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The lunar south pole’s terrain is rugged, and it can reach extreme temperatures. Michael Karrer/Flickr, CC BY-NC

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Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better boots − here’s why

Staff Writer - January 20, 2025

Neighbors fill and pass a bucket of pool water to help extinguish a spot fire in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Jan. 9, 2025. Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Image

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Neighbors and strangers pulled together to help LA fire survivors – 60 years of research shows these unsung heroes are crucial to disaster response

People who lost their possessions in the fire that swept through Altadena, Calif., look through donated shoes and clothing on Jan. 15, 2025. AP Photo/Richard Vogel

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News coverage boosts giving after disasters – Australian research team’s findings may offer lessons for Los Angeles fires

Two people embrace on Jan. 9, 2025, in Altadena, Calif., amid property destroyed by the Eaton Fire. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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Rents rise faster after disasters, but a federal program can help restrain excesses

A home burns in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2025. AP Photo/Ethan Swope

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LA fires: Why fast wildfires and those started by human activities are more destructive and harder to contain

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Climate politics: Environmentalists need to think globally, but act locally

Staff Writer - March 27, 2017

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The old, dirty, creaky US electric grid would cost $5 trillion...

Staff Writer - March 16, 2017

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Why farmers and ranchers think the EPA Clean Water Rule goes...

Staff Writer - February 28, 2017

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Galapagos giant tortoises make a comeback, thanks to innovative conservation strategies

Staff Writer - February 15, 2017

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Scientist at work: Tracking muskoxen in a warming Arctic

Staff Writer - February 12, 2017

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When birds go roaming: The mystery of avian irruptions

Staff Writer - February 8, 2017

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How the 19th-century rebuilding of Britain’s Houses of Parliament made air...

Staff Writer - January 31, 2017

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Will Trump negotiate a better coal deal for taxpayers?

Staff Writer - January 22, 2017

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EXPLORING NATURE

Wayfarers around the world have used the stars to navigate the sea. Wirestock/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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In Disney’s ‘Moana,’ the characters navigate using the stars, just like...

Staff Writer - January 1, 2025

Christopher Palma, Penn State If you have visited an island like one of the Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti or Easter...

Most whole foods contain more than one kind of macro. carlosgaw/E+ via Getty Images

What are macros? An exercise and nutrition scientist explains

December 28, 2024

3 years after the Marshall Fire: Wildfire smoke’s health risks can...

December 23, 2024

The giant panda’s diet is almost 100% bamboo. Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Climate change is making plants less nutritious − that could already...

December 22, 2024

Dark comets accelerate through space but don’t have a dusty tail like most comets. Adina Feinstein and NASA’s Earth Observatory

2 populations of dark comets in the solar system could tell...

December 22, 2024