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Titan Disaster Forces Global Rethinking of Deep Sea Exploration

When five men died on June 18, 2023, in the implosion of the Titan submersible during a dive to the Titanic’s resting place,...

How to Make Thrilling Theater About Climate Change Negotiations

When the playwrights Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson were looking for ideas for a new production, they stumbled upon a radio show about...

A Heat Wave Is Coming: Here’s How Paramedics Are Preparing

A heat wave is bearing down on large parts of America, forcing emergency workers to prepare for what could be record-breaking numbers of...

Exxon Suit Over Activist Investor’s Climate Proposal Is Dismissed

A federal judge in Texas on Monday dismissed a lawsuit that Exxon Mobil had filed against an activist investor, Arjuna Capital, over a...

Dozens of Groups Push FEMA to Recognize Extreme Heat as a ‘Major Disaster’

Dozens of environmental, labor and health care groups banded together on Monday to file a petition to push the Federal Emergency Management Agency...

How Long Does Rice Last in the Fridge? And Other Pressing Rice Questions, Answered

If the social media rumors are true, your leftover rice may be trying to kill you. Experts on the matter, however, tell a...

A Tale of Two Nearly Extinct Giant Salamanders

In Japanese rivers, if you’re very lucky, you might find unusual amphibians that grow up to five feet long and look like strange...

Recycling Is Broken. Should I Even Bother?

Recycling can have big environmental benefits. For one thing, it keeps unwanted objects out of landfills or incinerators, where they can produce potent...

A Bird-Flu Pandemic in People? Here’s What It Might Look Like.

The bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle has so far spilled over to just three farmworkers in the United States, as far as...

More Women in Africa Are Using Long-Acting Contraception, Changing Lives

On a busy day at the Kwapong Health Centre in rural Ghana, Beatrice Nyamekye put contraceptive implants into the arms of a half-dozen...

5 Numbers to Know About the Coming Heat Wave

Millions of Americans from Texas to Maine will face sweltering conditions this week as a heat wave takes hold in the eastern half...

Pregnant, Addicted and Fighting the Pull of Drugs

Kim Short waited in the doctor’s exam room on an icy day in February, exhausted from the first trimester of pregnancy and trembling...

The Greens Are Dead. Long Live the Greens!

There is no sugarcoating it: losing one-third of their seats in the European Parliament elections last week, the Greens tanked.The European Union has...

Voyager 1, After Major Malfunction, Is Back From the Brink, NASA Says

Several months after a grave computer problem seemed to spell the end for Voyager 1, which for nearly a half century had provided...

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