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A massive rockfall in the Himalayas led to a surge of flood water than swept through villages, killing hundreds of people, on Aug. 26, 2026. Prabin Ranabhat/AFP via Getty Images

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When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal’s catastrophic flood – and why climate change is raising the risks

Staff Writer - September 3, 2026

For decades, researchers thought that bacteria become resistant to antibiotics if patients stopped taking these drugs early. Liudmila Chernetska/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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‘Must I take all my antibiotics?’ Why infectious disease experts are rethinking this longstanding rule

Most healthy soybean fields like this one in Minnesota rely on fertilizer. Richard Hamilton Smith/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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Why the US‑Canada trade war could change how American farmers grow their crops for years

Honey hunters in Nepal scale incredible heights to harvest the honey of the Himalayan cliff bee. Skanda Gautam/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

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‘Mad honey’ that can stop your heart is now being sold online worldwide

Wildland firefighters light a backfire while battling a fire near Mariposa, Calif., in 2022. David McNew/AFP via Getty Images

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Extreme heat is taking a toll on firefighters as wildfires stretch crews to the limit

New volunteers get trained in Lexington, Ky., to help out at CASA of Lexington in April 2023. AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel

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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Staff Writer - March 30, 2025

Divesting from the next generation of researchers means cutting the lifeblood of science and medicine. J Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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Cuts to science research funding cut American lives short − federal...

Staff Writer - March 28, 2025

Losing your job can hurt you in many ways. Maskot/Getty Images

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Losing your job is bad for your health, but there are...

Staff Writer - March 27, 2025

Memories and photos both can misrepresent the past. Westend61 via Getty Images

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Rethinking repression − why memory researchers reject the idea of recovered...

Staff Writer - March 25, 2025

Researchers are using genomics and bioinformatics to reveal antimicrobial resistance before it comes widespread. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

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Genomic sequencing reveals previously unknown genes that make microbes resistant to...

Staff Writer - March 24, 2025

Experts predict that egg prices will keep climbing in 2025. Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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Egg prices soar as outdated supply chains crack under pressure

Staff Writer - March 24, 2025

President Lyndon B. Johnson, left, next to former President Harry S. Truman, signs into law the measure creating Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. AP Photo

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A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish...

Staff Writer - March 18, 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...

Staff Writer - March 13, 2025

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