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Earth keeps breaking global heat records

Earth now is hotter than it’s been at any time in recorded history. Average global...

The New Gods of Weather Can Make Rain on Demand—or So They Want You to Believe

In the skies over Al Ain, in the United Arab Emirates, pilot Mark Newman waits for the...

The Bird Flu Threat Keeps Growing

Ongoing outbreaks of avian influenza have decimated poultry flocks and wild birds across the United States and...

Getting drugs into the brain is hard. Maybe a parasite can do the job

A mind-bending parasite may one day deliver drugs to the brain. Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled parasite...

This intricate maze connects the dots on quasicrystal surfaces

This maze of jagged curls looks like something out of the world’s hardest puzzle book. How...

Uncovering Magnetism’s Mysterious Role in the Galaxy

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Amid the roilings of the Milky Way, immense...

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...
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