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Posted on September 18, 2024

RSV Can Be a Killer. New Tools Are Identifying the Most At-Risk Kids

RSV infects almost every child before they turn 2, and kills more than 100,000 infants worldwide each year. Machine learning and statistical models are identifying those most at risk.
Posted on September 17, 2024

‘I Told Him I’m Not Getting in It’: Former Titan Submersible Engineer Testifies

The US Coast Guard’s OceanGate hearings started Monday with some startling revelations—including the last messages from the passengers.
Posted on September 16, 2024

The Polaris Dawn Spaceflight Was More Than Just a Billionaire Joyride

The most ambitious private spaceflight to date was a total success—and it blazed a trail for others to follow.
Posted on November 12, 2022

New York Voted to Protect the Planet. California Did Not

Voters in two influential states came to opposite conclusions on climate-related ballot measures to fund environmental protections and electric vehicles.
Posted on November 11, 2022

The Problem With Spinning Spacecraft

To send astronauts on long-term space missions, it’ll take rotating habitats to produce artificial gravity. But that’s trickier than you might think.
Posted on November 11, 2022

Truffles Are Becoming Even More Expensive. Blame Climate Change

Harvests of the fungi are plummeting as Europe gets drier, pushing the prices of some varieties to eye-watering heights.
Posted on November 10, 2022

Protest Is Risky at Egypt’s COP27. That Won’t Stop Activists

At the international climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, long-standing restrictions on protesters and dissidents are front and center.
Posted on November 10, 2022

This Personalized Crispr Therapy Is Designed to Attack Tumors

In a small study, researchers modified patients’ immune cells to target their particular cancer—but it only worked for a third of volunteers.
Posted on November 10, 2022

The Big Fight Over 403 Very Small Wasps

Earth is teeming with unknown species, and they’re dying off faster than ever. Now biologists are battling over an old question: how to catalog life?
Posted on November 9, 2022

Countries Hit Hardest by Climate Change May Finally Get Their Due

After 30 years of talk about forcing wealthy polluters to compensate those bearing the brunt of climate damage, the COP27 conference seems poised to act.

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