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Northern Lights Dance across U.S. because of ‘Stealthy’ Sun Eruptions

Night skies across the U.S. danced with streaks of green and magenta this past week. People as far south as…

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Could Grinding Up Lithium Batteries Help Recycle Them?

Grinding up old batteries might lead to a low-energy way to recycle the lithium and other metals used in them.…

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Recent Gamma-Ray Burst May Be the Brightest Ever Seen

An extragalactic outburst whose light hurtled through the inner solar system last fall was 70 times brighter than any other…

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Rural Children Now Grow Slightly Taller than City Children in Wealthy Countries

Science has long presumed that children living in cities grow faster and healthier than rural kids—but that trend has flipped…

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Why Primates (Including Humans) Love to Spin Ourselves around until We All Fall Down

In 2011 Marcus Perlman saw a YouTube video of a gorilla named Zola spinning in circles while playing in a…

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Smell-Loss Tests Could Reveal Health Problems

I was in the third grade when I realized I couldn’t smell. My class was on a field trip to…

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I Gave ChatGPT an IQ Test. Here’s What I Discovered

ChatGPT is the first nonhuman subject I have ever tested. In my work as a clinical psychologist, I assess the…

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Guns Now Kill More Children and Young Adults Than Car Crashes

Editor’s Note (3/27/23): Today a shooter killed at least six people, including three children, at the Covenant School in Nashville,…

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Tornadoes at Night and in the Southeast Are Especially Deadly

Editor’s Note (3/27/23): A deadly tornado struck Mississippi in the evening hours last Friday. This December 2021 story explores why…

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Climate Change Is Destabilizing Insurance Industry

CLIMATEWIRE | The president of one of the world’s largest insurance brokers warned Wednesday that climate change is destabilizing the insurance…

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