Science
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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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Hurricane Milton Will Turn Helene’s Debris into Lethal Projectiles in Florida
October 9, 2024 3 min read Hurricane Milton Will Turn Helene’s Debris into Lethal Projectiles in Florida Florida is scrambling…
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Hurricanes Kill People for Years after the Initial Disaster
October 2, 2024 4 min read Hurricanes Kill People for Years after the Initial Disaster The average tropical cyclone in…
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