On Mexico’s Caribbean Coast, There’s Lobster for the Tourists and Microplastics for Everyone Else
The fishermen of Puerto Morelos, on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, risk their lives every time they head out to sea to ...
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How the Binding of Two Brain Molecules Creates Memories That Last a Lifetime
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When Todd Sacktor was about to turn 3, his 4-year-old ...
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Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas
“The signal was out there that this is going to be a heavy, significant rainfall event,” says Vagasky. “But pinpointing ...
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Is It Time to Stop Protecting the Grizzly Bear?
But the ESA was only meant to safeguard against “reasonably foreseeable future threats,” Willms argues. Congress has the ability to ...
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Feeling Hoarse? You Might Have the New ‘Stratus’ Covid Variant
Another NEW covid variant is currently rapidly gaining a foothold. Known officially as XFG—or informally as “Stratus”—it has been declared ...
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Google bets on fusion power as its greenhouse gas emissions grow
Google has agreed to purchase electricity from a forthcoming nuclear fusion power plant, the so-called holy grail of clean energy ...
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Redwood Materials is giving old EV batteries a second life as microgrids
Redwood Materials is repurposing old EV batteries into energy storage systems that cost “substantially less” than brand new storage projects, ...
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A nasal spray company wants to make it harder for the FTC to police health claims
In the midst of the covid-19 pandemic, a health products company called Xlear began advertising its saline nasal spray to ...
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Methane Pollution Has Cheap, Effective Solutions That Aren’t Being Used
And because methane is invisible and odorless, it can be difficult and expensive to monitor it and prevent it from ...
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The FDA Just Approved a Long-Lasting Injection to Prevent HIV
The US Food and Drug Administration has just approved lenacapavir, an injectable form of HIV prevention that is almost 100 ...
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