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Science & Environment

Astronomers Are Keeping an Eye on This Asteroid’s Odds of Hitting Earth

You may hear about a large asteroid headed toward Earth. Don’t panic.Just after Christmas Day, astronomers spotted something zipping away from Earth: a...

Joseph Brown - January 29, 2025

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Why Trump Picked a Science Advisor, Michael Kratsios, Who Isn’t a Scientist

President Trump last week formally nominated Michael Kratsios, a member of the first Trump administration with no degrees in science or engineering, to...

Joseph Brown - January 29, 2025

Science & Environment

Snakeskin: It’s Fashionable, and It Scares Predators Away From Bird Nests

In 1889, the naturalist Allan Octavian Hume wrote that he was puzzled by macabre decorations he observed in many birds’ nests: strips of...

Joseph Brown - January 25, 2025

Science & Environment

New Research Finds Potential Alternative to Abortion Pill Mifepristone

A new study suggests a possible alternative to the abortion pill mifepristone, a drug that continues to be a target of lawsuits and...

Joseph Brown - January 23, 2025

Science & Environment

Scientists Finally Make Heads of Giant Stingray Tails

With hornlike facial fins and diamond-shape bodies that can stretch nearly 30 feet across, manta rays are among the strangest fish in the...

Joseph Brown - January 21, 2025

Science & Environment

Airborne Lead and Chlorine Levels Soared as L.A. Wildfires Raged

At the height of the Los Angeles County wildfires, atmospheric concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin, reached 100 times average levels even miles from...

Joseph Brown - January 20, 2025

Science & Environment