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Figuring out which PFAS types are accumulating in your body is challenging. Love Employee/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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PFAS leave fingerprints in your blood – researchers are figuring out how forever chemicals transform in your body to read these clues

Staff Writer - May 29, 2026

Across the U.S., people are calling for companies to pay for the damage they have done to the environment. Alex Kent/AFP via Getty Images

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The US Constitution and laws do not protect oil companies from being sued over the harm they cause to the climate

This device measures acceleration and rotation by shining lasers into small clouds of rubidium atoms. Sandia National Laboratories

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Quantum sensors use atoms, electrons and light as ultra‑steady rulers – detecting faint motion, magnetism and gravity for navigation, medicine and science

Formula 1 drivers maneuver for position during the 2026 Miami Formula One Grand Prix in Florida. Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images

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Formula 1 racing shows the hard part of reaching net‑zero carbon emissions isn’t the engineering

Colorado’s peach industry is threatened by a fungal disease. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

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A fungal disease, along with climate change, threatens Colorado’s prized peaches

Many fruits and vegetables are high in antioxidants. istetiana/Moment via Getty Images

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Antioxidants help stave off a host of health problems – but...

Staff Writer - October 17, 2025

A scene on the Erie Canal painted in 1842, two decades after the canal opened. Bettmann/Getty Images

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Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed...

Staff Writer - October 15, 2025

Flux ropes (simulated, right) are structures made up of magnetic field lines wrapping around each other like a rope, that look similar to tornadoes on Earth. NOAA, Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti and Chip Manchester

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‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun...

Staff Writer - October 13, 2025

The quantum behavior of superconducting circuits like the small white square above was a major discovery. K. Cicak and R. Simmonds/NIST

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Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched...

Staff Writer - October 9, 2025

The world’s largest geothermal power station is under construction in Utah. Business Wire via AP

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Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...

Staff Writer - October 8, 2025

A roadside assistance vehicle is swamped by floodwaters on a Houston highway in 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

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Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water

Staff Writer - October 1, 2025

The Rapa Nui people are mostly invisible in the origin story of rapamycin. Posnov/Moment via Getty Images

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A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what...

Staff Writer - September 29, 2025

How do you measure the concentration of a drug in a tortoise shell? Thirawatana Phaisalratana/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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Calling in the animal drug detectives − helping veterinarians help beluga whales,...

Staff Writer - September 27, 2025

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Formula 1 drivers maneuver for position during the 2026 Miami Formula One Grand Prix in Florida. Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images

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Formula 1 racing shows the hard part of reaching net‑zero carbon...

Staff Writer - May 19, 2026

Caitlin Grady, George Washington University and Sachi Nandurkar, George Washington University Formula 1 auto racing is one of the...

Mifepristone is one of two drugs typically used in medication abortions. Carl Lokko/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Supreme Court preserves access to mifepristone via telehealth – at least...

May 17, 2026

You can make AI chatbots spout information that’s not true. Nicoletaionescu/iStock via Getty Images

You can persuade AI models to accept falsehoods as truth, study shows

May 16, 2026

Emphasizing the sounds of certain words to young children can help them retain language, not confuse them about speaking properly. MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Is baby talk bad? Why ‘parentese’ actually helps babies learn language

May 16, 2026

Colorado’s peach industry is threatened by a fungal disease. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

A fungal disease, along with climate change, threatens Colorado’s prized peaches

May 15, 2026