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Wuhan Lab Sequences Reveal No Close COVID Relatives, Virologist Says

December 6, 2024 3 min read Wuhan Virologist Says Lab Has No Close Relatives to COVID Virus Shi Zhengli, the virologist at the center of COVID lab-leak theory, reveals coronavirus sequences from.

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Math and Physics Can’t Prove All Truths

November 29, 2024 5 min read Math and Physics Can’t Prove All Truths Physicists have described a system that requires an incomputable number to fully understand, another example of the.

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Scientists Scramble to Save Climate Data from Trump—Again

CLIMATEWIRE | Eight years ago, as the Trump administration was getting ready to take office for the first time, mathematician John Baez was making his own preparations. Together with a.

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The Arecibo Message, Earth’s First Interstellar Transmission, Turns 50

A half-century ago humanity sent its first postcard to the stars, carried by a narrow beam of radio waves. It was November 16, 1974—a turbulent time on planet Earth. The.

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What Trump Can—And Probably Can’t—Do to Reverse U.S. Climate Policy

November 8, 2024 5 min read What Trump Can—And Probably Can’t—Do to Reverse U.S. Climate Policy The new president-elect can go beyond just pulling out of the Paris Agreement. But.

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Voting Has Never Been More Secure Than It Is Right Now

Now is the best time in the history of the U.S. to cast a vote. Yes, American elections have flaws. They’re marred by voter disenfranchisement, gerrymandering, the inherent weirdness of.

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Shaken Baby Syndrome Has Been Discredited. Why Is Robert Roberson Still on Death Row?

October 26, 2024 5 min read Shaken Baby Syndrome Has Been Discredited. Why Is Robert Roberson Still on Death Row? Convicted of a crime that never happened, Roberson’s case is.

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AI Regulation and the Challenges of Misinformation in the 2024 Presidential Election

Rachel Feltman: It’s pretty safe to say that most of us have artificial intelligence on the brain these days. After all, research related to artificial intelligence showed up in not.

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Heat and Floods Are Increasingly Hitting Coastlines with a One-Two Punch

Heat and Floods Are Increasingly Hitting Coastlines with a One-Two Punch Compound events in which coastal flooding and heat waves occur at the same time are happening more often as.

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What Causes Earthquakes in the Northeast like the Magnitude 4.8 One in New Jersey?

How Common Are Northeast Earthquakes? Earthquakes in the Northeast are usually too small to feel, but larger temblors like the 4.8 magnitude quake in New Jersey aren’t unheard of By.

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