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Since SpaceX began launching its Starlink internet satellites in May of 2019, astronomers have spoken up about the brightness of the train of spacecraft in the sky and its affect on their data collection. A potential solution is in the works, but scientists don't yet know if the dark coating they tested will work. And in the meantime, more Starlink launches are coming, with the next one scheduled for Monday from the Space Coast.
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A Georgia man who previously taught at Johns Hopkins has died of injuries suffered when he was struck by a pickup on New Year’s Eve in Towson.
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The site was discovered when the state Department of Transportation began a bridge construction project.
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Dr. Philip Kenerick “Ken” Maher, a retired executive in the industrial chemical field, died of cancer complications Nov. 25 in Towson. The former North Homeland resident was 88.
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SpaceX's 19th resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA will carry an experiment from Budweiser to test malting in space, a key step toward brewing beer in microgravity.
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Millions of Americans enjoy counting their blessings every Thanksgiving, but for these Baltimoreans, gratitude is a life-giving year-round attitude.
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Emmett William Chappelle Sr., a retired NASA scientist who specialized in luminescence, has died at age 93.
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On TikTok, sex ed is being flipped on its head. Teenagers who load the app might find guidance set to the pulsing beat of “Sex Talk” by Megan Thee Stallion. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/health/tiktok-doctors-sex-ed.html
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The states's new Medicaid system doesn't work and some providers haven't been paid for six weeks, jeopardizing care.
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Regina K. “Betty” Schultz, a retired registered nurse, died Jan. 30 at Gilchrist Center in Towson of complications from a stroke. The Parkville resident was 96.
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‘Why didn’t they know?’ Maryland Senate committee postpones confirmation votes on UMMS board members
A Maryland Senate committee has postponed confirmation votes of more than two dozen nominees to the University of Maryland Medical System board.
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After a string of costly medical malpractice verdicts that has driven up costs, Maryland hospitals are trying again to create a birth injury trust fund.
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Hand-washing is an easy way to prevent infection. Understand when to wash your hands, how to properly use hand sanitizer and how to get your children into the habit. (Mayo Clinic News Network)
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Despite widespread fear and uncertainty over coronavirus, a vaccine expert says the bigger threat to Americans is an illness that millions of people in the country catch every year.
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Here's what scientists have learned so far about Ultima Thule, the Kuiper Belt object that's the most distant world yet visited by humans.
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History’s most frightening dinosaur, the Tyrannosaurus rex, came from a long line of pipsqueaks.
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Amateur wildlife photographers celebrating Earth Day at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore largely ignored the lions, crocodiles, chimpanzees and other exhibits — and instead turned their camera lenses up to the sky and down to the dirt to study and document Druid Hill Park’s natural residents.
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A meteor made a blue-green streak across the sky over Baltimore and other areas of the East Coast Tuesday night.
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Researchers say further studies are needed after they observed a pair of twins — one on Earth and one in space — for a year.
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A 1.5 magnitude earthquake was reported Tuesday evening roughly 30 miles from the Maryland border, according to the Maryland Geological Survey.
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NASA's historic moon landing in 1969 was a huge national and international story, but for Central Florida it was a local one as well. Which is why the Orlando Sentinel is publishing a new book, "Apollo 50."
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Del. Terri Hill, a Democrat from Howard County, says she would focus on health care, the environment and social justice and immigration reform if elected to replace the late Elijah Cummings as the congressman from Maryland’s 7th District.
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A Maryland Senate committee had tough questions Monday night as its members vetted more than two dozen nominees to the University of Maryland Medical System board.
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A patient in Maryland will be tested for the coronavirus that has sicked thousands and killed dozens.
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Garrett Hoover has been named president and chief operating officer of Carroll Hospital and will take over his duties on March 30. Hoover is currently president and chief operating officer at Corning Hospital in Corning, New York.
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This is the third severe coronavirus outbreak in 18 years, and researchers in Maryland and elsewhere never stop preparing.
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State medical officials in Maryland say a patient who had recently traveled to China and was showing flu-like symptoms was taken off a Southwest Airlines flight at BWI Airport outside Baltimore on Saturday afternoon, but did not meet federal criteria for coronavirus testing and has since been released after further medical evaluation.
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Baltimore officials and advocates say the idea of safe drug consumption sites is gaining traction.
