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What the Hell Is Going on at NIH?

What the Hell Is Going on at NIH?

Chrystal Starbird, a cancer researcher at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, had been preparing to serve on her first National...

25.01.2025 100

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What We’re Missing About the Los Angeles Wildfires

On Tuesday, Los Angeles County caught fire. Driven by unusually strong Santa Ana winds, as my colleagues report, five fires have ignited some 27,000...

09.01.2025 20

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Blob-Headed Fish, Meat-Eating Squirrels, and Other Fascinating Science Stories From 2024

Sonja Wild/UC Davis So much of this year felt like a fever dream: The attempted assassination of Donald Trump. A career-ending presidential debate....

31.12.2024 10

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“Waging War on Science”: Researchers Worry About Their Jobs Under Trump 2.0

Mother Jones illustration; Getty Over the years, Donald Trump hasn’t exactly been a champion of science. As president and on the campaign trail, he...

10.12.2024 3

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One of the Greenest States Just Voted Against Electrification

NurPhoto/Getty Voters in Washington state narrowly passed a measure to preserve “energy choice” and block the state from discouraging natural gas—...

15.11.2024 4

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The Energy Culture War Is on the Ballot in One of America’s Greenest States

Mother Jones; Ayesha Firdaus; Getty In the last five years, as the movement to ditch gas-fueled stoves and heaters has spread across the...

01.11.2024 10

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Voting Can Be Hard for College Students. It’s Even Harder After a Hurricane.

Asheville, North Carolina, in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Helene in late September Mike Stewart/AP In August, political science professor...

28.10.2024 2

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As President, Trump Claimed Wind Turbines Cause Cancer

Donald Trump speaks at the National Republican Congressional Committee Annual Spring Dinner on April 2, 2019, in Washington, DC. Mother Jones; Jim...

17.10.2024 3

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Vance Dodged a Simple Question About Trump Calling Climate Change a “Hoax”

Mother Jones; Matt Rourke/AP; Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty In a debate-night surprise, climate science got near-top billing during the vice presidential...

02.10.2024 10

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The Science of Why Tim Walz Swears So Much

Mother Jones; Ron Adar/TheNEWS2/ZUMA On the campaign trail, Gov. Tim Walz is having a hell of a good time—at least rhetorically speaking. In his...

01.10.2024 1

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The Guy Behind Project 2025 Says the Climate Agenda Is Worse Than Global Warming

Heritage Foundation president Dr. Kevin Roberts, right, in conversation with New York Times reporter David Gelles at the Climate Forward event....

26.09.2024 8

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The Unexpected History Behind Donald Trump’s Favorite Debate Strategy

STR/NurPhoto/AP After facing off against Donald Trump in June, President Joe Biden explained his poor debate performance in part by telling...

10.09.2024 7

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Months Before It Happened, Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s Mother Was Haunted by His Death

Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s parents attend a demonstration on August 29, 2024, by the families of the hostages held in Gaza since the October 7 attack....

01.09.2024 3

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Kamala Harris Could Be Just the Kind of Prosecutor the Earth Needs

Mother Jones illustration; Lev Radin/Sipa/AP; Getty When it comes to campaign messaging, Kamala Harris’ past as a prosecutor has served as both a...

13.08.2024 10

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What’s Behind Trump’s Plan to “Restore American Beauty”?

Mother Jones; Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Zuma; Getty When I first skimmed through the Republican Party’s 2024 policy platform, a 16-page document titled...

27.07.2024 20

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Bears, Fish, and Wolves’ New Predator: the Supreme Court?

Joe Raedle/Getty Even before the Supreme Court ruled late last month in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo , a lawsuit over a herring fishing...

24.07.2024 2

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Meta Just Removed the Guardrails From Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram Accounts

Andre M. Chang/ZUMA Over the years, Donald Trump has hardly been a responsible social media user: He’s railed against the “fake news media” while...

13.07.2024 1

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