Trump Picks Ex-Congressman to Manage U.S. Nuclear Arsenal
President-elect Donald J. Trump has picked Brandon Williams, a former Navy officer and one-term congressman, to become the keeper of
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Airborne Lead and Chlorine Levels Soared as L.A. Wildfires Raged
At the height of the Los Angeles County wildfires, atmospheric concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin, reached 100 times average levels
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Extinct Human Species Lived in a Brutal Desert, Study Finds
Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans live only in the jungles of Indonesia. But humans live pretty
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Do Chimps Who Pee Together Stay Together?
Ena Onishi, a doctoral student at Kyoto University, has spent over 600 hours watching chimpanzees urinating. She has a good
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Snakeskin: It’s Fashionable, and It Scares Predators Away From Bird Nests
In 1889, the naturalist Allan Octavian Hume wrote that he was puzzled by macabre decorations he observed in many birds’
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Mother Chimp and Daughter Share a Special Sign
Parents and their children, or people who know each other well, often share some expression that is unique to them
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Trump Orders U.S. Exit From the Paris Agreement on Climate
President Trump on Monday signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, the pact among
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Wind Power in U.S. Faces Hit From Trump’s Executive Order
President Trump launched a broad attack on the wind power industry in the United States, with a sweeping executive order
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What Trump’s Pledge to Plant the U.S. Flag on Mars Really Means
During his Inaugural Address on Monday, President Donald J. Trump again promised to launch American astronauts to Mars. Seated nearby,
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Scientists Finally Make Heads of Giant Stingray Tails
With hornlike facial fins and diamond-shape bodies that can stretch nearly 30 feet across, manta rays are among the strangest
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