unearthed From Permafrost
Russian scientists on Monday showed off a prehistoric puppy, believed to be 18,000 years old, found in permafrost in the country’s Far East. Discovered last year in a lump of frozen mud near the city of Yakutsk, the puppy is unusually well-preserved, with its hair, teeth, whiskers and eyelashes still intact. “This puppy has all its limbs, pelage – fur,...
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Why More Black Women Are Wearing Their Hair Natural
From perms and relaxers to bleaching and styling with heat — women spend a lot of time, money and effort trying to find the perfect style. News4’s Tracee Wilkins sat down with a group of women to discuss why they chose to forego all of that and embrace their natural hair.
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New Technology Uses Oxygen, Ozone to Clean Constitution Gardens Pond
After decades of neglect, the Constitution Gardens pond on the National Mall will get a much-needed cleaning. News 4’s Cory Smith explains why scientists are turning to new technology to fix a problem in the water.
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Friends Remember Bethesda CEO Killed by Stray Bullet in NC
He was a scientist, a professor, a CEO and a family man. John Holaday accomplished a lot in life, but had a lot more he wanted to do. His dreams were cut short by a stray bullet when he was on a business trip. News4’s Darcy Spencer spoke to some of his friends and colleagues.
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'Big Bang Theory' Gets Shout Out to Nobel Prize Announcement
Life imitated art Tuesday when “The Big Bang Theory” — the American TV sitcom, not the scientific explanation for how the universe began — entered the annals of Nobel Prize history. The announcement of the winners of this year’s Nobel in physics began with a nod to an unlikely cultural reference: the opening lyrics to the show’s theme song. “The...
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Md. Man Abducts Victim, Forces Him to Make Multiple Withdrawals, Down Hennessy
Federal prosecutors say three men beat a man, forced him to drink a bottle of liquor and locked him in a trunk, while driving the victim to multiple ATMs and making him withdraw cash.
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Self-Proclaimed ‘Jugg King' Pleads Guilty to Armed Kidnapping
A Maryland man pleaded guilty to a violent attack near Logan Circle in D.C. Scott MacFarlane reports.
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Airbnb Offering All-Expense-Paid Trip to Antarctica for Science Research
Airbnb is offering a handful of people concerned about the environment a chance to participate in scientific research on how to help preserve it during an all-expense-paid trip to Antarctica. The Antarctic Sabbatical, as the travel company is dubbing it, will give five people the opportunity to study how widely microplastics have infiltrated the region. Over a month’s time in...
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New High-Resolution Images Show Titanic 107 Years After Wreck
Haunting images of the Titanic shipwreck were released Wednesday following an expedition earlier this month − giving a never-before-seen high resolution look at the New York City-bound ship that sunk to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean 107 years ago.
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Mother Remembers Late Husband Killed by Son in Bowie
A mother remembers her husband after her 17-year-old son fatally stabbed him while driving in Prince George’s County, Maryland. News4’s Derrick Ward has the story.
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Police Charge Suspect in US Scientist's Slaying in Crete
A 27-year-old man was charged with murder and rape Tuesday in the killing of an American scientist who disappeared on the Greek island of Crete and whose body was found in a tunnel formerly used as a storage site during World War II. Crete police said a Greek man from the island confessed to the “violent criminal act,” telling investigators...
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George Mason Names Building for ‘Hidden Figures' Scientist
George Mason University is naming a building in honor of the one of the NASA mathematicians whose story was told in the motion picture “Hidden Figures.”
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Relatives of James Smithson Take Special Smithsonian Tour
Derrick Ward reports on a tour group of distant relatives of James Smithson, the man whose fortune helped create the Smithsonian Institution
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American Scientist Sounds Warning on Future Everest Dangers
Mount Everest and its surrounding peaks are increasingly polluted and warmer, and nearby glaciers are melting at an alarming rate that is likely to make it more dangerous for future climbers, an American scientist who spent weeks in the Everest region said Tuesday. Prof. John All of Western Washington University said after returning from the mountains that he and his...
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NASA Scientist Using Comedy to Bring Awareness to Climate Change
Climate change can be a difficult topic to explain and understand, but one NASA scientist has found a funny way to talk about the issue.
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NASA Scientist Uses Comedy to Talk Climate Change
Josh Willis is an accomplished NASA scientist, but his night job is using comedy to spark the conversation on climate change. Belen De Leon and Tommy Bravo report for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on April 7, 2019.
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Cat Cannibalism: Report Discloses ‘Questionable' Gov't Animal Experiments
U.S. government scientists bought hundreds of dead dogs and cats from “Asian meat markets” and conducted experiments that included feeding their remains to healthy lab cats for needless research, according to a disturbing watchdog report being released Tuesday. Other experiments at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s lab in Maryland included feeding dog remains to cats and injecting cat remains into...
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Virginia Student Wins $250K Science Prize for Her Work on Discovering New Planets
What if a high school girl in Virginia is the key to discovering hundreds of new planets?