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Hurricanes Caused Lost Income among at Least Half of Local Residents Nearly half of residents lost income after a hurricane, a new study shows. Most were low-paid hourly workers in storefront shops

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Hurricanes Caused Lost Income among at Least Half of Local Residents

Nearly half of residents lost income after a hurricane, a new study shows. Most were low-paid hourly workers in storefront shops

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There Is Too Much Trash in Space Debris from spacecraft threatens the burgeoning space economy. We need a global agreement to keep space clean

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Space Trash Threatens the Global Economy

Without global regulations to mandate the cleanup of Earth’s orbit, debris from defunct spacecraft and collisions threatens the burgeoning space ...

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Proposed Plastics Law Could Slash Wasteful Packaging A law proposed in New York State seeks to reduce plastic packaging, ban certain plastic chemicals and mandate that producers of packaged consumer goods fund the recycling or disposal of what they sell

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Proposed Plastics Law Could Slash Wasteful Packaging

A law proposed in New York State seeks to reduce plastic packaging, ban certain plastic chemicals and mandate that producers of packaged consumer g...

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AI Tool Predicts Whether Online Health Misinformation Will Cause Real-World Harm A new AI-based analytical technique reveals that specific language phrasing in Reddit misinformation posts foretold people rejecting COVID vaccinations

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AI Tool Predicts Whether Online Health Misinformation Will Cause Real-World Harm

A new AI-based analytical technique reveals that specific language phrasing in Reddit misinformation posts foretold people rejecting COVID vaccinat...

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What’s Turning Cape Cod’s Water ‘Pea-Soup Green’? Cape Cod’s water is turning “pea-soup green”—and after decades of scientific detective work, we know why.

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Why Is Cape Cod’s Water Turning ‘Pea-Soup Green’?

Cape Cod’s water is turning “pea-soup green”—and after decades of scientific detective work, we know why.

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Egypt’s Famed Pyramids Overlooked a Long-Lost Branch of the Nile A former stretch of the Nile River, now buried beneath the Sahara Desert, may help scientists understand how Egyptians built the pyramids and adapted to a drying landscape

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Lost Branch of the Nile May Solve Long-Standing Mystery of Egypt’s Famed Pyramids

A former stretch of the Nile River, now buried beneath the Sahara Desert, may help scientists understand how Egyptians built the pyramids and adapt...

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Device Decodes ‘Internal Speech’ in the Brain Technology that enables researchers to interpret brain signals could one day allow people to talk using only their thoughts

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Device Decodes ‘Internal Speech’ in the Brain

Technology that enables researchers to interpret brain signals could one day allow people to talk using only their thoughts

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The Strongest Solar Storm in 20 Years Did Little Damage, but Worse Space Weather Is Coming Years of careful planning helped safeguard against last weekend’s severe space weather, but we still don’t know how we’d cope with a monster event

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The Strongest Solar Storm in 20 Years Was Mostly Harmless, but We May Not Be So Lucky Next Time

Years of careful planning helped safeguard against last weekend’s severe space weather, but we still don’t know how we’d cope with a monster ...

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How New Science Fiction Could Help Us Improve AI We need to tell a new story about AI, and fiction has that power, humanities scholars say

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What if We Imagined AI That Didn’t Want to Murder Everyone?

We need to tell a new story about AI, and fiction has that power, humanities scholars say

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Goose Bumps,Extra Nipples and Leftover Tails Remind Us of What We Once Were Human’s evolutionary remnants show us the kinds of animals we used to be

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Goose Bumps, Extra Nipples and Leftover Tails Remind Us of What We Once Were

Humans’ evolutionary remnants show us the kinds of animals we used to be

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A Cubic Millimeter of a Human Brain Has Been Mapped in Spectacular Detail Google scientists have modelled a fragment of the human brain at nanoscale resolution, all 150 million connections

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A Cubic Millimeter of a Human Brain Has Been Mapped in Spectacular Detail

Google scientists have modeled all 150 million connections of a fragment of the human brain at nanoscale resolution

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The Immune System May Struggle to Handle Hotter Summer Temperatures Heat seems to trigger a sweep of changes in immune system molecules, although researchers disagree on what they might mean

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Do Hot Summer Temperatures Weaken the Immune System?

Heat seems to trigger a sweep of changes in immune system molecules, although researchers disagree on what they might mean

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A Citrus-Scented Cannabis Compound Reduces Anxiety for Weed Users New research into weed reveals how a lemon-scented terpene can ease anxiety without reducing the high.

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A Citrus-Scented Cannabis Compound Reduces Anxiety for Weed Users

New research into weed reveals how a lemon-scented terpene can ease anxiety without reducing the high.

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Orcas Just Sank Another Yacht Orcas have once again attacked and sunk a boat near the Strait of Gibraltar, a behavior that has scientists stumped

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Orcas Just Sank Another Yacht

Orcas have once again attacked and sunk a boat near the Strait of Gibraltar, a behavior that has scientists stumped

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The Summer of 2023 Was the Hottest in 2,000 Years Ancient tree rings show that the summer of 2023 was the hottest in the past 2,000 years because of human-caused climate change

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The Summer of 2023 Was the Hottest in 2,000 Years

Ancient tree rings show that the summer of 2023 was the hottest in the past 2,000 years because of human-caused climate change

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Superheavy Elements Are Breaking the Periodic Table Extreme atoms are pushing the bounds of physics and chemistry

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Superheavy Elements Are Breaking the Periodic Table

Extreme atoms are pushing the bounds of physics and chemistry

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How ‘Digital Twin’ Technology Harnesses Biology and Computing to Power Personalized Medicine We face a moment of opportunity—and competition—in bringing digital twin technology to patients

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How ‘Digital Twin’ Technology Harnesses Biology and Computing to Power Personalized Medicine

We face a moment of opportunity—and competition—in bringing digital twin technology to patients

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Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Wave Foreshadows a Dangerous Hurricane Season An active hurricane season could be in store because of ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic that broke records for more than a year

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Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Wave Foreshadows a Dangerous Hurricane Season

An active hurricane season could be in store because of ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic that broke records for more than a year

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How to Check If You Have Immunity to Measles or Need Another Dose Certain adults may need to get an additional dose of the measles vaccine. Here’s how to know if you have adequate immunity to measles

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With Measles on the Rise, Here’s How to Check If You Were Vaccinated or Have Immunity

Certain adults may need to get an additional dose of the measles vaccine. Here’s how to know if you have adequate immunity to measles

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Meeting Developmental Milestones Early Doesn’t Always Predict Success Developmental milestones help us understand when a child needs help, but meeting them early doesn’t necessarily predict long term success

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Meeting Developmental Milestones Early Doesn’t Always Predict Success

Developmental milestones help us understand when a child needs help, but meeting them early doesn’t necessarily predict long-term success