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See A Six-Planet ‘Parade’ On Saturday After Rare ‘Black Moon’

See A Six-Planet ‘Parade’ On Saturday After Rare ‘Black Moon’

Topline Skywatchers will be treated to a rare spectacle on Saturday, Aug. 23, as six planets line up in a pre-dawn parade. Also called a planetary alignment, the display will feature Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Uranus and Neptune. Four of these planets — Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury — will be visible to the naked eye, with Mercury currently relatively …

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Health officials detect rare virus in Salt Lake County mosquitos for first time

Health officials detect rare virus in Salt Lake County mosquitos for first time

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Salt Lake County health officials detected a rare virus within the county mosquitos for the first time. The St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) has symptoms and transmits similarly to West Nile virus, according to the Salt Lake County Health Department officials, but is less common in the United States. Fortunately, very few people who have …

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Engineered yeast provides rare but essential pollen sterols for honeybees

Engineered yeast provides rare but essential pollen sterols for honeybees

Strains, culture conditions and chemicals Escherichia coli strain DH5α was used for plasmid construction. E. coli was grown at 37 °C and 300 r.p.m. in lysogeny broth (LB) liquid medium and at 37 °C on plates of LB solid medium supplemented with 20 g l–1 agar. Ampicillin was supplemented at a concentration of 100 mg l–1 for plasmid selection. The Y. lipolytica W29 strain (MATa, Y-63746 ARS Culture Collection, …

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Rep. Elise Stefanik gets booed at rare public Upstate NY appearance (video)

Rep. Elise Stefanik gets booed at rare public Upstate NY appearance (video)

It looks like U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik did not receive a warm welcome in her own congressional district. Video shared by WPTZ shows Stefanik made a rare public appearance in Upstate New York on Monday for a ceremony to honor the late John Zurlo. According to the TV station, protesters made up more than half of the crowd, loudly booing …

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A doctor explains a rare but serious condition associated with the flu

A doctor explains a rare but serious condition associated with the flu

Facebook Tweet Email Link We all know that influenza is a common and serious viral infection, but it’s good to be reminded ahead of the upcoming flu season, which typically starts in October. There were an estimated 47 million to 82 million flu illnesses in the United States between October 2024 and May 2025, resulting in between 610,000 and 1.3 …

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