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Grieving and Frustrated: Black Scientists Call Out Racism in the Wake of Police Killings

As marchers in the United States and around the world filled the streets this past week to protest against police…

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The Quantum App Store Is Coming

Currently, quantum computing researchers and enthusiasts need to know quantum programming; it’s simply a must. Soon, though, all they will…

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Hydrogen Balloons Could Elevate Telegraph Wires above Rivers

Originally published in November 1845 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “A new method has been proposed for extending the lines of the…

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Green Infrastructure Can Be Cheaper, More Effective than Dams

Hundreds of studies on nature-based solutions to extreme events show that “green infrastructure” is often cheaper and more effective than…

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Direct Proof of Dark Matter May Lurk at Low-Energy Frontiers

Even after decades of searching, scientists have never seen a particle of dark matter. Evidence for the substance’s existence is…

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How to Set a Price on Carbon Pollution

Ask any economist how we should respond to climate change, and they will tell you that the most effective strategy…

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Why Feeling Close to the Finish Line Makes You Push Harder

Everyone has goals they’re striving to achieve, even during a global pandemic. Maybe you’re a scientist working around the clock…

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Beware of 'Theories of Everything'

Nature is under no obligation to conform to even our mathematical ideas—even the most brilliant ones -- Read more on…

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Ancient DNA Rewrites Dead Sea Scroll History

The Dead Sea Scrolls are religious manuscripts that were written from the third century BCE to the first century CE.…

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How to Keep COVID-19 Conspiracies Contained

Along with COVID-19, something else is spreading across America: conspiracy theories. In the dark alleys of the Internet, people have…

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