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LA fires: Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke is a growing health risk, and not well understood

LA fires: Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke is a growing health...

The Starbase rocket testing facility is permanently changing the landscape of southern Texas

The Starbase rocket testing facility is permanently changing the landscape of...

Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse

Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to...

David Lynch exposed the rot at the heart of American culture

David Lynch exposed the rot at the heart of American culture

Biden helped bring science out of the lab and into the community − emphasizing research focused on solutions

Biden helped bring science out of the lab and into the...

Civil servants brace for a second Trump presidency

Civil servants brace for a second Trump presidency

How Trump could try to stay in power after his second term ends

How Trump could try to stay in power after his second...

This course examines Israeli school division to better understand education policy – and society – in the US

This course examines Israeli school division to better understand education policy...

Another Arctic blast is on the way, but how much colder than ‘normal’ is it really?

Another Arctic blast is on the way, but how much colder...

LA fires: Harm from long-term exposure to wildfire smoke is poorly understood − and it’s a growing risk

LA fires: Harm from long-term exposure to wildfire smoke is poorly...

How constitutional guardrails have always contained presidential ambitions

How constitutional guardrails have always contained presidential ambitions

Israel-Hamas deal shows limits of US influence – and the unpredictable impact of Trump

Israel-Hamas deal shows limits of US influence – and the unpredictable...

Community savings groups in Uganda are good stewards of local people’s money – and of outsiders’ funds too, research shows

Community savings groups in Uganda are good stewards of local people’s...

The Gilded Age novel that helps explain our fascination with Luigi Mangione

The Gilded Age novel that helps explain our fascination with Luigi...

Bird flu flares up again in Michigan poultry – an infectious disease expert explains the risk to humans, chickens, cows and other animals

Bird flu flares up again in Michigan poultry – an infectious...

Joe Biden leaves a complicated legacy on the federal courts

Joe Biden leaves a complicated legacy on the federal courts

How America courted increasingly destructive wildfires − and what that means for protecting homes today

How America courted increasingly destructive wildfires − and what that means...

Kamala Harris memes questioning her cultural background highlight Americans’ contradictions with race

Kamala Harris memes questioning her cultural background highlight Americans’ contradictions with...

In eyeing Greenland, Trump is echoing long-held American designs on the Arctic expanse

In eyeing Greenland, Trump is echoing long-held American designs on the...

Campuses are ground zero in debates about antisemitism − but that’s been true for 100 years

Campuses are ground zero in debates about antisemitism − but that’s...

Campus diversity is becoming difficult to measure as students keep their race and ethnicity hidden on college applications

Campus diversity is becoming difficult to measure as students keep their...

Meta shift from fact-checking to crowdsourcing spotlights competing approaches in fight against misinformation and hate speech

Meta shift from fact-checking to crowdsourcing spotlights competing approaches in fight...

Joe Biden’s record on science and tech: Investments and regulation for vaccines, broadband, microchips and AI

Joe Biden’s record on science and tech: Investments and regulation for...

Biden’s move to remove Cuba from terror list continues ‘yo-yo’ policy likely to be reversed by Trump

Biden’s move to remove Cuba from terror list continues ‘yo-yo’ policy...

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