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Open pit gold mines have spread across large areas of the Orinoco Mining Belt in recent years. Magda Gibelli / AFP via Getty Images

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Venezuela’s fragile environment faces rising risks as US pushes for oil and critical minerals and illegal gold mining spreads

Staff Writer - March 6, 2026

The silhouettes of the container cranes in the Port of Balboa in Panama City on Feb. 24, 2026. Martin Bernetti/ AFP via Getty Images

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Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes

A banner reading, ‘Regrettably, Putin did not die today. We are waiting …’ hangs in the City Garden of Odesa, Ukraine, on April 1, 2023. Viacheslav Onyshchenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images News

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Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory

Javon Jackson, center, was able to register to vote following passage of a 2019 Nevada law that restored voting rights to formerly incarcerated individuals. AP Photo/John Locher

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The nation is missing millions of voters due to lack of rights for former felons

Anti-trans bills effectively restrict transgender people’s ability to participate fully in society. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

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Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences

As this illustration of the Apollo VIII command module reentering Earth shows, heat shields protect the crew capsule from high temperatures. NASA Johnson Space Center

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NASA’s crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis I −...

Staff Writer - December 12, 2024

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

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Why the religious beliefs of Trump defense pick Pete Hegseth matter

Staff Writer - December 12, 2024

Albertsons is now suing the competitor that had tried to acquire it. AP Photo/Jenny Kane

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What’s next for Albertsons after calling off its $25B grocery merger...

Staff Writer - December 11, 2024

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah is dead; Syria’s Bashar Assad has fled. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is running out of friends. AFP/Getty Images

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Assad’s fall in Syria will further weaken Hezbollah and curtails Tehran’s...

Staff Writer - December 11, 2024

Portland International Airport uses all-wood construction with wood that is sourced locally. Port of Portland

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High rises made out of wood? What matters in whether ‘mass...

Staff Writer - December 11, 2024

A section of the US-Mexico border fence is seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Oct. 21, 2024. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images

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Trump’s plans for tougher border enforcement won’t necessarily stop migrants from...

Staff Writer - December 9, 2024

The head of NASA represents the agency to Congress and on the global stage. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

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What does the NASA administrator do? The agency’s leader reaches for...

Staff Writer - December 8, 2024

Activists in Dhaka protest the attack on the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala, India. Rakibul Hasan Rafiu/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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Protests, sectarian violence and a growing spat with India: Bangladesh’s new...

Staff Writer - December 6, 2024

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The National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, hosts a supercomputer that scientists rely on for weather and climate research. National Science Foundation

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Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate...

Staff Writer - February 25, 2026

Antonios Mamalakis, University of Virginia Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in...

Backcountry skiing can be risky, particularly after heavy, wet snow. AscentXmedia/E+ via Getty Images

Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and...

February 19, 2026

Warmer winters in normally snowy places can interfere with the important activities of microbes in the soil. Seogi/500px via Getty Images

Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the...

February 17, 2026

Coffee farming is critical to the economies of several African countries. Wang Guansen/Xinhua via Getty Images

Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes –...

February 17, 2026

Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

February 12, 2026