SCIENCE
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AI’s Climate Impacts May Hit Marginalized People Hardest
January 31, 2024 3 min read A Brookings Institution report warns that energy-hungry artificial intelligence tech will worsen the climate…
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The Troubling Mysteries at the Heart of Nuclear Bombs
February 1, 2024 3 min read Plutonium-pit secrets, growing up in parallel universes, the strange aftermath of a fictional wildfire,…
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64,000 Pregnancies Caused by Rape Have Occurred in States with a Total Abortion Ban, New Study Estimates
January 25, 2024 4 min read Researchers calculated the number of pregnancies resulting from rape in states where abortion was…
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Can AI Predict Your Death?
Lauren Leffer: Prediction is powerful. For as long as people have been thinking about the future, we’ve been trying to…
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Long COVID Signatures Found in Huge Analysis of Blood Proteins
January 19, 2024 3 min read Proteins involved in immunity, clotting and inflammation could help to unravel the complexity of…
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Four New Octopus Species Discovered in the Deep Sea
January 16, 2024 4 min read Enigmatic octopuses that have been newly discovered in the waters off Costa Rica add…
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What’s Behind the ‘Arctic Blast’ Plunging into the U.S.?
January 12, 2024 3 min read This week’s cold snap across the U.S. will be one of “the most impressive…
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First-Ever Biorobotic Heart Helps Scientists Study Cardiac Function
January 10, 2024 3 min read A model heart made from living tissue fused with robotic muscles could help researchers…
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How Networked Incitement Fueled the Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection
The shocking events of Jan. 6, 2021, signaled a major break from the nonviolent rallies that categorized most major protests…
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No, COVID mRNA Vaccines Won’t Damage Your DNA
On Wednesday Florida’s state surgeon general Joseph Ladapo called for stopping the use of messenger RNA–based COVID vaccines, citing—without convincing…
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