Science
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Even ‘Twilight Zone’ Coral Reefs Aren’t Safe from Bleaching
February 26, 2024 2 min read Even ‘Twilight Zone’ Coral Reefs Aren’t Safe from Bleaching Coral reefs hundreds of feet…
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Primordial Helium May Be Leaking from Earth’s Core
A new analysis of ancient lava flows in the Canadian Arctic suggests helium trapped in Earth’s core could be slowly…
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Drones and AI Could Locate Land Mines in Ukraine
December 1, 2023 2 min read An AI model could speed up laborious and dangerous demining efforts By Lori Youmshajekian…
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New Results Reveal How to Build a Nuclear Clock
November 1, 2023 2 min read Nuclear clocks could shatter timekeeping records. Now physicists are learning how to build one…
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Egypt’s Iconic Sphinx May Have Begun as Natural Carving by the Wind
The ancient Egyptians may have crafted the Sphinx, a 4,500-year-old monument at Giza that stands in front of the pyramid…
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AI Needs Rules, but Who Will Get to Make Them?
About 150 government and industry leaders from around the world, including Vice President Kamala Harris and billionaire Elon Musk, descended…
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Cannibalistic Dads May Be Contributing to Hellbender Salamander Declines
Male hellbender salamanders usually make doting dads, guarding eggs and shaking them free of silt. But in some troubled populations,…
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What Went Wrong with a Highly Publicized COVID Mask Analysis?
The COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing, but in May officials ended its designation as a public health emergency. So it’s now…
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We Need to Think about Conservation on a Different Timescale
Time is one of humanity’s greatest blind spots. We experience it as days, months, or years. But nature functions on…
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Climate Disasters Displaced 43 Million Children in Just Six Years
CLIMATEWIRE | Extreme weather events and climate disasters displaced more than 43 million children around the globe between 2016 and 2021,…
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