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Many yoga classes end with the instructor explaining ‘namaste’ as ‘the divine in me bows to the divine in you.’ Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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Why it’s OK to say ‘namaste’ in yoga class

Staff Writer - June 23, 2026

Legionnaires wait to testify before a special congressional inquiry in November 1976 into the cause of the mysterious disease. Bettmann/Bettman Collection via Getty Images

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Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Philadelphia in 1976 was mysterious and deadly – 50 years later, scientists know the cause but outbreaks continue

The Dames Point Bridge spans a river in Jacksonville, Fla. Jonathan Zander/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

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Quantum sensors could spot hidden damage in the thousands of US bridges rated ‘structurally deficient’

A record-tying heat wave helped spread a wildfire in Northern California’s Shasta and Trinity counties in July 2018. Terray Sylvester/Getty Images

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Heat waves increase wildfire risk – a new study explains how much, and it’s not a small number

Space is full of satellites and debris – data centers could one day join the mix. NicoElNino, NASA/iStock via Getty Images

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Building data centers in space is an intriguing idea on paper, but major engineering challenges must be solved

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Meet the Australian wildlife most threatened by climate change

Staff Writer - May 27, 2015

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In a time of drought, a call to rethink lawns

Staff Writer - May 27, 2015

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Climbing the tree: the case for chimpanzee ‘personhood’

Staff Writer - May 21, 2015

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Discovered: stone tools that go back beyond earliest humans

Staff Writer - May 21, 2015

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Where were you when the mountain blew? Remembering the eruption of...

Staff Writer - May 21, 2015

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Faster-than-light travel: are we there yet?

Staff Writer - May 21, 2015

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California’s water paradox: why enough will never be enough

Staff Writer - May 21, 2015

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What is the ‘warm blob’ in the Pacific and what can...

Staff Writer - May 21, 2015

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A sign on a dirt hiking trail in the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska points to naturalist John Muir’s cabin. Wanderluster/iStock/Getty Images

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Paving paradise: Dismantling the US Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife,...

Staff Writer - June 15, 2026

Mariah Meek, Michigan State University and Travis Belote, Montana State University Pause for a moment and listen. What do...

Companies can be analyzed as moral actors, not just profit-makers. wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Why corporate inclusion policies are moral decisions, not just business ones

June 14, 2026

As ocean temperatures rise during El Niño, fish can find themselves in hot water. Geoff Trodd/Unsplash

El Niño is back, and ocean temperatures are already near record...

June 12, 2026

In fall 2024, Tampa and other Florida cities on the Gulf coast were hit by hurricanes Helene and Milton within 13 days of each other. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images

Home insurance and the unraveling of Florida communities

June 9, 2026

An Amazon data center sits next to a neighborhood in northern Virginia. Nathan Howard/Getty Images

5 ways data centers endanger their local communities and the country...

June 8, 2026