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Will Asteroid 2024 YR4 Strike Earth in 2032?

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

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AI’s Energy Demands Threaten a Nuclear Waste Nightmare

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How Many Planets Are in the Solar System?

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The Science of Cynicism and the Transformative Psychological Power of Hope

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How Plane Accidents, Such as the Washington, D.C., Crash, Are Investigated

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Here’s How Quickly Polio Could Return to the U.S. without Vaccines

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Europe’s Extremely Large Telescope Faces a New Dire Threat

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What You Need to Know about Venomous Caterpillars

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

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Recapping RFK, Jr.’s First Day of Confirmation Hearings in 5 Takeaways

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Trump Asks SpaceX to Return NASA’s ‘Stranded’ Astronauts to Earth ASAP

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What Trump’s First Days Say about Science in the New Administration

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Trump Funding Freeze Could Set Disaster Recovery Back ‘for Years’

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NASA’s Latest Asteroid Sample Hints at Life’s Extraterrestrial Origins

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Which Foods Are the Most Ultraprocessed? New System Ranks Them

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

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2025 Missions to the Sun Seek to Study Space Weather and Shape of the Heliosphere

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Snake Facts for the Lunar New Year

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How Trump’s Order to Rename Gulf of Mexico and Denali Works

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Pristine Ancient Forest ‘Frozen in Time’ Discovered in Rocky Mountains

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How Drones Can Train Bears to Stay Away from Humans

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Trump Orders Sweeping Federal Aid and Grant Freeze

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Expressive Faces Make People More Likable

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The Health Risks of Drinking Alcohol Explained—And How to Limit Them

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Why DeepSeek’s AI Model Just Became the Top-Rated App in the U.S.

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Uber Drivers Helped Evacuate L.A. during Wildfires—But Were Left Unprotected

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AI Is Too Unpredictable to Behave According to Human Goals

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What Would a U.S. Withdrawal from the WHO Mean for Global Health?

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Joints Are the Ultimate Flex

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Weekend Rain Poses Landslide Risk in Wildfire-Scarred Los Angeles

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Los Angeles Fires Force Us to Confront Our Dystopian Present

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How Reality TV Helps Explain Trump’s Success

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Trump Cancels Science Reviews at NIH, World’s Largest Public Biomedical Research Funder

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Los Angeles Fires Delay Release of New Fire Risk Maps

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The Health Effects of FDA-Authorized ZYN Nicotine Pouches

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Teaching Evolution Has a Bright Future in the U.S.

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Are Saturn’s Rings Vanishing? That Depends on Your Point of View

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Community Science Initiatives You Can Do on a Trip to the Outdoors

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