SCIENCE
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After 286 Days in Space, NASA Astronauts Return to Earth with a Splash
After 286 Days in Space, NASA Astronauts Return to Earth with a Splash NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams…
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Life on Earth May Have Been Jump-Started by ‘Microlightning’
Life on Earth May Have Been Jump-Started by ‘Microlightning’ Charged water droplets generate sparks that can forge organic compounds By…
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Ukraine Ceasefire Deal Relies on Critical Minerals That Will Be Difficult to Access
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Ukraine’s mineral wealth…
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Earth’s Oldest Impact Crater Discovered in Australia
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. We have discovered…
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NASA’s Voyager Probes Lose One Instrument Each as Power Wanes
NASA’s Voyager Probes Lose One Instrument Each as Power Wanes NASA’s twin Voyager probes, which launched in 1977, are the…
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Trump Official Who Tried to Downplay Major Climate Report Now Will Oversee It
CLIMATEWIRE | A former Trump official who alarmed scientists years ago when he attempted to meddle with a congressionally mandated…
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Interjections Are, Uh, More Important than We Thought
Listen carefully to a spoken conversation and you’ll notice that the speakers use a lot of little quasi-words — mm-hmm,…
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Trump Orders U.S. Scientists to Skip Key IPCC Climate Report Meeting
CLIMATEWIRE | The Trump administration’s abrupt retreat from global climate action is threatening to delay a pivotal scientific report that…
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Texas Measles Outbreak Nears 100 Cases, Raising Concerns About Undetected Spread
Some private schools have shut down because of a rapidly escalating measles outbreak in West Texas. Local health departments are…
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Trump FEMA Firings Hit Agency Already Suffering Staffing Shortages
CLIMATEWIRE | The Trump administration has fired hundreds of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees and is now targeting staff involved…
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