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From left, Dr. Gerald Brandacher, Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee, Dr. Richard Redett, Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Carisa Cooney and Dr. Damon Cooney following the world's first transplant of a penis and scrotum on a wounded soldier.
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Health

Johns Hopkins performs world’s first penile transplant

Transplant of a penis and scrotum on a wounded soldier could allow him to achieve an erection.

Updated Apr 23, 2018 at 10:44 PM
From left, NASA Astrophysics Division director Paul Hetz, TESS deputy director of science Sara Seager, TESS principal investigator George Ricker, and TESS project manager Jeff Volosin discuss the upcoming launch of NASA's next planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), on March 28, 2018, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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NASA

NASA is about to step up its planet-hunting game

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) being launched, perhaps as soon as this afternoon.

Apr 16, 2018 at 9:00 AM
A robot baby was used to determine how much biological material crawling infants stir up from carpets by a research team led by Brandon E. Boor, an assistant professor at Purdue University. They found that crawling children breathe in four times what an adult would breathe in walking across the same floor.Purdue University image
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science

Babies stir up clouds of bio-gunk when they crawl

Lead researcher: "There are studies that have shown that being exposed to a high diversity and concentration of biological materials may reduce the prevalence of asthma and allergies later in life."

Jan 22, 2018 at 9:00 AM
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Meteor

Suspected meteor lights up northern sky, causes sonic boom

Were you among the Northwest Ohio residents who saw it last night?

Updated Jan 17, 2018 at 7:05 PM
Sediments in Gale Crater, above, and other parts of Mars suggest that a change in the planet's tilt led to the explosive eruption of methane, triggering large-scale warming on the Red Planet.
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Mars

Explosive bursts of methane helped ancient Mars keep liquid water flowing, study finds

The simulations could explain how Mars managed to sustain a series of lakes in a climate that at first glance seems too cold and arid to have done so.

Oct 2, 2017 at 4:12 PM
The Yorkey and Varos family, wearing special protective glasses, toast the sun coming back after the Aug. 21 solar eclipse. From left are: Alexandra Yorkey, her father, Jeff and mother, Suzanne, all of Temperance, Mich., and John and Claudia Varos, of Norwalk.
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Solar eclipse

Amateur photographer in 'epicenter' of solar eclipse

Norwalk man took photos in Kentucky.

Sep 9, 2017 at 6:00 PM
The first is my composite of the sun's corona during totality. Six different shots stacked in Adobe Photoshop to show the fine detail from the surface of the sun outward.
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Solar eclipse

Willard astrophotographer shares shots of eclipse

Man and his wife traveled to path of totality in Kuttawa, Ky. for Monday’s solar eclipse.

Aug 26, 2017 at 4:00 PM
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Solar eclipse

Norwalk in path of totality for 2024 total solar eclipse

Don’t throw away your eclipse viewing glasses just yet.

Aug 22, 2017 at 9:00 AM
Sisters Lainie Sopa (left), 17, of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Elyse Sopa, 22, of Bowling Green, check the progress of the solar eclipse Monday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Lake Park. They are the daughters of John and Suzanne Sopa and the granddaughters of Norwalk resident Janet Herner.
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Families, school children gather at Norwalk reservoir to watch solar eclipse

Families use variety of methods to watch eclipse.

Updated Aug 21, 2017 at 8:24 PM

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2017 ECLIPSE__The sun

If you had special eclipse glasses in Norwalk Monday afternoon, this was what you saw when you looked up (when the clouds cleared anyway). Here are some shots taken from the Hunter's Glen condominium complex from just before to just after peak.

Updated Aug 21, 2017 at 6:12 PM
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Eclipse day timeline from coast to coast: When will you see the total solar eclipse?

You might miss year’s biggest celestial event if you do not know precisely when to look.

Aug 21, 2017 at 10:51 AM
With your solar glasses or a special viewer, watch for the partial phases of the eclipse as the moon passes over the sun, a stage that lasts for a few hours.
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Ohio students' balloon aids NASA eclipse livestream; here's the link to watch it

Perched on the edge of space, more than 50 shoe-box-size devices are set to show today's celestial spectacle in a live webcast.

Aug 21, 2017 at 10:44 AM
A pair of eclipse glasses is a hot item right now. The Reflector and Register sold 1,000 pairs of glasses for Monday's big event.
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Solar eclipse 101

The eclipse, which happens for less than two minutes, will start about 1 p.m. Monday. 'Peak' time is about 2:30.

Aug 17, 2017 at 10:00 PM
With your solar glasses or a special viewer, watch for the partial phases of the eclipse as the moon passes over the sun, a stage that lasts for a few hours.
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What should you look for during the total solar eclipse? A few out-of-this world highlights

Animals will change their behavior, the horizon will be lighted up like a 360-degree sunset and Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury will be visible.

Aug 17, 2017 at 9:00 AM
With your solar glasses or a special viewer, watch for the partial phases of the eclipse as the moon passes over the sun, a stage that lasts for a few hours.
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You won't go blind from one glance, but…

Eclipse viewers should watch out for solar retinopathy, experts say

Updated Aug 17, 2017 at 1:59 AM
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