SCIENCE
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Weather Forecasters Lose Crucial Hurricane Detection Microwave Satellite Data
On television broadcasts and forecast maps, hurricanes appear as two-dimensional swirling vortices, belying their extremely complex three-dimensional structure. Being able…
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These Actions Could Make Vaccines Safer. But RFK, Jr., Isn’t Pursuing Them
Within an hour of receiving a covid vaccination in November 2020, Utah preschool teacher Brianne Dressen felt pins and needles…
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AI and Data Centers Could Cut More Climate-Change-Causing Emissions Than They Create
AI Could Be Harnessed to Cut More Emissions Than It Creates Power-hungry AI and associated data centers could make the…
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Hurricane Hunter Flights Improve Hurricane Forecasts, But Trump Budget Cuts Could Threaten Them
Daring Hurricane Hunter Flights Make Forecasts More Accurate. But They Could Face Cuts NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter airplane missions significantly increase…
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Scientists Find Universe’s Missing Matter in Intergalactic ‘Cosmic Fog’
Scientists Find Universe’s Missing Matter in Intergalactic ‘Cosmic Fog’ Researchers have used cosmic explosions called fast radio bursts to illuminate…
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Could Iran Have Been Close to Making a Nuclear Weapon? Uranium Enrichment Explained
Could Iran Have Been Close to Making a Nuclear Weapon? Uranium Enrichment Explained When Israeli aircraft recently struck a uranium-enrichment…
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New Map Shows How Gun Deaths of Children Have Increased in States with Loose Firearm Laws
New Map Shows How Gun Deaths of Children Have Increased in States with Loose Firearm Laws Gun violence is the…
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The Trump-Musk Fight Could Have Huge Consequences for U.S. Space Programs
The Trump-Musk Fight Could Have Huge Consequences for U.S. Space Programs A vitriolic war of words between President Donald Trump…
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New NWS Hires Won’t Make Up for Trump Cuts, Meteorologists Say
New Hires Will Still Leave the NWS Dangerously Understaffed, Meteorologists Say Nearly 600 employees left the National Weather Service or…
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Engineered Viruses Are Transforming Neuroscience and Treating Brain Disease
The brain is like an ecosystem—thousands of different types of cells connect to form one big, interdependent web. And just…
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