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‘One of the Toughest Jobs’ on Earth: Studying Melting Ice
Extreme Field WorkExtreme Field WorkA series about how science gets done in Earth's weirdest, wildest environments, from the bottom of…
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The US Army’s Virus Research Lab Gears Up to Fight Covid-19
The cinder block hallways inside the US Army’s top virus research lab are punctuated every few feet with windows that…
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We Can’t Tackle Climate Change Without You
One afternoon in December, I took the 4 train from my home in the South Bronx to an apartment near…
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The Battle Against Global Warming Is the New Cold War
The first huge renewable-energy revolution—the one that dotted the US with hydroelectric dams and ultimately made power ubiquitous in every…
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How We Will All Solve the Climate Crisis
Not long ago, in more innocent times, I was driving with my three sons back from trying to ski on…
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A Truly Green Electric Grid Will Need Very Big Batteries
Sometimes the sun just shines too brightly on California. The state is such a glutton for solar energy—a million solar-paneled…
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This Pandemic Is Perilously Boring
When the city of Cleveland instituted a partial lockdown in October 1918, shuttering nearly all businesses after 8 pm, a…
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UCSF app want to use your biometric data to track the spread of coronavirus
To participate and download the app, you'll have to sign up for the project through UCSF's Eureka Research platform using…
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Chiropractors Told to Stop Pretending They Can Treat Covid-19
Someone receiving a chiropractic adjustmentPhoto: Aleksander Chaibi (Wikimedia Commons)Chiropractors in Canada and elsewhere are being told to stop advertising their…
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Neanderthals Enjoyed Seafood, Too, New Evidence Suggests
The Figueira Brava site on Portugal’s Atlantic coast.Image: P. Zilhão et al., 2020/ScienceNeanderthals living in Portugal during the last ice…
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