Trump Is Freezing Money for Clean Energy. Republican States Have the Most to Lose.
In less than three weeks, President Trump has thrown the U.S. clean energy industry into chaos, with much of the
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Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.
The draft was almost ready for submission, due in less than a month. More than 150 scientists and other experts
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How Much does a Dog’s Breed Affect Its Health and Behavior?
In some cases, these health problems arose as byproducts of inbreeding. Because breeds are genetically closed populations, a disease-causing mutation
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A Sweeping Ban on D.E.I. Language Roils the Sciences
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, or NASEM, is an independent, 162-year-old nongovernmental agency tasked with investigating and
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A Swearing Expert Discusses the State of Profanity
Cursing is coursing through society. Words once too blue to publicly utter have become increasingly commonplace. “Language is just part
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Why the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth in 2032 Keep Going Up (and Down)
Since December, astronomers have been carefully studying whether an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long will impact the Earth
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With Aid Cutoff, Trump Severs a Lifeline for Millions
Funds from the world’s richest nation once flowed from the largest global aid agency to an intricate network of small,
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A Fungus That Turns Spiders Into Zombies Is a Discovery to Haunt Your Nightmares
An abandoned gunpowder storage shed pokes out from a small mound of earth in what’s now a nature preserve in
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CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People
Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice
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What Lurks in This Flower’s Bizarrely Large Y Chromosome?
The vast majority of plants are hermaphrodites, with both male and female reproductive parts. Oaks, some orchids, the potted spider
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