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  1. “Damage from the Charles Koch Floods along the Missouri River are being compounded by heavy rains from Hurricane Inhofe.” A proposal to name climate disasters after polluters and people who have enabled them. | Commentary

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  2. Holding warming to 1.5 degrees C poses significant economic and technical challenges, but the alternative would be a less habitable planet.

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  3. Here's what life in Finland could be like in 5710 CE, 12,021 CE or 35,012 CE. An anthropologist says speculating about people who will inhabit the future can help us be better planetary stewards today.

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  4. Aug 13
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  5. Aug 13

    “I hate going to conferences because someone says something hurtful or harmful to me almost every time.” Mathematicians want to think their field is a meritocracy, but bias, harassment and exclusion persist. (By )

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  6. Aug 13

    Ever since brought up the mysterious affliction killing US songbirds, I’ve kept my eye on the story. A great tip from led to this Q&A about what we do and don’t know a few months out, with thoughts from

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  7. Aug 13

    Meteorites reveal that so long as groundwater is present, the Martian subsurface is habitable.

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  8. Aug 13

    New DNA blood test could pinpoint cancer’s source in the body

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  9. Aug 13

    In trying to explain the spectacular star trails of the star cluster Palomar 5, astronomers stumbled on a very large trove of black holes. 🎧

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  10. Aug 13

    The new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report uses data from our planet’s distant past to better understand current warming.

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  11. Aug 12

    If the possibility of an asteroid called Bennu slamming into Earth a lifetime from now was keeping you up at night, NASA scientists think you can rest a little easier.

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  12. Aug 12

    See the winner and honorable mentions of the 11th annual Art of Neuroscience contest.

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  13. Aug 12

    After an alarming failure, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is set to continue its mission to retrieve specimens for eventual return to Earth.

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  14. Aug 12

    How does a quantum computer work? Watch the latest episode of our Decoded series:

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  15. Aug 12

    Quantum computing will bring molecular modeling to a new level of accuracy, reducing researchers’ reliance on serendipity.

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  16. Aug 11

    Opinion: Hurricane Dorian might better have been named for an oil or coal company, or for a politician who denies climate change.

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  17. Aug 11

    “The infrastructure package, as written, is wrongheaded on so many levels. It’s a climate change nightmare.”

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  18. Aug 11

    Climate scientists are unsure how much carbon will be released from permafrost and when, which is reflected in the wide range of estimates provided by this week’s IPCC report.

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  19. Aug 11

    The rare tetraquark is one of dozens of non-elementary particles discovered at the accelerator, and could help test theories about the strong nuclear force.

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  20. Aug 11
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