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Trump Administration Closes Climate Health Office
February 5, 2025 3 min read Trump Administration Shutters Climate Health Office A climate office at the Department of Health…
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Will Asteroid 2024 YR4 Strike Earth in 2032?
In late December astronomers using the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile observed a new asteroid near…
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Europe’s Extremely Large Telescope Faces a New Dire Threat
A high-stakes face-off is brewing in the arid deserts of northern Chile, between astronomers building the world’s largest optical telescope…
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Uber Drivers Helped Evacuate L.A. during Wildfires—But Were Left Unprotected
CLIMATEWIRE | James Jordan could work at almost any job in California and be protected by state rules that require…
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Los Angeles Fires Delay Release of New Fire Risk Maps
January 24, 2025 2 min read Los Angeles Fires Delay Release of New Fire Risk Maps Climate disasters such as…
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Book Review: Tiny, Airborne Threats and Humans’ Reluctance to Face Them
January 21, 2025 4 min read Book Review: Tiny, Airborne Threats and Humans’ Reluctance to Face Them Carl Zimmer’s new…
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BMI Sidelined in New Obesity Definition That Favors Health Evaluation
Amid the rising buzz around Ozempic and similar weight-loss drugs, a group of 58 researchers is challenging the way obesity…
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Migrating Birds Sing to Team Up with Other Species
January 15, 2025 3 min read Migrating Birds Sing to Team Up with Other Species Songbirds may socialize across species…
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U.S. TikTok Ban Looms as Supreme Court Hears Arguments
January 10, 2025 3 min read U.S. TikTok Ban Looms as Supreme Court Hears Arguments TikTok is on the clock:…
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Katalin Karikó’s Nobel Prize–Winning Work on mRNA Was Long Ignored—And Led to COVID Vaccines
Katalin Karikó, a Hungarian-born biochemist, dedicated her life’s work to messenger RNA (mRNA), which she always believed had the potential…
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