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But critics say the commitments are hazy on details | Continue reading
A patchwork of policies from state to state has led to confusion and, sometimes, resentment | Continue reading
Economics may play a stronger role than fear in steering nuclear power toward a slow decline | Continue reading
It is one of the “most extreme” examples of regeneration ever seen | Continue reading
Scientists studied three varieties of house mice, and found those that had lived alongside humans the longest were also the craftiest at solving food puzzles. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
The author of a new book reveals the hidden human history of NASA’s in-development Europa Clipper mission | Continue reading
Scientists still don’t know the full purpose of this changeable biological trait | Continue reading
Blackouts due to wildfires and wild weather are prompting action | Continue reading
She shows us that gestures are not mere hand-waving; they can convey images that either magnify speech or even add new ideas not found in the spoken word | Continue reading
Calling it a disorder falsely implies we know of a cause located in the brains of people diagnosed with ADHD—and we don't | Continue reading
When the sun disappeared, tiny coccoliths turned to hunting | Continue reading
Could they speak, too? Did they proposition modern humans in an interspecies creole language? | Continue reading
As we build back from one public health crisis, we must take steps to address another | Continue reading
As we build back from one public health crisis, we must take steps to address another | Continue reading
A jaded old science writer rediscovers the thrill of science by teaching undergraduates | Continue reading
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Contrary to what you’ve undoubtedly been told, you can be fat and fit at the same time | Continue reading
Lethal gas fights crime, 1921; baby energy powers cleaning, 1871 | Continue reading
Pandemic highlights for the week | Continue reading
Biden is appointing “totally different kinds of people” to solve climate change | Continue reading
But things were on the decline long before he took office | Continue reading
But things were on the decline long before he took office | Continue reading
Open speculation about his mental health plagued the artist Edvard Munch. In his most famous work, he left a biting commentary | Continue reading
James M. Broadway, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Brittiney Sandoval, a recent graduate of the same institution, answer | Continue reading
The evidence mounts that bacteria can be effectively immortal | Continue reading
Some of the big storms actually bring more snow, but others cause major melting | Continue reading
The sexual harassment charges are bad enough, but the man the media crowned “America’s Governor” last year needlessly let thousands of New Yorkers die from COVID | Continue reading
When faced with an impossible task, new research shows that the marsupials look to humans for help | Continue reading
Researchers are training algorithms to emulate trained dogs’ ability to detect cancer and other diseases, perhaps including COVID-19 | Continue reading
A laser generates quantum randomness at a rate of 250 trillion bits per second, and could lead to devices small enough to fit on a single chip | Continue reading
Astrophotographer Miguel Claro’s portraits capture wonders of the universe | Continue reading
Astrophotographer Miguel Claro’s portraits capture wonders of the universe | Continue reading
“Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and the Planet” is the theme of this year's World Wildlife Day | Continue reading
Established prices would be easier to meet than a patchwork of regulations and mandates | Continue reading
The school reopening debate points toward a broader range of problems facing the young | Continue reading
Signup systems for vaccines are horribly confusing, so people across the U.S. set up Facebook pages and phone lines with hands-on help | Continue reading
Gas trucks fill your vehicle where it is parked | Continue reading
Statistics suggest they are—but numbers often don’t include the most vulnerable with limited English | Continue reading
The continuing proliferation of atomic weapons threatens the safety of billions | Continue reading
The American Physical Society’s new criteria for conference venues seem to be unique among scientific societies | Continue reading
Tolerance allows us to live in harmony despite deep-seated differences | Continue reading
Australia’s bushfires devastated koala populations, but a first-ever mix of capture and genetics could aid a marsupial comeback | Continue reading
The Biden Administration raised the benchmark, and may do it again within a year | Continue reading
Trials of all three vaccines came up with different efficacy numbers, but all offer crucial protection in this health emergency | Continue reading
The 9,000-year-old settlement of Çatalhöyük in Turkey shows how humans began putting down roots | Continue reading