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Flesh-Eating Bacteria Infections Are on the Rise in the U.S. Here's How to Stay Safe

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Here’s why the CDC is so concerned about deadly flesh-eating bacteria and ways to avoid being infected

An annular solar eclipse is coming to parts of the U.S. in October

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Residents from Oregon to Texas may be able to glimpse the annular eclipse, when the moon is deep in its orbit and passes in front of the sun, creating a black circle on the star.

Why hikers on the Pacific Coast Trail are coming down with norovirus

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Hikers are getting sick with norovirus in the wilderness. A CDC investigation finds that poor hygiene along the Pacific Crest Trail - and other outdoor settings - is to blame.

Your Body Odor Could Be Used to Track Your Movements or Health

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Human scent signatures could one day be collected at places like crime scenes and COVID testing sites

Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees C 'Remains Possible,' Energy Experts Say

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Governments must “separate climate from geopolitics” and work together to triple renewables and deeply cut planet-warming emissions, says International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol

The Loss of Dark Skies Is So Painful, Astronomers Coined a New Term for It

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Astronomers have a new term to describe the pain associated with the loss of access to dark skies: noctalgia

A new climate change report offers something unique: hope

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Electric vehicles and solar power are growing quickly and offering hope the world could still meet climate change goals.

Our Fragile Earth: How Close Are We to Climate Catastrophe?

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Lessons from past eras when Earth was a hothouse or a snowball tell us whether we are doomed by climate change or still have time to prevent that fate

Two Thirds of American Kids Can't Read Fluently

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Phonics may be a popular way to teach reading, but it fails too many children

How Mathematical Objects Are like People and Other Mysteries of Intersection Theory

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A Q&A with Hannah Larson, a recipient of the 2024 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize

Does the First Amendment Confer a 'Right to Compute'? The Future of AI May Depend on It

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We need to figure out if there is a constitutional right to compute

Water firms forced to pay back customers for poor performance

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Regulator Ofwat orders companies in England and Wales to cut bills after missing targets.

Wind Energy Could Get Safer for Bats with New Research

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Wind turbines threaten several bat species, but the Biden administration is funding research to reduce casualties

Autism, Human Connection and the 'Double Empathy' Problem

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Despite stereotypes, many autistic people yearn for meaningful relationships, but they are daunted by neurotypicals’ assumptions about them

Bizarre Quantum Theory Explains Why Your Coffee Takes So Long to Drip through a Narrow Filter

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Physicist John Cardy and his colleague just won the 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. We spoke with Cardy about conformal field theory, 2D black holes and coffee filters

Is Consciousness Part of the Fabric of the Universe?

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Physicists and philosophers recently met to debate a theory of consciousness called panpsychism

After 7 years, NASA's Osiris-REx returns to earth... with souvenirs!

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NASA's Osiris-REx mission brought back asteroid samples untainted by Earth's atmosphere.

If You're Pregnant, These Vaccines Could Save Your and Your Baby's Life

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The RSV vaccine is the latest in a series of immunizations that could protect pregnant people and their babies from severe disease and death

Song of the Stars, Part 1: Transforming Space into Symphonies

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Space is famously silent, but astronomers and musicians are increasingly turning astronomical data into sound as a way to make discoveries and inspire people who are blind or visually impaired.

Richest oil states should pay climate tax, says Gordon Brown

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The former Labour PM wants the wealthiest oil producers to help poorer nations tackle climate change.

'Fossilized' Bubble 10,000 Times the Size of the Milky Way Could Be a Relic from the Big Bang

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Astronomers have spotted a gigantic void they believe to be a baryon acoustic oscillation — a relic from when the universe was a fiery plasma soup

Young climate activists challenging 32 governments will get their day in court

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Six young activists are due Wednesday at the European Court of Human Rights, where they're accusing 32 governments of violating their human rights for failing to adequately address climate change.

As psychedelic-assisted therapy grows, so does interest from a new group: chaplains

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Chaplains provide spiritual counsel at some of life's most raw moments. With psychedelic legalization spreading, some chaplains think this role should include facilitating psychedelic trips.

Net zero: Rishi Sunak 'destroying' UK green credibility, says Yanis Varoufakis

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Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday guest Yanis Varoufakis attacked the PM's 'incompetence and cynicism'.

Osiris-Rex: Nasa confirms return of asteroid Bennu samples

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A capsule carrying debris from asteroid Bennu lands safely in the Utah desert.

Discrimination Has Trapped People of Color in Unhealthy Urban 'Heat Islands'

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People of color, more than other groups, live in neighborhoods prone to excess heat and the illnesses that go with it

Risk factor for Parkinson's discovered in genes from people of African descent

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An effort to diversify genetic studies has led to a discovery about Parkinson's disease in people of African descent.

OSIRIS-REx's Asteroid Samples Are Finally Down to Earth

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OSIRIS-REx—the first U.S. mission to attempt a sample return from a space rock—has successfully sent materials from asteroid Bennu back to Earth

Rosalind Franklin Deserves a Posthumous Nobel Prize for Co-discovering DNA Structure

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Awarding Rosalind Franklin a Nobel Prize posthumously for her role in DNA discovery is the honorable—and scientific—thing to do

NASA asteroid sample lands safely in Utah before being whisked away by helicopter

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NASA's Osiris-REx mission has successfully returned a pristine sample of asteroid back to Earth. This cupful-or-so of space rock could shed light on the solar system's origins.

More People Die from Venomous Snakebites Each Year Than Have Ever Died from Ebola

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In low- and middle-income nations, snakebite envenoming is more deadly than almost any other neglected tropical disease

Online Ads Can Infect Your Device with Spyware

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An investigative report reveals that new spyware can slip in unseen through online ads—and there is currently no defense against it

Poem: 'Message to My Beloved Sibling'

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Science in meter and verse

She got famous on YouTube. Now it helps fund her research in quantum gravity

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This theoretical physicist and mathematician drops a new video several times a month, dispensing her dry wit and pithy wisdom to a loyal fan base of nerds across the internet.

A study of this champion's heart helped prove the benefits of exercise

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More than a 100 years ago, doctors thought that too much running or other vigorous activity could harm us. Marathoner Clarence DeMar proved them wrong.

Valley Fever Is a Growing Fungal Threat to Outdoor Workers

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The disease hits farmworkers and outdoor laborers disproportionately hard

A source of carbon - a building block of life - is found on Jupiter's moon Europa

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"The discovery signals a potentially habitable environment in the ocean of Europa," according to the Webb Space Telescope's website.

World's oldest wooden structure defies Stone-Age stereotypes

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Archaeologists dug into a riverbank in Zambia and uncovered what they call the earliest known wood construction by humans. The half-million year-old artifacts could change how we see Stone-Age people.

Metal-mining pollution impacts 23 million people worldwide

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They live on flood-plains contaminated by potentially harmful levels of toxic waste, research reveals.

People Who Are Changing the Environment One Community at a Time

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These four researchers are highlighting environmental inequities and improving the health of their communities

See How AI Generates Images from Text

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Generative AI algorithms use probability to create visuals from noise

U.S. Will Weigh Cost of Carbon Pollution in More Government Decisions

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Calculations determining the climate damage of greenhouse gas emissions—called the social cost of carbon—will be considered in federal agencies’ budgets, permitting decisions and, eventually, government purchases

NASA effort to bring home asteroid rocks will end this weekend in triumph or a crash

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NASA's first effort to retrieve samples from an asteroid will send a capsule that contains extraterrestrial pebbles and dust plunging towards a Utah desert on Sunday.

This 500,000-year-old structure has researchers rethinking early human intelligence

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A newly discovered example of wood construction by humans is nearly 500,000 years old and has archaeologists rethinking how technologically advanced these pre-homo-sapiens may have been.

This week in science: Nipah virus, Australian pink diamonds and how cockatoos mate

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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Maria Godoy and Regina Barber of the Short Wave podcast about a new Nipah virus outbreak, Australian pink diamonds and the mating life of cockatoos.

What is net zero and how are the UK and other countries doing?

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The UK may weaken some key green commitments, despite its pledge to reach "net zero" by 2050.

Half-million-year-old wooden structure unearthed in Zambia

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Ancient timber preserved in a riverbed suggests humans were building wooden structures 500,000 years ago.

UK migratory birds 'in freefall' over climate change

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Bird lovers will see a very different pattern of species in the future, scientists warn.

Google DeepMind AI speeds up search for disease genes

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Google DeepMind has used its technology to identify parts of human DNA that might cause diseases.

Tantalising sign of possible life on faraway world

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Nasa's James Webb Telescope may have discovered a molecule thought only to be produced by life.

Africa proposes global carbon taxes to fight climate change

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Despite suffering some of the worst impacts of climate change, the continent only gets 12% of financing.

Kenya's Lake Baringo: Surviving hippo and crocodile attacks

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Residents say that with Lake Baringo getting bigger they are at greater risk of attack.

Chandrayaan-3: Isro puts India's Moon lander and rover in 'sleep mode'

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It is hoped the Vikram lander and Pragyaan rover will reawaken when the next lunar day starts.

Aditya-L1: India successfully launches its first mission of the Sun

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Aditya-L1 will carry out scientific studies of the Sun from a vantage point 1.5 million km above Earth.

James Webb: Telescope reveals new detail in famous supernova

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Looking like a pearl necklace, the object known as SN1987A is the closest star explosion to Earth.

Ocean heat record broken, with grim implications for the planet

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The oceans are a vital regulator for the climate and our weather but are rapidly heating up.

Will the Gulf Stream really collapse by 2025?

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A new paper says its collapse could be imminent, but some experts argue science is not established.

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