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The Paris Climate Agreement Is Turning 10—These 5...

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2025/11/22

The 2015 Paris Agreement forged a path for the world to stave off the worst climate change scenarios. Here’s where we stand 10 years later

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Do Brain-Decoding Devices Threaten People's Privacy?

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2025/11/22

Ethicists say AI-powered advances will threaten the autonomy of people who use neurotechnology

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What Blind Cave Fish and Venomous Snails Can Teach Us...

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2025/11/21

Studies of insulin, blood sugar and diabetes in other animals such as fish and dogs have already saved millions of lives and could lead to new treatments for type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

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Iran's Capital Has Run Out of Water, Forcing It to Move

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2025/11/21

The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame

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Hurricane Melissa’s 252-mph Gust Sets New Wind Record

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2025/11/21

Hurricane Melissa raged as a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean last month—and now scientists have confirmed that its strongest gusts neared record speeds

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CDC to End Monkey Research Program

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2025/11/21

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s decision to end its monkey research program will affect studies involving some 200 macaques, and the fate of the animals is unclear

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Illegal Wildlife Trade Tied to Drugs, Arms, and Human...

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2025/11/21

Criminals around the world are increasingly mixing trade in illegal animal parts with trafficking of arms, humans, and more—even exchanging wildlife for drugs

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Alien Comets Swarm around Other Stars

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2025/11/21

Comets don’t just orbit our sun. “Exocomets” are common around other stars in the galaxy, too

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Michael Benson’s Nanocosmos Explores Natural Design...

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2025/11/21

Artist Michael Benson reveals the hidden beauty of snowflakes, radiolarians and lunar rocks through stunning electron microscope images in his new book, Nanocosmos.

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Partisanship Is Poisoning Public Health

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2025/11/21

States and universities must step up to preserve data, and Congress must act to preserve our nation’s health

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New Research Shows How AI Could Transform Math,...

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2025/11/20

A new paper shows AI emerging as a tool that helps scientists test ideas, navigate literature and refine experiments

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Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed...

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2025/11/20

The National Institutes of Health has canceled funding for at least 383 clinical trials in the last year, affecting some 74,000 participants

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Lost Planet Theia that Created the Moon Came From the...

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2025/11/20

New work pinpoints origins for the planet Theia, whose ancient collision with Earth likely produced the moon

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CDC Vaccine Website Promotes Antiscience Claims of...

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2025/11/20

The CDC this week quietly changed its official language to suggest vaccines may cause autism, a claim that scientists say has no basis in evidence

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AI Uncovers Oldest-Ever Molecular Evidence of...

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2025/11/20

A machine-learning breakthrough could lift the veil on Earth’s early history—and supercharge the search for alien life

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These Are the Weird Life-forms That Can Survive in Space

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2025/11/20

The moss Physcomitrium patens joins tardigrades and thale-cress as a species that has survived in space

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When Susan Wojcicki Discovered She Had Lung Cancer,...

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2025/11/20

After her shocking lung cancer diagnosis, the late Susan Wojcicki dedicated herself to fighting the disease and looking for answers

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How Much Protein Do You Need? Experts Explain

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2025/11/20

Fitness influencers promote superhigh-protein diets, but studies show there’s only so much the body can use

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Every AI Breakthrough Shifts the Goalposts of...

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2025/11/20

As AI systems exceed one benchmark after another, our standards for “humanlike intelligence” keep evolving

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RFK, Jr., Releases Report Attacking Medical Care for...

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2025/11/19

A new report from the HHS that is critical of gender-affirming care for minors updates a similar, widely criticized report in May

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