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Some ancient marine organisms produced mysterious magnetic particles of unusually large size, which can now be found as fossils in marine sediments. An international team has succeeded in mapping the ...

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A donation from one of the most well-known orthopedic surgeons in the region will help Archbishop Moeller High School construct a new baseball stadium.The school announced Friday that Dr. Timothy ...

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My plan for today’s Wild was to write about three shady hikes near L.A. where you could escape the summer heat. But last week, as I was busily researching via mapping technology about slope angles, ...