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The source of more than half of all wildfires in the Western US remains unknown, so the US Forest Service has teamed up with compu...

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Founded by crypto guru Jed McCaleb, Vast Space will run two missions to the International Space Station and aims to launch its fir...

The exit will cut a huge chunk from the World Health Organization’s budget, but the short-term financial gain for the US could com...

The new president’s orders will take the US out of the Paris Agreement, encourage the extraction and use of fossil fuels, and undo...

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To make progress on one of number theory’s most elementary questions, two mathematicians turned to an unlikely source.

Firefighting planes are dumping water from the ocean on the Los Angeles fires, but using saltwater is typically a last resort.

Essential oils, detox regimens, parasite cleanses, and raw milk have entered the disaster economy.

The profit margin on crypto mining is all about the physics of computers and energy conversion.

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New photos of Mercury taken during the joint European and Japanese BepiColombo mission reveal fascinating details of the small roc...

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If humans are to return to the moon, space agencies and governments need to figure out the legal, ethical, and practical dimension...

Thomas Heatherwick believes architecture has a “nutritional value” to society—and that the public desperately deserve a better off...

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The aftermath of a disaster like Covid can be divided into roughly three stages: the honeymoon, the slump, and the uptick. The aim...

The space agency has pushed back the spacecraft’s return to an unspecified date in July, to give it more time to look into the pro...

By studying the geometry of model space-times, researchers offer alternative views of the universe’s first moments.

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An expert in heat-related illnesses outlines the dos and don'ts for when you're exercising or working outside this summer.

Intensifying hurricanes, floods, and heat waves are wreaking havoc across the country—and on all of our bank accounts.

A new project is paying researchers to find errors in other scientists’ work. The only problem? Even error hunters make mistakes.

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A microbiologist explains how to not catch summertime germs at the barbecue, in the pool, or on the trail.

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A year after OceanGate’s sub imploded, thousands of exclusive leaked documents and interviews with ex-employees reveal how the com...

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Last June was the warmest in recorded history. It kicked off an alarming streak with no end in sight.

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