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The 2024 Solar Eclipse

April 3, 2024 btwadmin 0

A total solar eclipse will occur across a large part of the United States on April 8, 2024. Although solar eclipses happen every year or […]

Cryptoclidus eurymerus is an extinct plesiosaur from the Late Jurassic of England.

Discovery of 240-Million-Year-Old Reptile Species

March 29, 2024 btwadmin 0

Two-hundred-forty-million years ago, a serpent-like creature swam the seas near southern China. Based on newly discovered fossils, scientists say the creature looked like a mythical […]

Fogging, mosquito eradication

Scientist Hopes to End Malaria by Changing Mosquito DNA

January 18, 2024 btwadmin 0

Abdoulaye Diabate is a scientist from Burkina Faso, a country in West Africa. His goal is to end the deadly disease of malaria in Africa […]

A person with a disability, sitting in a wheelchair, enjoys some fishing.

Using Technology to Help People with Disabilities Enjoy Nature in New Ways

December 7, 2023 btwadmin 0

Technology helps people with disabilities at home and in the workplace. Technologies are also making it easier for people with disabilities to enjoy the outdoors.  […]

Central Arizona Project water canals.

The Pima Canals: A Solution for Modern Water Problems in the Southwest

November 2, 2023 btwadmin 0

As early as the 1600s, Spanish missionaries considered the Pima people in southern Arizona as the gardeners of the dry American Southwest. The Pima used […]

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The Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Google

September 20, 2023 btwadmin 0

When you open your phone or computer to search online, most likely you use Google Search. Many people even use the word google as a […]

photographs of the Moon's surface

India’s Landmark Lunar Success

August 31, 2023 btwadmin 0

India now has a place in lunar history with its August 23, 2023, landing of a spacecraft on the Moon. This was the country’s second […]

NASA Flight Center in Houston, Texas.

NASA Holds Panel on UFOs

June 9, 2023 btwadmin 0

Do you believe in UFOs? For decades, the U.S. government claimed that flying saucers were the stuff of science fiction. But on June 2, 2023, […]

9-year- old girl listening to her doctor explain how to use an insulin syringe

Eli Lilly Lowers Cost of Insulin to $35 Monthly

April 7, 2023 btwadmin 0

In January 1922, 14-year-old Leonard Thompson lay dying in a Canadian hospital. Thompson had diabetes and his body did not produce insulin. For thousands of […]

An agriculture wheat farm field at rural river shore landscape

ICARDA Helps Farmers Worldwide Keep Crops Growing

March 30, 2023 btwadmin 0

Wheat farmers in the United States can have their entire crop wiped out by a pest. In Morocco, drought conditions have made growing food difficult. […]

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