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Steve Mirsky: Election Day is November 3rd. In this week before the election we’re rolling out a special series of…
DENVER—A weather drama is playing out in the forests of north-central Colorado as two record wildfires—supercharged as the result of…
For most of the space age, the moon has been considered a waterless world. In recent years, however, a steady…
NASA’s first-ever asteroid-sampling operation apparently went a little too well. The agency’s OSIRIS-REx probe snagged so much dirt and rock…
In September, 865,000 American women quit working permanently or indefinitely, compared to just 216,000 men. The toll of COVID-19 is…
Migrating terns may alter their flight plans based on a keen sense of approaching typhoons, escaping the brunt of the…
In 1968 a debate was held between conservative thinker William F. Buckley, Jr., and liberal writer Gore Vidal. It was…
The statues on Easter Island are among the most mysterious objects made by humans. We still don’t know how they…