SustainabilityNovember 19, 2024
Should Offshore Oil Rigs Be Turned into Artificial Reefs?
Oil rigs around the world are habitats for marine species. When they stop producing oil, should they be removed or allowed to stay?
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Climate ChangeNovember 18, 2024
Climate Change Is Altering Animals’ Colors
TechnologyNovember 22, 2024
Could AI Ghosts of Ancient Civilizations Help Us Connect with Bygone Cultures?
GamesNovember 19, 2024
Science Crossword: Equine Emergence
Climate ChangeNovember 22, 2024
Scientists Scramble to Save Climate Data from Trump—Again
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PoliticsNovember 22, 2024
How Trump Could Weaken the Affordable Care Act
MathematicsNovember 22, 2024
Mathematicians’ Newest Assistants Are Artificially Intelligent
ArchaeologyNovember 22, 2024
World's Oldest Alphabet Found on an Ancient Clay Gift Tag
OpinionNovember 22, 2024
Here’s Why Abortion Largely Won on Election Day—But Not on the Top of the Ticket
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HealthNovember 20, 2024
Unscheduled C-Sections May Depend on the Color of Your Skin
Climate ChangeNovember 18, 2024
An Off Day in Brooklyn—And on Uranus
Extraterrestrial LifeNovember 15, 2024
Reflecting on the Arecibo Message, Our First Attempt to Speak with the Stars
EnvironmentNovember 13, 2024
Insights into Insects with an Entomologist
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OpinionDecember 15, 2021
Dr. Oz Shouldn’t Be a Senator—or a Doctor
His brand of misinformation has already tarnished medicine. In the halls of Congress, he’d do much worse
Climate ChangeNovember 19, 2024
Exotic Powder Pulls Carbon Dioxide from the Air at a Record Rate
A unique crystalline compound soaks up CO2 with great efficiency
MathematicsNovember 19, 2024
Mathematicians Discover a New Kind of Shape That’s All over Nature
Mathematicians have found a new kind of shape with connections to nature and art
ArchaeologyNovember 19, 2024
The Surprising New History of Horse Domestication
Archaeological and genetic discoveries topple long-standing ideas about the domestication of equines
WeatherNovember 19, 2024
‘Bomb Cyclone’ and Atmospheric River Pummels U.S. West Coast
A major windstorm and an atmospheric river are set to unleash a “firehose” of precipitation from California to British Columbia
Mental IllnessNovember 19, 2024
Hypochondria Is a Real and Dangerous Illness, New Research Shows
Intense health anxiety is a true mental illness and threatens lives. The good news is that it’s treatable