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Hurricane Ian Intensifies into a Monster with Climate Markings
Florida is bracing for impact as Hurricane Ian barrels toward the state’s vulnerable Gulf Coast. The storm’s exact pathway remains…
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Dementia in Prison Is Turning into an Epidemic: The U.S. Penal System Is Badly Unprepared
Terrell Carter remembers one prisoner in particular. They had both been seeking commutations of their life sentence so they could…
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What the Disease Feels Like, and Presidents Can’t End Pandemics | COVID, Quickly, Episode 39
Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to COVID, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series! Josh Fischman: This is your fast-track update…
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NASA Shares Stunning Video Of Hurricane Ian Seen From Space
Hurricane Ian looks just as daunting from an orbit 254 miles above as it does closer to Earth. NASA and…
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NASA Spacecraft Crashes Into Asteroid In Defense Test
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal…
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NASA’s DART Spacecraft Successfully Smacks a Space Rock—Now What?
An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs; now Earthlings are fighting back. The sight of saurian fossils in most any science…
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See Jupiter Shine During its Closest Approach to Earth Since 1963
Jupiter will be directly opposite the sun as seen from Earth on Monday (Sept. 26), allowing skywatchers to see the…
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Build a Better Floating Wind Turbine and Win $7 Million from the Department of Energy
The Energy Department is launching a new contest to lure U.S. companies into the business of designing and building floating…
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NASA’s DART Mission Could Help Cancel an Asteroid Apocalypse
Editor’s Note (9/26/22): After launching in November 2021, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is scheduled to collide with…
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Oceans’ Worth of Water Hidden Deep in Earth, Ultra Rare Diamond Suggests
A beautiful blue flaw in a gem-quality diamond from Botswana is actually a tiny fragment of Earth’s deep interior—and it…
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