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Voyager 1, shown in this illustration, has operated for decades thanks to a radioisotope power system. NASA via AP

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Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft

Staff Writer - March 16, 2025

Collard greens − a staple of diets across the African diaspora. Bronwen Powell/Abderrahim Ouarghidi, CC BY

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How an unexpected observation, a 10th-century recipe and an explorer’s encounter with a cabbage thief upend what we know about collard greens’ journey to...

A dragline excavator mines rare earth materials in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine on Feb. 25, 2025. Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images

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US-Ukraine deal highlights Ukraine’s wealth of critical minerals, but extracting them isn’t so simple

Lightning strikes the Mediterranean Sea. Matko Begovic/PIXSELL via Xinhua, via Getty Images

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The world regulated sulfur in ship fuels − and the lightning stopped

The European Space Agency’s astronaut cohort includes a parastronaut, as part of a feasability project. AP Photo/Francois Mori

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Mission possible − parastronaut programs can make space travel more inclusive and attainable for all

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The strange story of turkey tails speaks volumes about our globalized...

Staff Writer - November 13, 2017

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Why solar ‘microgrids’ are not a cure-all for Puerto Rico’s power...

Staff Writer - November 9, 2017

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Coastal protection on the edge: The challenge of preserving California’s legacy

Staff Writer - November 3, 2017

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Why were California’s wine country fires so destructive?

Staff Writer - October 28, 2017

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Don’t blame California wildfires on a ‘perfect storm’ of weather events

Staff Writer - October 25, 2017

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California needs to rethink urban fire risk after wine country tragedy

Staff Writer - October 23, 2017

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Scientist at work: Measuring public health impacts after disasters

Staff Writer - October 20, 2017

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Wildfire smoke and health: 5 questions answered

Staff Writer - October 18, 2017

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Parts of the North Fork of the Kentucky River flooded in July 2022, and again in February 2025. Arden S. Barnes/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

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Why people rebuild in Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas despite the risks

Staff Writer - February 26, 2025

Kristina P. Brant, Penn State On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia....

In the toxic male technique, genetically engineered male insects would implant semen containing toxic venom into the female insects during mating. Madugrero/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease...

February 23, 2025

Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson has made it his life’s mission to delay aging and death. Netflix

The quest to extend human life is both fascinating and fraught...

February 23, 2025

Greenland has large deposits of rare earth minerals along its coasts, but these are also geologically hazardous regions. Alex Hibbert/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and...

February 19, 2025

National Institutes of Health indirect costs, which are under the knife, go toward managing laboratories and facilities. Fei Yang/Moment via Getty Images

Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US...

February 17, 2025