Woodard is an author, Portland Press Herald reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist.
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High-tide flooding could come ‘every other day’ by late this century, report says
The projection made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration even assumes that greenhouse gases are curbed.
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Wanted: Dog drool for study that could illuminate human mental health
A new citizen science research project, Darwin’s Dogs, is trying to decipher neural pathways involved in psychiatric and neurological diseases. And it needs canine participants.
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Stephen Hawking, symbol of power of the human mind, dies at 76
Told when he was 21 that he would die from his degenerative motor neuron disease, Hawking went on to become one of the most renowned popularizers of science.
Posted inNation & World, Science
Clusters of cyclones blanket Jupiter’s poles
That’s just one of the discoveries reported by four international research teams.
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Weather satellite takes forecasting to new heights
GOES-S is the second satellite in an $11 billion effort that’s already revolutionizing forecasting.
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Scientists seek answers about the biggest fish in sea
Whale sharks are pussycats, they say, but little is known about them.
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Astronomers glimpse the dawn of the cosmos, when stars switched on
If verified, it would also be the first confirmation of its kind of dark matter, which is a substantial part of the universe that scientists have been hunting for decades.
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Brains of ‘superagers’ offer clues for sharp memory in old age
A test, including a key memory challenge question, is passed by only 5 percent of people over 80 who want to be in the study.
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Study shows sea level rise is accelerating
At the current rate, the world’s oceans will be, on average, at least 2 feet higher by the end of the century.