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View of the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet on Sept. 30, 2024, from Monfrague National Park in Spain. Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud − the invisible bubble that’s home to countless space objects

Staff Writer - October 13, 2024

A Nissan Leaf charges at a station in Pasadena, Calif., on Sept. 23, 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images

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Charging, not range, is becoming a top concern for electric car drivers

Atmospheric rivers are long filaments of moisture that curve poleward. Several are visible in this satellite image. Bin Guan, NASA/JPL-Caltech and UCLA

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Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, reshaping global weather patterns

Baker Beach and other San Francisco city beaches are sometimes closed for swimming due to sewage discharges. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images

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San Francisco is suing the EPA over how specific water pollution permits should be

Evacuation is more difficult for people with health and mobility issues. Ted Richardson/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

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Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are reasons people stay in harm’s way, and it’s not just stubbornness

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Bees can learn, remember, think and make decisions – here’s a...

Staff Writer - June 17, 2024

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What is dirt? There’s a whole wriggling world alive in the...

Staff Writer - June 12, 2024

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Female mosquitoes rely on one another to choose the best breeding...

Staff Writer - May 10, 2024

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Why aren’t there solar-powered cars?

Staff Writer - May 5, 2024

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Why does a leap year have 366 days?

Staff Writer - May 4, 2024

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Climate engineering carries serious national security risks − countries facing extreme...

Staff Writer - April 26, 2024

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Disasters like bridge collapses put transportation agencies’ emergency plans to the test

Staff Writer - March 26, 2024

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What is dirt? There’s a whole wriggling world alive in the...

Staff Writer - March 25, 2024

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EXPLORING NATURE

Biobots could one day be engineered to deliver drugs and clear up arterial plaque. Kriegman et al. 2020/PNAS, CC BY-SA

Health

Biobots arise from the cells of dead organisms − pushing the...

Staff Writer - September 15, 2024

Peter A Noble, University of Washington and Alex Pozhitkov, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences at City of Hope

In Colorado, many people run, bike and climb in mountain lion habitat. DEA/ C. Dani I. Jeske/De Agostini via Getty Images

Colorado voters weigh a ban on hunting mountain lions as attitudes...

September 14, 2024

Sunflowers use tiny movements to follow the Sun’s path throughout the day. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

Sunflowers make small moves to maximize their Sun exposure − physicists...

September 13, 2024

A white-shouldered bumblebee, Bombus appositus visits the flowers of a goldenbanner. Julian Resasco, CC BY-ND

I’ve visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a...

September 10, 2024

The Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project, under construction, will be one of India’s largest hydropower dams. Nayan J. Nath, CC BY

India’s new mega-dam will roil lives downstream with wild swings in...

September 4, 2024