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It’s important to buy cinnamon from reputable dealers. Anjelika Gretskaia/Moment via Getty Images

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Cinnamon, spice and ‘everything nice’ – why lead-tainted cinnamon products have turned up on shelves, and what questions consumers should ask

Staff Writer - November 30, 2024

Officials from countries around the world met in Baku, Azerbaijan, for COP29 in November 2024. UN Climate Change via Flickr

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UN climate negotiations end on shaky geopolitical ground, but I see reasons for hope

Huang Runqiu, China’s minister of ecology and environment, sits with U.N. climate chief Simon Stiell at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. AP Photo/Peter Dejong

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China’s influence grows at COP29 climate talks as US leadership fades

A blue whale swims close to a large vessel near the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Asha de Vos, CC BY-ND

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New maps show high-risk zones for whale-ship collisions − vessel speed limits and rerouting can reduce the toll

Parents and educators rally at Boston City Hall demanding urgent action to improve the city’s public schools. Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

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Young families are leaving many large US cities − here’s why that matters

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The world is facing a global sand crisis

Staff Writer - September 9, 2017

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In cities and on ranches, planning is key to protect animals...

Staff Writer - September 5, 2017

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Americans who live far from coasts should also be worried about...

Staff Writer - August 28, 2017

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I was an Exxon-funded climate scientist

Staff Writer - August 27, 2017

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Curbing climate change: Why it’s so hard to act in time

Staff Writer - August 17, 2017

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Cities need more than air conditioning to get through heat waves

Staff Writer - August 9, 2017

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Heat waves threaten city dwellers, especially minorities and the poor

Staff Writer - August 7, 2017

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Learning new tricks from sea sponges, nature’s most unlikely civil engineers

Staff Writer - August 5, 2017

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Certain strains of E. coli can outcompete disease-causing microbes for resources. NIAID/Flickr, CC BY-SA

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Get chronic UTIs? Future treatments may add more bacteria to your...

Staff Writer - November 16, 2024

Sarguru Subash, Texas A&M University Millions of people in the U.S. and around the world suffer from urinary tract...

People climb to the top of a bridge damaged when Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique in 2019. Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images

3 innovative ways to help countries hit by climate disasters, beyond...

November 14, 2024

Rocks can hold clues to history dating back hundreds of millions of years. Christine S. Siddoway

Missing link to Snowball Earth history emerges from some unusual rocks...

November 11, 2024

Rats will choose to take a longer route if it means they get to enjoy the ride to their destination. Kelly Lambert, CC BY-ND

I’m a neuroscientist who taught rats to drive − their joy...

November 11, 2024

Specialized compartments within cells carry out specific functions. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Cells have more mini ‘organs’ than researchers thought − unbound by...

November 5, 2024