Science
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Study Miscalculation Has Everyone Talking about Black Plastic Spatulas Again. Experts Are Still Concerned
Should you throw out your black plastic spatula? A recent study that reported alarming levels of several flame retardants in…
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Luigi Mangione Said He Had Spondylolisthesis: What Is It?
December 11, 2024 2 min read Luigi Mangione Said He Had Spondylolisthesis: What Is It? The suspect in the recent…
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Hawaiian Crows Return to the Wild, Where They Are ‘Guides to Lost Souls’
In Hawaiian tradition, the souls of the dead journey to the afterlife by jumping from cliffside promontories called “leaping places”…
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What Makes the Eastern U.S. Drought Different from the West’s
November 27, 2024 4 min read What Makes the Eastern U.S. Drought Different from the West’s Drought is more synonymous…
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SpaceX’s Starship Soars in 6th Test Flight but Skips Booster Catch
The biggest and most powerful rocket ever built now has a half-dozen launches under its belt. SpaceX‘s 400-foot-tall (122 meters)…
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Are Alternate Timelines Real? Quantum Physics Explains
As memes go, it wasn’t particularly viral. But for a couple of hours on the morning of November 6, the…
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Misinformation Really Does Spread like a Virus, Epidemiology Shows
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. We’re increasingly aware…
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In 2024’s Record-Hottest Year, U.S. Voters Will Decide Climate’s Path Forward
October 30, 2024 4 min read In Record-Hottest Year, U.S. Voters Will Decide Climate’s Path Forward Global temperatures through September point to…
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Largest-Ever Pair of Black Hole Jets Stretches 23 Million Light-Years
October 23, 2024 4 min read Could Colossal Black Hole Jets Have Shaped the Early Universe? Supermassive black holes can…
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Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate
Parenting a flock of Northern Bald Ibises is a demanding job. For the past six months, biologists Barbara Steininger and…
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