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The Earth keeps getting hotter, and Americans’ trust in science is on a down trend
[ad_1] As global officials confirm that 2025 was Earth’s third-hottest year on record, a new poll shows Americans are sharply divided over the role…
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Trump administration moves to dismantle leading climate and weather research center
[ad_1] The Trump administration is moving to dismantle one of the world’s leading climate and weather research institutions, the National Center for Atmospheric Research…
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A new virus variant and lagging vaccinations may mean the US is in for a severe flu season
[ad_1] The United States may be heading into its second severe flu season in a row, driven by a mutated strain called subclade K…
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Humanity is on path toward ‘climate chaos,’ scientists warn
[ad_1] Industries and individuals around the world burned record amounts of oil, gas and coal last year, releasing more greenhouse gases than ever before,…
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Jane Goodall, trailblazing naturalist whose intimate observations of chimpanzees transformed our understanding of humankind, has died
[ad_1] Jane Goodall, the trailblazing naturalist whose intimate observations of chimpanzees in the African wild produced powerful insights that transformed basic conceptions of humankind,…
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Commentary: If he ever gets his job back, I have just the hat for Jimmy Kimmel, thanks to Trump
[ad_1] These are dark times, the average cynic might argue. But do not despair. If you focus on the positive, rather than the negative,…
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Humanity is rapidly depleting water and much of the world is getting drier
[ad_1] For more than two decades, satellites have tracked the total amounts of water held in glaciers, ice sheets, lakes, rivers, soil and the…
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Energy secretary says Trump administration may alter past National Climate Assessments
[ad_1] U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said this week that the Trump administration plans to review and potentially alter the nation’s climate science reports.…
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Summer of 2023 was hottest in 2,000 years, study finds
[ad_1] An extreme summer marked by deadly heat waves, explosive wildfires and record-warm ocean temperatures will go down as among the hottest in the…
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WTF Fun Fact 13726 – The Word Scientist
[ad_1] The word “scientist” originated in the 19th century when William Whewell, a Cambridge historian and philosopher, sought to create a unifying term for…
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Scientists say these killer whales are distinct species. It could save them
[ad_1] More than 150 years ago, a San Francisco whaler noticed something about killer whales that scientists may be about to formally recognize —…
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NASA finally figures out how to open a $1-billion canister
[ad_1] Late last year, a spacecraft containing samples of a 4.6-billion-year-old asteroid landed safely in the desert after a 1.2-billion mile journey. There was…
Education
Vilcek Foundation Awards $100,000 Prize in Biomedical Science to Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado
[ad_1] Born in Venezuela, developmental and molecular biologist Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado receives the $100,000 prize for his contributions to the field of regeneration. Press…
Health
Was the COVID Toilet Panic Overblown?
[ad_1] In the dark early days of the pandemic, when we knew almost nothing and feared almost everything, there was a moment when people…
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Weird Facts
[ad_1] When Robert Goddard, the scientist who created the first liquid-fueled rocket, theorized that rockets could reach the moon, the New York Times harshly…