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Wildfires are contaminating drinking water systems, and it’s more widespread than people realize

Staff Writer - May 6, 2021

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Forests can’t handle all the net-zero emissions plans – companies and countries expect nature to offset too much carbon

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Human breast milk may help babies tell time via circadian signals from mom

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How does a baby ‘breathe’ while inside its mom?

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Vaccines without needles – new shelf-stable film could revolutionize how medicines are distributed worldwide

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7 science-based strategies to boost your willpower and succeed with your...

Staff Writer - January 1, 2020

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Nocturnal dinosaurs: Night vision and superb hearing in a small theropod...

Staff Writer - May 7, 2021

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Innies, outies and omphalophobia: 7 navel-gazing questions about belly buttons answered

Staff Writer - April 8, 2023

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Astronaut Sally K. Ride’s legacy – encouraging young women to embrace...

Staff Writer - June 18, 2018

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An anthropologist explains why we love holiday rituals and traditions

Staff Writer - December 24, 2017

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Rapid eye movements in sleeping mice match where they are looking...

Staff Writer - August 26, 2022

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Not all genes are necessary for survival – these species dropped...

Staff Writer - October 27, 2019

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Genoa bridge collapse: maintaining these structures is a constant battle against...

Staff Writer - August 15, 2018

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Parts of the North Fork of the Kentucky River flooded in July 2022, and again in February 2025. Arden S. Barnes/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

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Why people rebuild in Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas despite the risks

Staff Writer - February 26, 2025

Kristina P. Brant, Penn State On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia....

In the toxic male technique, genetically engineered male insects would implant semen containing toxic venom into the female insects during mating. Madugrero/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease...

February 23, 2025

Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson has made it his life’s mission to delay aging and death. Netflix

The quest to extend human life is both fascinating and fraught...

February 23, 2025

Greenland has large deposits of rare earth minerals along its coasts, but these are also geologically hazardous regions. Alex Hibbert/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and...

February 19, 2025

National Institutes of Health indirect costs, which are under the knife, go toward managing laboratories and facilities. Fei Yang/Moment via Getty Images

Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US...

February 17, 2025