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How Science Can Defeat Witchcraft Fears in Papua New Guinea Belief in witchcraft and sorcery is deeply rooted in Papua New Guinea's culture and history, but it can lead to violence, particularly against women. Local public health experts are working to end this violence through education.

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How Science Can Defeat Witchcraft Fears in Papua New Guinea

Belief in witchcraft and sorcery is deeply rooted in Papua New Guinea

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This Equation Shows That the Universe Will Run out of Stars The cosmos is dark. The Lilly-Madau diagram reveals that it will become much darker still

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This Equation Shows That the Universe Will Run out of Stars

The cosmos is dark. The Lilly-Madau diagram reveals that it will become much darker still

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Floods Are Destroying Roads and Buildings. The White House Wants to Raise Them The Federal Emergency Management Agency is requiring any construction project it funds to be elevated above local flood levels

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Floods Are Destroying Roads and Buildings. The White House Wants to Raise Them

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is requiring any construction project it funds to be elevated above local flood levels

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Przewalski’s Horses Are Back—On TikTok and the Central Asian Steppes Claims that Przewalski’s horses were discovered in the U.S. are unverified. But the conservation story behind the last truly wild horse is worth your time.

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Saving the Last Truly Wild Horse

Claims that Przewalski’s horses were discovered in the U.S. are unverified. But the conservation story behind the last truly wild horse is worth ...

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Heat Waves Can Buckle Train Tracks, Delaying Commutes and Commerce Extreme heat can cause train tracks to expand and buckle. That’s forcing rail operators to adapt as the climate warms

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Heat Waves Delay Trains. Blame ‘Sun Kinks’

Extreme heat can cause train tracks to expand and buckle. That’s forcing rail operators to adapt as the climate warms

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We Indulged Our Child During COVID Lockdown. Did That Change Him? During the lockdown phase of the COVID pandemic, we indulged our toddler son. Years later, we wonder if his current behavior is normal or a result of that early isolation

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We Indulged Our Child During COVID Lockdown. Did That Change Him?

During the lockdown phase of the COVID pandemic, we indulged our toddler son. Years later, we wonder if his current behavior is normal or a result ...

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The Head of NASA Science Spent a Whole Weekend Building a LEGO Rocket Scientific American sat down with Nicola Fox, head of NASA science, to talk about her LEGO-building hobby, the agency’s massive Space Launch System rocket and the NASA science she’s most excited about

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The Head of NASA Science Spent a Whole Weekend Building a LEGO Rocket

Scientific American sat down with Nicola Fox, head of NASA science, to talk about her LEGO-building hobby, the agency’s massive Space Launch Syst...

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We Cannot Cede Control of Weapons to Artificial Intelligence I watched United Nations delegates debate AI-based weapons that can fire without human initiation. Humans cannot be taken out of that decision-making

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We Cannot Cede Control of Weapons to Artificial Intelligence

I watched United Nations delegates debate AI-based weapons that can fire without human initiation. Humans cannot be taken out of that decision-making

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The Wild History of Hurricane Forecasting Scientists, pilots and even a Jesuit priest have tried over decades to understand some of the most ferocious storms on Earth, but climate change is making such efforts to avert damage more difficult

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The Wild History—And Even Wilder Future—Of Hurricane Forecasting

Scientists, pilots and even a Jesuit priest have tried over decades to understand some of the most ferocious storms on Earth, but climate change is...

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‘Frog Saunas’ Could Protect Species from Devastating Fungal Disease A low-tech immune boost may help some species of frogs survive a brutal fungal disease that’s already ended 90 species

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‘Frog Saunas’ Could Protect Species from Devastating Fungal Disease

A low-tech immune boost may help some species of frogs survive a brutal fungal disease that’s already ended 90 amphibian species

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Marijuana’s New Legal Status Must Spark More Research While most Americans enjoy access to marijuana, barriers to research and knowledge expansion persist—with dangerous consequences. Unlimited research access is needed

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Marijuana’s New Legal Status Must Spark More Research

While most Americans enjoy access to marijuana, barriers to research and knowledge expansion persist—with dangerous consequences. Unlimited resea...

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Not Everyone Has an Inner Voice Streaming Through Their Head The extent to which people experience “inner speech” varies greatly, and the differences matter for performing certain cognitive tasks

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Not Everyone Has an Inner Voice Streaming through Their Head

The extent to which people experience “inner speech” varies greatly, and the differences matter for performing certain cognitive tasks

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Przewalski's Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat Przewalski’s horses, once extinct in the wild, are revitalizing Kazakhstan’s “Golden Steppe”

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The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat

Przewalski’s horses, once extinct in the wild, are revitalizing Kazakhstan’s “Golden Steppe”

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New NASA Heat Map Shows Scorching Streets That Can Burn Skin in Seconds Under the scorching summer sun, pavement can reach temperatures hot enough to cause second-degree burns

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New Heat Map Shows Scorching Streets That Can Burn Skin in Seconds

Under the scorching summer sun, pavement can reach temperatures hot enough to cause second-degree burns

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New Supreme Court Decisions Jeopardize Efforts to Curb Pollution and Climate Change Four recent Supreme Court decisions will together make it much harder for the federal government to take action on climate change

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New Supreme Court Decisions Jeopardize Efforts to Curb Pollution and Climate Change

Four recent Supreme Court decisions will together make it much harder for the federal government to take action on climate change

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Biden Pushes to Stop Heat Deaths after Decades of Delay It took 50 years and skyrocketing temperatures before the government proposed heat protections for workers. The Biden administration is trying to speed up the process

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Biden Pushes to Stop Heat Deaths after Decades of Delay

It took 50 years and skyrocketing temperatures before the government proposed heat protections for workers. The Biden administration is trying to s...

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Summertime Depression Could Be a Type of Seasonal Affective Disorder Heat and mood are closely linked, which may explain summertime depression—and how to treat it

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Summertime Sadness Could Be a Type of Seasonal Affective Disorder

Heat and mood are closely linked, which may explain summertime depression—and how to treat it

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A Combination COVID and Flu Vaccine Is Coming Soon The first large trial of a COVID and flu vaccine combo suggests it boosts immune protection even more than single-target shots

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A Combination COVID and Flu Vaccine Is Coming Soon

The first large trial of a COVID and flu vaccine combo suggests it boosts immune protection even more than single-target shots

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Heat Waves Need FEMA’s Help Heat waves are costly and kill more people each year than hurricanes, tornadoes and floods combined, but because FEMA doesn’t count them as disasters, communities miss out on important resources

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Heat Waves Need FEMA’s Help

Heat waves are costly and kill more people each year than hurricanes, tornadoes and floods combined, but because FEMA doesn’t count them as disas...

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Pasteurization Kills Bird Flu Virus in Milk, New Studies Confirm Flash pasteurization destroyed H5N1 viral particles that were highly concentrated in raw milk, confirming that standard techniques can keep dairy products safe from bird flu

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Pasteurized Milk Does Not Contain Live Bird Flu Virus, Studies Confirm

Flash pasteurization destroyed H5N1 viral particles that were highly concentrated in raw milk, confirming that standard techniques can keep dairy p...