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Geoengineering Is Not a Quick Fix for the Climate Crisis, New Analysis Shows

CLIMATEWIRE | A controversial idea for cooling the earth’s climate through artificial means would likely require a much longer global commitment…

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NASA Announces the Astronaut Crew for Artemis II Lunar Flyby

HOUSTON — NASA has named its first astronaut crew bound for the moon in more than 50 years. The space…

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New Research Points to Causes for Brain Disorders with No Obvious Injury

“Stop faking!” Imagine hearing those words moments after your doctor diagnosed you with, say, a stroke or a brain tumor.…

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Don’t Panic: The Valentine’s Day 2046 asteroid will not hit Earth. Here’s why.

On February 14, 2046, a small but still decent-sized asteroid will almost certainly not hit Earth. That’s generally the way…

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Dinosaurs’ Air Sacs Evolved Many Times and Let Them Take Over the World

Some of the largest and most ferocious dinosaurs of all time had an anatomical secret to their success. Like many…

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Science News Briefs from around the World: March 2023

CZECH REPUBLIC Centuries-old tree rings in today's Czech Republic and southeastern Bavaria suggest drought may have driven Attila the Hun's…

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50, 100 & 150: April 2023

1973 Catalytic Conversion “Among the most troublesome air pollutants produced by automobiles are the chemically active nitrogen oxides. Workers at…

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Vera Rubin Lives on in Lives of the Women She Helped in Astronomy

Johanna Teske: Ok, this is a spectrum. Teske: Vera Rubin means a lot to a lot of astronomers. This was…

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Judge’s Decision Would Make Some No-Cost Cancer Screenings a Thing of the Past

A federal judge on Thursday overturned a portion of the Affordable Care Act that makes preventive services, such as some…

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Cosmos, Quickly: Remembering the Genius of Vera Rubin

Alycia Weinberger: When I first went there in the early 1990s, there was a bathroom in a heated, comfortable, computer-driven…

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