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To Fight Severe Drought, China Is Turning to Technology

“You could actually exacerbate the drought situation,” says Gabriel Collins at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public...

Who has the highest risk of long COVID? It’s complicated

For millions of people, COVID-19 doesn’t end with a negative test. Weeks or months after traces of...

Is the Psychedelic Therapy Bubble About to Burst?

In April 2021, a widely anticipated paper in the field of psychedelics dropped. The study, a small...

Ancient ‘demon ducks’ may have been undone by their slow growth

Giant flightless birds called mihirungs were the biggest birds to ever stride across what is now Australia....

For Some Patients, Long Covid Symptoms Mask Something Else

It was overuse of acetaminophen that finally led to Nic Petermann’s cancer diagnosis. For months, the then...

The Long, Leguminous Quest to Give Crops Nitrogen Superpowers

If crops could feel envy, it’d be for legumes. Bean plants have a superpower. Or more accurately,...

Swarms of Satellites Are Tracking Illegal Fishing and Logging

Fishing boats kept washing up in Japan with dead North Koreans on board. Dozens were documented every...

NASA Delays the Launch of Its Giant Moon-Bound Rocket

NASA has pushed back the launch of its Artemis 1 mission to the moon due to an...

The Tonga eruption may have spawned a tsunami as tall as the Statue of Liberty

The massive Tonga eruption generated a set of planet-circling tsunamis that may have started out as a...

Tech Resources That Help Kids Navigate Puberty

“I remember the first time I ever shaved my legs, I didn’t even tell my mom,” Bortner...

Can a Particle Accelerator Trace the Origins of Printing?

Other Asian innovations, like paper and gunpowder, have a clear record of dissemination to Europe, with artifacts...

How the Physics of Nothing Underlies Everything

Most of the quantum fields that fill our universe have one, and only one, preferred state, in...
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