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How powdered rock could help slow climate change

On a banana plantation in rural Australia, a second-generation farming family spreads crushed volcanic rock between rows...

Climate Change Has Fried Earth So Badly Trees Won’t Save You Today—But I Will

The deadliest environmental threat to city dwellers worldwide isn’t earthquakes, tornadoes, flooding, or fire. It’s heat. By...

Not Everyone Loses Weight on Ozempic

Danielle Rosas had tried all the usual avenues to lose weight—modifying her diet, increasing her exercise—but the...

Cryptographers Are Discovering New Rules for Quantum Encryption

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Say you want to send a private message,...

AI is coming to medicine, but it’s got a lot to learn

Nancy Shute is editor in chief of Science News Media Group. Previously, she was an editor...

The US Wants to Integrate the Commercial Space Industry With Its Military to Prevent Cyber Attacks

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.The US military recently launched a...

Extreme Hail Storms Are Wrecking Solar Farms—but Defending Them May Be Easier Than It Seems

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.When a...

An ancient earthquake changed the course of the Ganges River

India’s Ganges River shifted abruptly due to a distant yet massive earthquake around 2,500 years ago, new...

If Betelgeuse Explodes, Just How Bright Will It Get?

Theres a famous star that I'm sure you've seen in the sky. Its name is Betelgeuse, and...

Does social status shape height?

Citations S.L. Cox et al. Socio-cultural practices may have affected sex differences in stature in Early Neolithic...

Stunning trilobite fossils include soft tissues never seen before

Paleontologists studying rocks from Morocco have unearthed the most exquisitely preserved trilobite fossils yet discovered. The new...

Calling gun violence a public health crisis is a ‘first step’ to fight it 

Meghan Rosen is a staff writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She...
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