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This Company Wants to Build a Space Station That Has Artificial Gravity

California-based Vast Space has big ambitions. The company is aiming to launch a commercial space station, the...

Galactic chaos at cosmic noon may have stunted Milky Way planet formation

The Milky Way keeps its planets close to its chest. Stars in a thin, flat disk bisecting...

A mysteriously large pterosaur finally has an identity

One pterosaur species gave itself quite the makeover as it grew older and larger. Scientists have spent...

Trump’s Plan to Leave the WHO Is a Health Disaster

In the summer of 2020, 15 recognized leaders in US public health gathered to author an article...

Trump’s Day One Executive Orders Will Worsen Climate Crisis

On his first day in office, President Trump has signed a slew of executive orders that will...

Unearthed ice may be the Arctic’s oldest buried glacier remnant

On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, researchers have discovered the remains of an ancient glacier...

How Invasive Plants Are Fueling California’s Wildfire Crisis

Fire has always shaped the landscape in California. But today it burns hotter, more frequently, and spreads...

In chimpanzees, peeing is contagious

Hate waiting in line for the bathroom? Chimpanzees have a social solution: Go all at once. A...

There’s a New Way to Count Prime Numbers

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.A new proof has brought mathematicians one step...

Why Dumping Seawater on Blazes Isn’t the Answer to California’s Wildfire Problem

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that...

Influencers Are Hawking Wellness Products in Response to the LA Fires

This story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.As wildfires continue...

Cigarettes with less nicotine may help some smokers quit

If cigarettes contained very little of the chemical that keeps people smoking, it could help smokers move...
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