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How to Build a Hurricane-Proof House

They couldn’t sleep. A hurricane was lashing their brand-new house with a torrent of wind and rain....

Extreme Wildfires Have Doubled in Frequency and Intensity in the Past 20 Years

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.It feels like we are getting...

How the Brain Decides What to Remember

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.György Buzsáki first started tinkering with waves when...

The Supreme Court Is Gutting Protections for Clean Water and Safe Air

This story originally appeared on Slate and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.US environmental law is...

How to Run on the Moon

In the future I'm sure there will be a city on the moon. We know how to...

How a Group of Butterflies Managed to Fly 4,200 Kilometers Without Stopping

THIS STORY ORIGINALLY appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian.The dozen butterflies were flying...

Health Care Should Be Designed for the Extremes of Life

“The adoption of new ideas and the pace of change in health care can lag behind other...

US Government Awards Moderna $176 Million for mRNA Bird Flu Vaccine

The US government will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA vaccine against a pandemic influenza—an...

A Chinese Space Startup Launched Its New Rocket by Accident

One of the most promising Chinese space startups, Space Pioneer, experienced a serious anomaly last weekend while...

The UK’s NHS Going Digital Would Be Equivalent to Hiring Thousands of New Doctors

In December last year, the UK’s shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, visited Singapore General Hospital, regarded as...

Hurricane Beryl Isn’t a Freak Storm—It’s the Exact Nightmare Meteorologists Predicted

Hurricane Beryl’s record-shattering intensification into a scale-topping Category 5 storm has stunned even the most seasoned experts....

The Hunt for the Most Efficient Heat Pump in the World

Outside a 100-year-old house on the edge of the Peak District in northern England, a heat pump’s...
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