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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leaves a Nuanced Legacy on Environmental Issues

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion of women’s rights and one of the Supreme Court’s most liberal justices, has died. She…

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Who Benefits from Public Green Space?

As cities around the world experience the effects of urbanization and increased density, how and where we provide green space…

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The Sanctuary of Trees, How to Argue with a Racist and Other New Books

The Life & Love of the Forest by Lewis Blackwell Abrams, 2020 ($50) For those who have spent months indoors…

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Scientists Spot Giant Planet Orbiting Dead Star’s Corpse

We may now have direct evidence that planets can survive unscathed the violent churn that attends their host star’s death.…

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When Politics Distorts Science – Scientific American

I knew things had changed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early 2018 when my routine request…

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Researchers Urge Federal Moonshot for Clean Energy

Columbia University researchers are urging the winner of this year’s presidential election to launch a moonshot-style mission to develop new…

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Earthquake Sounds Could Reveal How Quickly the Ocean Is Warming

There may be a new way to take the oceans’ temperature: using sound. Like the atmosphere, they are warming because…

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These Small Mammals Snort to a Different Tune

They grow to about 20 inches long and weigh less than 10 pounds. So you might not think they’d be…

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Can an Algorithm Help Solve Political Paralysis?

Dave Johnson refuses to eat fish farmed near Minneapolis. The retired construction worker, who lives in a rural area 150…

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A Grassroots Effort to Fight Misinformation during the Pandemic

During the height of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, with misinformation permeating every form of media, members of the public were…

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