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“Front row seats to a coup”: Trump and Musk gut NOAA and EPA, raising alarm among scientists

“Front row seats to a coup”: Trump and Musk gut NOAA and EPA, raising alarm among scientists

Elon's massive cuts to science agencies will have damaging global consequences, say endangered workers

05.03.2025 20

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Matthew Rozsa

Why do the odds of asteroids hitting Earth keep fluctuating?

Why do the odds of asteroids hitting Earth keep fluctuating?

Dr. Richard Binzel explains how we measure the threats of space rocks that could damage the planet

03.03.2025 3

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Study uncovers source of Mars' redness — a key indicator the planet (maybe) once had life

Study uncovers source of Mars' redness — a key indicator the planet (maybe) once had life

Mars became red before it lost its oceans, challenging previous assumptions about its geologic history

01.03.2025 20

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Some people are losing family and friends over climate change denial — but they say facts matter

Some people are losing family and friends over climate change denial — but they say facts matter

In our divisive modern era, many people are losing family and friends over politics and the so-called culture war. Less common is ending...

24.02.2025 3

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A recipe for baby stars: Just add fluffy molecular clouds

A recipe for baby stars: Just add fluffy molecular clouds

Kyushu University researchers studied the Small Magellanic Cloud to learn about our ancient universe

22.02.2025 9

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The New Captain America Film Has Important Lessons for Trump and Biden Stans

14.02.2025 3

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Is telework really fostering laziness? Here’s why the opposite may be true

Back-to-office orders are in vogue, but do they really make for more productive, happy workers? Not necessarily

13.02.2025 9

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Rare footage of lost anglerfish awes internet, raising questions about ocean conservation

Scientists spotted the anglerfish in shallow waters, which is highly unusual and could indicate something deeper

13.02.2025 20

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Ray tails have long been mysterious. Scientists may have finally discovered their function

A new study suggests rays may use their long tails as sophisticated antennas

10.02.2025 4

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The odds of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 just went slightly up

Asteroid 2024 YR4, expected to pass by in 2032, was recently calculated to have a 1-out-of-43 chance of hitting us

08.02.2025 10

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Study finds microplastics in our brains are accumulating, with unknown outcomes on our health

For the first time, scientists were able to visualize how microplastics amass inside us

07.02.2025 10

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A recent report finds climate change is accelerating faster than predicted. Some experts disagree

A pioneering climate scientist says global heating is accelerating. Others say we can still reach climate goals

06.02.2025 5

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January 2025 was the hottest January in recorded history

Scientists hoped that La Niña might cool the otherwise overheated month

06.02.2025 10

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A controversial autism therapy is gaining prominence, but some say it hurts neurodiverse people

Applied Behavior Analysis is increasingly popular, but does it do more harm than good?

05.02.2025 4

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Volcanoes on a moon of Jupiter erupted larger than Lake Superior

The Juno probe spotted some incredible volcanic activity on Io, our solar system’s most volcanic moon

03.02.2025 10

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Aviation expert: "I am embarrassed" that Trump blamed DEI for D.C. air disaster

It may take weeks to figure out what went wrong, experts tell Salon. But politics plays no role in investigation

31.01.2025 60

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Bats harbor tons of deadly viruses but don't get sick. Scientists may have just discovered why

Bats have some of the strongest immune systems in the world. Learning how they work could prevent pandemics

30.01.2025 10

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Building blocks of life discovered on asteroid Bennu

The findings support theories that our evolution occurred thanks to space rocks colliding with our planet

30.01.2025 3

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Is DeepSeek really better for the environment than ChatGPT and Gemini?

Some are touting the Chinese app as the solution to AI's extreme drain on the energy grid. Is it accurate?

30.01.2025 10

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World’s longest-living recipient of pig organ transplant passes 60-day milestone

"She’s the only person in the world walking around with a pig organ inside them that’s functioning.”

29.01.2025 10

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Chuck Schumer challenges Trump to declassify UFO documents. Experts say it's a good move

Trump has ordered declassifying of documents regarding the JFK assassination and more. Schumer says do UFOs next

25.01.2025 20

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NASA doubles down on Moon-shot goals in Artemis mission, awarding $24 million to space contractors

One of the companies to receive a contract is Jeff Bezos' aerospace corporation Blue Origin

24.01.2025 9

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An ancient volcano blotted out the sun, killing crops. People likely reacted by making "sun stones"

Buried in ditches, the Neolithic carvings may have been a sacrifice to stop volcanic climate change

23.01.2025 5

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Trump declared a “national energy emergency.” Experts say it's a "farce"

The U.S. is pumping record levels of oil while Trump ignores the real crisis: climate change

22.01.2025 10

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Walruses are threatened by climate change. The internet is trying to help save them

More than 37,000 citizen scientists have joined the Walrus From Space project, with the hopes of helping walruses

21.01.2025 5

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Contagious peeing discovered in chimpanzees

A new study reports that primates will synchronize urination with implications for the evolution of social cohesion

21.01.2025 7

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Astronomers solve mystery of "little red dots" spotted by James Webb Space Telescope

A new study on cosmic objects from early in the history of the universe were thought to be massive galaxies

19.01.2025 20

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Climate change is already changing how we eat. It could get much worse

Global heating is lowering crop yields while making food like rice and wheat less nutritious

16.01.2025 7

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Major oil ports are threatened by rising sea levels

Oil ports on coasts in places like the United States, China and Saudi Arabia will be threatened by sea levels

16.01.2025 5

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Hottest year on record also marks a major failure to achieve international climate goals

"1.5 is dead" protesters wrote on Darwin's grave this week, referring to the excess heating we've unleashed

14.01.2025 20

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Space junk cleanup should adopt same strategy as ocean conservation, experts propose

Earth is surrounded by millions of pieces of space junk, which pose a constant threat to future space exploration

11.01.2025 9

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Los Angeles wildfires have become perfect fuel for Trump and climate denial

Misinformation is spreading rapidly as experts say climate change is the likely accelerant for California's crisis

11.01.2025 10

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We Could Use a Man Like Grover Cleveland Again

10.01.2025 20

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The flames from wildfires aren’t always the most dangerous part

Climate change is making wildfires more common and more severe. The pollution is killing us

10.01.2025 5

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Wall Street bails on climate change coalition after Republican pressure

The financial sector appears to be getting cold feet about efforts to curb the effects of climate change. Five of the six largest banks in the...

07.01.2025 6

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Why freezing cold worlds could be our best bet for alien life in the solar system

The universe is full of icy worlds that scientists suspect could serve as homes for alien life. These celestial bodies are so cold that humans...

04.01.2025 2

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Scientists debate fleeing America because of Trump — or risk their research being censored

It was not easy for Dr. Kevin Trenberth to leave the United States. An esteemed climate scientist who has published more than 600 articles on...

04.01.2025 70

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Microplastics linked to organ lesions while scientists may have found how to clean them from nature

Plastic pollution is a scourge on Earth because it doesn’t naturally degrade for decades or even centuries. When many plastics break down, they...

02.01.2025 10

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Humans think slower than expected, study finds

Human brains are not computers, in spite of how often such a comparison is made, but a recent study in the journal Neuron reveals our gray matter...

30.12.2024 3

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Jimmy Carter was ahead of the curve

Jimmy Carter lived longer than any other American president, passing away on Sunday at the age of 100. Given that he devoted much of that life to...

30.12.2024 4

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Is IQ overrated? Why some psychologists say it's better to measure intelligence differently

Seemingly no one wants a low IQ. People with self-reported low intelligence quotients describe struggling with self-esteem issues and romantic...

28.12.2024 6

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NASA spacecraft touches Sun’s atmosphere, breaking record

The concept of touching the Sun can be traced back to the ancient Greek myth of Icarus, but scientists at NASA have turned that idea into a...

25.12.2024 20

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Toxic “forever chemicals” could be entering your body from smart watch bands, study finds

Most people who own a smart watch or fitness watch use a band made of synthetic rubber to hold the device on their wrist. Although the bands are...

24.12.2024 10

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NASA’s Webb telescope seemingly confirms controversial theory on planet formation

Back when the stars in our universe were initially being formed, they created rotating disks of dust and gas known as protoplanetary disks. These...

21.12.2024 10

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“An exclamation point on global warming”: Climate scientists warn 2024 was marked by broken records

The year 2024 is on track to be the hottest in recorded history, as humanity has officially exceeded the 1.5º C threshold established by the 2015...

19.12.2024 4

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Facing more delays, NASA astronauts to remain in space until at least March 2025

A long trip to space is about to get even longer. NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were originally supposed to spend only about a...

18.12.2024 6

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NASA detects more dark comets, providing more clues to how planets form

There’s a lot of stuff in space that we know is there but we can’t see very well or at all. Some of this stuff is known as mysterious dark matter,...

18.12.2024 20

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Memory problems? Here’s why poor sleep may be the cause — and how to fix it

Researchers have long wished to understand the connection between sleep and memory, especially how the brain encodes long-term memories during...

18.12.2024 7

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Death seems “kind of arbitrary”: Scientists want to upload the brain so we can live forever

Humans have yearned for immortality for as long as we‘ve understood our fragile permanence. But while dodging the Grim Reaper was once relegated to...

16.12.2024 10

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RFK Jr.’s lawyer petitions the FDA to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine

Aaron Siri, the lawyer for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — President-elect Donald Trump’s presumptive nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services —...

13.12.2024 6

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