An international team of scientists announced Thursday they've successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles (2.8 kilometers) to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least 1.2 million ...
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US greenhouse gas emissions barely decreased in 2024, leaving the world's largest economy off track to achieve its climate goals, according to an analysis released Thursday, as the incoming Trump administration looks set ...
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Los Angeles is burning, and accelerating hydroclimate whiplash is the key climate connection. After years of severe drought, dozens of atmospheric rivers deluged California with record-breaking precipitation in the winter ...
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In a study that could help scientists better understand and manipulate cell division, RIKEN biologists have engineered artificial structures that replicate one of life's most crucial processes—the precise division of packages ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Facing high employee turnover and an aging population, nursing homes have increasingly turned to robots to complete a variety of care tasks, but few researchers have explored how these technologies impact workers and the ...
Economics & Business
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A critical gene that leads to the synthesis of a protein known as Knr4 could be the key to what makes some fungal pathogens so virulent. Focusing prevention strategies on disabling or modifying this gene or the protein it ...
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SpaceX completed its first launch from Kennedy Space Center for the year on Wednesday morning. A Falcon 9 carrying 21 Starlink satellites lifted off at 10:27 a.m. Eastern time from KSC's Launch Pad 39-A.
Space Exploration
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have characterized the atmosphere of a hot super-Neptune exoplanet designated WASP-166 b. As a result, they found that the atmosphere of this alien world contains water ...
The U.S. Navy plans to take more than 1,000 soil samples from Hensley Field, the latest step toward cleaning up the contaminated decommissioned southern Dallas airfield.
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One of the oldest and most beloved wolves in Yellowstone National Park died after a fight with a rival pack in late December, park officials said.
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