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Trump Funding Freeze Could Set Disaster Recovery Back ‘...

President Donald Trump’s sudden move to freeze federal grants is hitting states ...

NASA’s Latest Asteroid Sample Hints at Life’s Extraterr...

Material retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows...

RFK, Jr., Confirmation Hearing Is Tomorrow. Here’s What...

Some health professionals have spoken out about President Donald Trump’s nominat...

Which Foods Are the Most Ultraprocessed? New System Ran...

Scientists have created a ranking of grocery store items based on their degree o...

2025 Missions to the Sun Seek to Study Space Weather an...

From space weather to science missions, there’s a lot to be excited about in hel...

Trump Asks SpaceX to Return NASA’s ‘Stranded’ Astronaut...

Despite a recent request from Trump, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wil...

Recapping RFK, Jr.’s First Day of Confirmation Hearings...

From Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s views on vaccines to Medicaid, here are some ways ...

Watch a Frog Walk on Water with High-Speed Belly Flops

Tiny frogs seem to skim the water’s surface, but high-speed video reveals their ...

What You Need to Know about Venomous Caterpillars

These caterpillars carry a toxic chemical cocktail and Inquisition-like delivery...

Europe’s Extremely Large Telescope Faces a New Dire Threat

Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical t...

Here’s How Quickly Polio Could Return to the U.S. witho...

Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the...

How Plane Accidents, Such as the Washington, D.C., Cras...

The accident that resulted in a commercial airplane crashing into the Potomac ye...

How Many Planets Are in the Solar System?

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” a...

The Science of Cynicism and the Transformative Psycholo...

Giving in to cynicism makes us less trusting, less connected, and even less phys...

AI’s Energy Demands Threaten a Nuclear Waste Nightmare

Reviving nuclear power plants to power AI threatens an avalanche of nuclear waste

Who Is Trump’s Acting FAA Chief, Chris Rocheleau?

Chris Rocheleau, Trump’s pick for acting head of the Federal Aviation Administra...

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