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First 'Cocaine Sharks' Discovered in Brazil Cocaine has been detected in sharks for the first time, but scientists aren’t sure of the impact

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Cocaine has been detected in sharks for the first time, but scientists aren’t sure of the impact

Scientific American 1 year ago

Biden Heat Protection Rule Can’t Help Millions of Public Employees A 1972 law that allows states to avoid OSHA regulations for public-sector employees is undermining the nation’s first proposed worker safeguards for heat

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Biden Enacted Landmark Heat Protections. Millions of Public Employees Are Still in Danger

A 1972 law that allows states to avoid OSHA regulations for public-sector employees is undermining the nation’s first proposed worker safeguards ...

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Altering Consciousness with Advanced Meditation Advanced meditation is changing how we think about consciousness. Hear neuroscience researcher Matthew Sacchet explain his journey to studying what happens to the brain during a deeper engagement with meditation.

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Advanced Meditation Alters Understandings of Consciousness

Advanced meditation is changing how we think about consciousness. Hear neuroscience researcher Matthew Sacchet explain his journey to studying what...

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500-Million-Year-Old ‘Alien Fish Taco’ Was among First Creatures with Jaws A bizarre fossil of a Cambrian creature that looked like an “alien fish taco” reveals how a single group with jaws came to account for around 90 percent of all animal species on Earth

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500-Million-Year-Old ‘Alien Fish Taco’ Was among First Creatures with Jaws

A bizarre fossil of a Cambrian creature that looked like an “alien fish taco” reveals how a single group with jaws came to account for around 9...

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What a Kamala Harris Presidency Would Mean for Science As the daughter of a cancer researcher, Kamala Harris would bring a lifelong familiarity with science to the presidency, experts say

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What a Kamala Harris Presidency Would Mean for Science

As the daughter of a cancer researcher, Kamala Harris would bring a lifelong familiarity with science to the presidency, experts say

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Alaskan Heat Wave Will Send Temperatures Soaring to 90 Degrees F Temperatures in Fairbanks, Alaska, are predicted to reach a record-tying 90 degrees Fahrenheit because of a prolonged, unusually late heat wave

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It’s Going to Hit 90 Degrees F in Alaska This Week

Temperatures in Fairbanks, Alaska, are predicted to reach a record-tying 90 degrees Fahrenheit because of a prolonged, unusually late heat wave

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Trump’s Massive Deportation Plan Echoes Concentration Camp History Trump’s language about immigrants “poisoning” the U.S. repeats past rhetoric that led to civilian detention camps, with horrific, tragic results

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Trump’s Massive Deportation Plan Echoes Concentration Camp History

Trump’s language about immigrants “poisoning” the U.S. repeats past rhetoric that led to civilian detention camps, with horrific, tragic results

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Kamala Harris’ Record on Abortion Rights Shows Strong Support If Harris is the Democratic nominee, reproductive rights would likely be a key focus of her campaign, experts say

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Kamala Harris’s Record on Abortion Rights Shows Strong Support

If Harris becomes the Democratic presidential nominee, reproductive rights will likely be a key focus of her campaign, experts say

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Kamala Harris’ Record on Abortion Rights Shows Strong Support If Harris is the Democratic nominee, reproductive rights would likely be a key focus of her campaign, experts say

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Kamala Harris’s Record on Abortion Rights Shows Strong Support

If Harris becomes the Democratic presidential nominee, reproductive rights will likely be a key focus of her campaign, experts say

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Kamala Harris’ Record on Abortion Rights Shows Strong Support If Harris is the Democratic nominee, reproductive rights would likely be a key focus of her campaign, experts say

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Kamala Harris’s Record on Abortion Rights Shows Strong Support

If Harris becomes the Democratic presidential nominee, reproductive rights will likely be a key focus of her campaign, experts say

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‘Dark Oxygen’ Discovered Coming from Mineral Deposits on Deep Seafloor Baffling new results show that rocklike mineral deposits in the deep sea can produce oxygen

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Bizarre Mineral Clumps Make ‘Dark Oxygen’ on Deep Seafloor

Baffling new results show that rocklike mineral deposits in the deep sea can produce oxygen

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First U.S. Species to Go Extinct from Rising Seas Is the Key Largo Tree Cactus A tall cactus found only in Florida’s Key Largo is the U.S.’s first species to go extinct from sea-level rise

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Meet the First U.S. Species to Go Extinct from Sea-Level Rise

A tall cactus found only in Florida’s Key Largo is the U.S.’s first species to go extinct from sea-level rise

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Nope—It’s Never Aliens Claims of alien starships visiting Earth always fall short, but people still fall for them

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Nope—It’s Never Aliens

Claims of alien starships visiting Earth always fall short, but people still fall for them

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Ads Showing How Climate Change Harms Kids to Air in Swing States The nonpartisan group Science Moms says its campaign of ads that show the harms that climate change brings to children is nonpartisan and meant to educate the public about climate impacts

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Emotional Ads Show How Climate Change Is ‘Robbing Our Kids of a Safe and Beautiful World’

The nonpartisan group Science Moms says its campaign of ads that show the harms that climate change brings to children is nonpartisan and meant to ...

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Heat Combined with Hurricane Beryl to Cause Misery in Houston Hurricane Beryl exposed the dangers of what happens when a storm cuts off power and a heat wave follows in its wake

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How Heat Combined with Hurricane Beryl to Cause Misery in Houston

Hurricane Beryl exposed the dangers of what happens when a storm cuts off power and a heat wave follows in its wake

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Between Twister and Twisters, Tornado Science Has Improved a Lot in Three Decades Three decades of tornado science research is now at play in the new summer flick Twisters

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How Tornado Science Has Changed between Twister and Twisters

Three decades of tornado science research is now at play in the new summer flick Twisters

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How SpaceX Will Adapt the Dragon Vehicle to Destroy the ISS SpaceX will supercharge its Dragon capsule to send the International Space Station to a watery retirement

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How SpaceX Will Turn a Workhorse Vehicle into a Hulking Destroyer of Space Stations

SpaceX will supercharge its Dragon capsule to send the International Space Station to a watery retirement

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Paris Olympics Will Be a Training Ground for AI-Powered Mass Surveillance In the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympics, the French government has authorized wide-reaching use of AI software in security surveillance feeds

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Paris Olympics Will Be a Training Ground for AI-Powered Mass Surveillance

In the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympics, the French government has authorized wide-reaching use of AI software in security surveillance feeds

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What’s the Secret behind Ozempic’s Sweeping Health Benefits? Ozempic, Wegovy and other GLP-1 drugs are being investigated as treatments for many health conditions—from dementia to addiction to kidney problems

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What’s the Secret behind Ozempic’s Sweeping Health Benefits?

Ozempic, Wegovy and other GLP-1 drugs are being investigated as treatments for many health conditions—from dementia to addiction to kidney problems

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Blasting Virtual Aliens Could Help Dyslexic Kids Parse Words Children at risk of dyslexia who played Space Invaders Extreme 2 showed improvement at a word-identification task

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Blasting Virtual Aliens Could Help Dyslexic Kids Parse Words

Children at risk of dyslexia who played Space Invaders Extreme 2 showed improvement at a word-identification task