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Biosphere 2 is a research facility located near Tucson, Ariz. Katja Schulz/Flickr, CC BY

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Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth...

Staff Writer - September 23, 2025

Scott Saleska, University of Arizona; Chris Impey, University of Arizona, and Ghiwa Makke, University of Arizona From a distance,...

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An electric vehicle is plugged in at a charging station. Marcia Stroub/Moment via Getty Images

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Trump reversed policies supporting electric vehicles − it will affect the...

Staff Writer - September 9, 2025

Jeremy J. Michalek, Carnegie Mellon University When Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, it was the largest...

Firefighters work to get a forest fire near Monroe, Utah, under control on July 24, 2025. Hurricane Valley Fire District via AP

Boosting timber harvesting in national forests while cutting public oversight won’t...

September 8, 2025

This well was contaminated with high levels of PFAS from firefighting foam used at a small airport nearby. Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

You can be exposed to PFAS through food, water, even swimming...

September 4, 2025

The beans that created this cup of coffee had a long journey. Guido Mieth/Moment via Getty Images

How Europe’s deforestation law could change the global coffee trade

September 2, 2025

White dwarf stars, like this one shown shrouded by a planetary nebula, are much smaller than stars like our Sun. NASA/R. Ciardullo (PSU)/H. Bond (STScI)

Earth-size stars and alien oceans – an astronomer explains the case...

August 31, 2025