Science
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Some prefer face shields to cloth masks. Experts weigh in.
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Deep in since-flooded caves, researchers find evidence of America's first miners
Divers found evidence of red ochre mining including pits dug in a cave floor, vivid traces of...
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Just in time for July 4, a heatwave is coming to the U.S.
The upcoming heat is projected to affect huge swaths of the U.S., from eastern New Mexico and...
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Amid coronavirus surge, Texas has a contact tracing problem: reporting cases by fax
"We're asking people not to depend on contact tracing at this stage of the outbreak," one health...
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Abandoned oil tanker off Yemen coast at risk of exploding
The damaged ship is threatening massive environmental damage to Red Sea marine life, desalination...
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Subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa was potentially 'habitable,' researchers say
Europas ocean may have formed after water-rich minerals ejected their water thanks to heating...
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NASA names D.C. headquarters for 'Hidden Figure' Mary W. Jackson, agency's first Black woman engineer
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New maps offer detailed look at 'lost' continent of Zealandia
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Coronavirus-stricken U.S. faces another problem: A massive dust cloud from Africa
A massive plume of dust from the Sahara Desert is drifting across the Atlantic Ocean and is...
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Police say a man confessed to murder. So why is the wrong man still not exonerated?
"They're ignoring and dragging me," said Lydell Grant, who spent nearly a decade in prison for a...
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'Off-the-charts warm': Siberian town hits 100 degrees
The milestone comes as Siberia and the Asian continent as a whole have experienced unusually warm...
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'Astonishing' giant circle of pits found near Stonehenge
The discovery opens up new lines of investigation into the origins and meaning of the mysterious,...
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In 'Cancer Alley,' a renewed focus on systemic racism is too late
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Vatican urges Catholics to drop investments in fossil fuels, arms
The calls were contained in a 225-page manual for church leaders and workers.
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2020 on track to be one of the warmest years on record
NOAA previously found that each of the past five years have been among the warmest since...
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Science, politics and trolls: How Carl Bergstrom became a voice of clarity on the coronavirus
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Why 'I can't breathe' is resonating with environmental justice activists
Elevating racial justice issues within the environmental movement has been a struggle even though...
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Coronavirus vaccine: White House narrows focus, a billionaire scientist jumps in the race
Here is a roundup of the most notable vaccine news of the first week of June.
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Mayans built massive structures thousands of years ago. Researchers found the biggest one yet.
Researchers think the 3,000-year-old platform was built as a communal effort and may have led to...
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The largest electric plane yet completed its first flight but it's the batteries that matter
Electric airplanes have been heralded as the future of cleaner, climate-friendly air travel but...