Western voters will decide whether to expand renewable energy and implement a carbon tax | Continue reading
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Statewide proposals on ways to tackle greenhouse gases, renewable energy and Medicaid expansion will be voted up or down on Tuesday | Continue reading
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The rocket’s next launch comes less than a month after a major mishap endangered the lives of crewmembers bound for the International Space Station | Continue reading
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Letters to the editor from the July 2018 issue of Scientific American | Continue reading
After visiting not one but two destinations in the asteroid belt, the interplanetary probe at last ran out of fuel | Continue reading
The "low hanging fruit" of genome-related health care will be knowing which drugs are likely to treat you best, says science journalist Carl Zimmer. | Continue reading
The decision was made despite criticism that the drug could be a danger to public health | Continue reading
Education and birth control are slowly making the politics less relevant | Continue reading
Florida has lagged in renewable energy use, but declining solar costs are set to change that | Continue reading
New research has disturbing implications | Continue reading
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A new finding is shedding light on how our galaxy—and those throughout the universe—evolve | Continue reading
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Those who’ve had it removed get the neurodegenerative disorder later or not at all, study finds | Continue reading
Get informed and make better choices—or maybe you shouldn’t vote at all | Continue reading
An analysis of FBI records supports anecdotal evidence in policy debate on gun control | Continue reading
Patients with disabilities cope with rollback of regulations to make medical treatment more accessible | Continue reading
The planet may be more sensitive to warming that previously thought, making climate goals more difficult to meet | Continue reading
A detailed picture of cell types in some areas of the mouse cortex is put to the test | Continue reading
When Americans go to the polls, will hackers unleash chaos? | Continue reading
Researchers wrestle with rising rates of throat cancers caused by common papillomaviruses | Continue reading
The real story behind reports of an “insect Armageddon” is more nuanced—but probably just as unsettling | Continue reading
Why the singular of “data” is not “anecdote” | Continue reading
Corruption, distrust and inequality reinforce one another in a destructive loop | Continue reading
In state and city races, out of the spotlight, researchers-turned-candidates try to build a base of science-friendly officeholders | Continue reading
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A group of criminologists show the claim of a link is false | Continue reading
A tour of Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, NY, focuses on the geology of the landscape and the mausoleums. | Continue reading
A new therapy that amplifies nerve impulses may also help the body heal | Continue reading
A tiny fly, related to biting no-see-ums, pollinates cacao trees and enables our chocolate cravings. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Cryotherapy is a recovery method that some pro athletes use nearly every day | Continue reading
When staying warm is a matter of survival, they use this tried-and-true strategy. | Continue reading
In 40 years, human actions like deforestation have taken a major toll on wildlife, a new report finds | Continue reading
It might sound scary, but the ‘dark web’ is not much different from the rest of the internet | Continue reading
A minister’s decision to quietly cancel projects selected by funders could damage the country’s academic reputation, warn researchers | Continue reading
People dump their exotic animals for logical, if not good, reasons | Continue reading
A new machine-learning technique mimics the brain’s ability to adapt to new circumstances | Continue reading
The eight-legged weavers have been hunting insects for almost 400 years, flaunting their long history in a rich array of architectures | Continue reading
Astronomers have come closer than ever before to seeing our galaxy’s mysterious supermassive black hole | Continue reading
Some claim that drinking the milk of other animals—or drinking milk beyond infancy—is both unnatural and unhealthy. How do the arguments for and against consuming milk stack up? | Continue reading
The far-right president-elect has proposed opening the rainforest to trade and withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement | Continue reading