How Santa Ana winds fueled the deadly fires in Southern California
Where people live today also makes a difference when it comes to fire risk.
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Trump won’t rule out force to take Greenland – a country with a complex colonial history
Donald Trump first flagged buying Greenland, whose colonial history spans centuries, during his first term. Yesterday, he…
January 8, 2025
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Trump’s push to control Greenland echoes US purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867
The tale of how and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the US 150 years ago is actually 2 tales and 2 intertwining…
January 8, 2025
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Want to quit vaping this year? Here’s what the evidence shows so far about effective strategies
Text message-based programming and the drug varenicline were the only 2 strategies that were shown to be effective for quitting…
January 8, 2025
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Logging off life but living on: How AI is redefining death, memory and immortality
Ethical and legal issues around death in the digital age are thorny enough dealing with social media accounts. AI puts the…
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3 ways Trump’s EPA could use the language of science to weaken pollution controls
For example, the first Trump administration tried to use the principles of transparency to prevent federal agencies from…
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Interior secretary manages vast lands that all Americans share − and can sway the balance between co
The Interior Department manages about one-fifth of all US land. Its secretary mediates among many competing uses for it,…
January 8, 2025
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Selfish or selfless? Anti-natalists say they’re going child-free to protect the kids they won’t have
Life is a gamble, anti-natalists say, and it’s unethical to force someone else to take the risk.
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Nuclear fusion could one day be a viable clean energy source – but big engineering challenges stand
Even once researchers can reliably get more power out of a fusion reaction than they put in, they’ll still need to overcome…
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Who owns that restaurant? The answer can affect food safety in unexpected ways, researchers find
Ownership structure matters.
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