SCIENCE
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RFK, Jr., Is a Bad Prescription for U.S. Public Health
Remember ivermectin, the antiparasitic drug that right-wing media figures wrongly touted as a cure for COVID? How about hydroxychloroquine, the…
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The Arecibo Message, Earth’s First Interstellar Transmission, Turns 50
A half-century ago humanity sent its first postcard to the stars, carried by a narrow beam of radio waves. It…
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Are Alternate Timelines Real? Quantum Physics Explains
As memes go, it wasn’t particularly viral. But for a couple of hours on the morning of November 6, the…
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What Trump Can—And Probably Can’t—Do to Reverse U.S. Climate Policy
November 8, 2024 5 min read What Trump Can—And Probably Can’t—Do to Reverse U.S. Climate Policy The new president-elect can…
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Rainwater Could Help Satisfy AI’s Water Demands
November 7, 2024 5 min read Rainwater Could Help Satisfy AI’s Water Demands A few dozen ChatGPT queries cost a…
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Epic Gravity Lens Lines Up Seven-Galaxy View
November 4, 2024 2 min read Epic Gravity Lens Lines Up Seven-Galaxy View A galaxy cluster bends light from seven…
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How Superman Helped Launch the Hubble Space Telescope
As a huge Superman fan, I have long wanted to own Action Comics No. 419, the issue published in 1972…
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Underwater Temple from ‘Indiana Jones Civilization’ Discovered
October 29, 2024 4 min read Sunken Temple of Ancient Arabian Civilization Found off Italy An ancient temple made by…
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Shaken Baby Syndrome Has Been Discredited. Why Is Robert Roberson Still on Death Row?
October 26, 2024 5 min read Shaken Baby Syndrome Has Been Discredited. Why Is Robert Roberson Still on Death Row?…
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Jeff VanderMeer on How Scientific Uncertainty Inspires His Weird Fiction
Few novelists are as adept at inspiring both horror and awe as Jeff VanderMeer. The author is perhaps best known…
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