Trump’s FDA pick distances herself from president’s false claims on vaccines but avoids saying he is wrong
Heidi Overton, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, appeared before lawmakers for a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.
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A substantial body of knowledge must be acquired by young orangutans before they can survive independently, which they must do by the time they are 8.5 years old.
» readRare Japanese fossils identified as new armored dinosaur species
A rare set of fossils discovered in Japan more than 30 years ago has been identified as a new species of armored dinosaur. The finding suggests that the dinosaur's ancestors likely reached Asia by crossing a land bridge from North America.
» readNASA’s Martian technology helps breweries and other industries capture carbon dioxide
A brewery faced the risk of its beer going stale in tanks because it lacked carbon dioxide for bottling and other operations, its sustainability manager said.
» readSatellite tracks first eruption in 500 years of remote Russian volcano pair
A volcano pair on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula has begun erupting for the first time in nearly 500 years, apparently triggered by a major earthquake.
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