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Last Monday Was the Hottest Day on Record

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.In the past week, Earth’s record...

Project 2025 Wants to Propel America Into Environmental Catastrophe

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.As delegates arrived at...

Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympics

Every time the Olympics come around, it seems there’s a different disease stalking the event. At Rio...

Komodo dragon teeth get their strength from an iron coat

Komodo dragon teeth are ironclad. Literally. The serrated edges and tips of the reptiles’ razor-sharp chompers...

A new algae-based menstrual pad could stop leaks

Menstruation can be messy and uncomfortable, often due to leaky pads, tampons and cups. A new alginate-based...

Moonquakes are much more common than thought, Apollo data suggest

A new look at decades-old data from the Apollo missions has uncovered evidence of tens of thousands...

No, You Can’t Have a Solar-Powered Passenger Plane

At a recent rally, Donald Trump stated that electric planes would be a bad idea because you...

The North Star is much heavier than previously thought

The star marking true north is a good deal heavier than we thought. The North Star is...

Dark matter experiments get a first peek at the ‘neutrino fog’ 

The neutrino “fog” is beginning to materialize. Lightweight subatomic particles called neutrinos have begun elbowing their way...

Anthony Fauci Worries About the Next Pandemic—But Worries More About Democracy

Bound in a book, Anthony Fauci is finally unbound. For 54 years, the nation’s leading pandemic expert...

Polluted Lakes Are Being Cleansed Using Floating Wetlands Made of Trash

On the banks of Nagdaha, a polluted and lotus-infested lake in Nepal, Soni Pradhanang is putting trash...

How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World

Off the southwest tip of Iceland, you’ll find what’s often called a “marginal” body of water. This...
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