SCIENCE
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Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Is Melting Even Faster Than Scientists Thought
Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Is Melting Even Faster Than Scientists Thought Warming waters are reaching several miles into Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier—nicknamed…
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Heat and Floods Are Increasingly Hitting Coastlines with a One-Two Punch
Heat and Floods Are Increasingly Hitting Coastlines with a One-Two Punch Compound events in which coastal flooding and heat waves…
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Peter Higgs, a Giant of Particle Physics, Dies at 94
Peter Higgs, a Giant of Particle Physics, Dies at 94 The Nobel Prize-winning theorist’s prediction of the Higgs boson sparked…
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What Causes Earthquakes in the Northeast like the Magnitude 4.8 One in New Jersey?
How Common Are Northeast Earthquakes? Earthquakes in the Northeast are usually too small to feel, but larger temblors like the…
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To Ancient Maya, Solar Eclipses Signified Clashing Gods
This article is part of a special report on the total solar eclipse that will be visible from parts of…
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Men Succumb to Anesthesia More Easily than Women
Men May Succumb to Anesthesia More Easily than Women Findings in animals and humans emphasize the perils of not including…
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Baltimore Bridge Collapse Will Teach Engineers to Build Safer Infrastructure
Baltimore Bridge Collapse Will Teach Engineers to Build Safer Infrastructure The loss of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after a…
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How a Rare Islamic Astrolabe Helped Muslims, Jews and Christians Tell Time and Read Horoscopes
How a Rare Islamic Astrolabe Helped Muslims, Jews and Christians Tell Time and Read Horoscopes A rare Islamic astrolabe discovered…
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The Future of Driving in the U.S. Is Electric—Sort Of
The Future of Driving in the U.S. Is Electric—Sort Of The EPA’s final rule on car emissions will result in…
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Female Mosquitoes Follow Each Other to Breeding Sites
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes,…
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